Buffett's Latest Billion-Dollar Bet

By Chris Hill – Updated Apr 7, 2017 at 3:40PM

NYSE: BRK.A

Berkshire Hathaway

Market Cap

$863B

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(0.36%) $2,140.00

Current Price

$600,300.00

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The following video is from this week's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill, along with Jason Moser and Joe Magyer, analyze the latest business news. Warren Buffett is making a bet on housing with his $3.85 billion bid for the mortgage business and loan portfolio from Residential Capital. Is this a sign that housing is back or merely that Buffett has found a unique opportunity? In this segment, the guys answer those questions and discuss how investors can make a bet on housing by avoiding homebuilding stocks and looking instead at the likes of Wells Fargo and Sherwin-Williams.

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Chris Hill owns no shares of any of the companies mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway and Wells Fargo and has created a covered strangle position in Wells Fargo. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Sherwin-Williams, and Wells Fargo and writing covered calls on Lowe's. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.