Warren Buffett ignores Wall Street, buys more stock in this oil-and-gas company
The Berkshire Hathaway CEO spent more than $400 million to buy Occidental Petroleum shares, which just hit a nearly 3-year low amid fears that oil prices may keep falling. Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. surged Friday, after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. boosted its stake in the oil-and-gas company even as Wall Street was doing the opposite.But that keeps with the well-known Buffett trading maxim: to be greedy when others are fearful.Buffett's investment vehicle disclosed late Thursday that its spent $409.15 million this week to buy another 8,896,890 Occidental shares.Berkshire was already Occidental's largest shareholder by far. It now owns 264,178,414 shares, or 28.15% of the total outstanding stock - a position valued at $12.54 billion at current prices.The next-largest shareholder is investment-management firm Dodge & Cox, which holds about 8.3% of Occidental's outstanding shares, according to FactSet data.The rally comes after the stock had closed Thursday at it