{"id":14090,"date":"2025-02-25T02:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14090"},"modified":"2025-02-25T02:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T02:59:12","slug":"japanese-trading-house-shares-surge-after-latest-warren-buffett-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=14090","title":{"rendered":"Japanese trading house shares surge after latest Warren Buffett endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Stay informed with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Simply sign up to the <!-- -->Japanese business &amp; finance<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=431a648e-851e-49f7-a37b-e862f4c19474&amp;concept-id=58e2c9ab-2425-46d2-906d-c866e7c24dd6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Shares in Japan\u2019s five largest trading houses surged as much as 8 per cent after Warren Buffett signalled Berkshire Hathaway was likely to increase its already substantial stakes in those companies.<\/p>\n<p>The five stocks rose between 4 and 8 per cent in the first half hour of trading in Tokyo on Tuesday. Markets in Japan were closed on Monday for a public holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsubishi Corporation was up about 8 per cent while Mitsui, Marubeni, Sumitomo and Itochu all rose about 5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Berkshire disclosed in 2020 it had made a 5 per cent investment in each of the trading houses worth more than $6bn combined. Since then, the market value of all five companies has soared.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"3500\" height=\"2500\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\"><\/source><\/picture><\/figure>\n<p>The trading houses\u2019 business interests range from commodities to technology start-ups.<\/p>\n<p>They remain the only Japanese sector in which Berkshire has invested despite speculation that it might expand the scope of its portfolio in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The stocks\u2019 resurgence followed the publication of a letter on Saturday to Berkshire shareholders in which Buffett said it had agreed with the five trading houses to relax an earlier ceiling capping its investment at 10 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver time, you will likely see Berkshire\u2019s ownership of all five increase somewhat,\u201d wrote Buffett.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Berkshire was likely to hold its Japanese position for many decades to come and would find \u201cother ways to work productively with the five companies in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Investors have speculated that Berkshire might use its stakes in the trading houses to give it access to dealmaking in infrastructure and energy, areas in which the US company has significant global interests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/431a648e-851e-49f7-a37b-e862f4c19474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Japanese business &amp; 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