Either way, it's Berkshire's biggest winner this year

As Apple shares have doubled so far this year, Berkshire's stake has gone up by almost $44 billion.

VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE SAT, OCT 10, 2020 WARREN BUFFETT WATCH By any measure, Apple is Berkshire's standout stock so far this year         Ted Weschler puts his money on Dillard's Possibly taking advantage of a massive fall in the department store chain's stock price this year, Berkshire Hathaway portfolio manager has been buying shares of Dillard's, but not for his employer's portfolio.   In an SEC filing Thursday required because his holdings went above 5% of the company's outstanding stock, Weschler discloses he controls a bit more than one million shares.   At Friday's closing price, the 5.9% stake is worth more than $45 million.       The filing does not say exactly when all the shares were purchased, so we don't know the cost basis.   The filing does say "certain securities" in the disclosure are "held in a trust for the benefit of family members."   Barron's notes the troubled company was suffering increasing losses even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and was removed from the S&P 400 in June because S&P Dow Jones Indices said it was "no longer representative of the midcap market place."    BUFFETT AROUND THE INTERNET Some links may require a subscription Yahoo Finance: Warren Buffett is 'extraordinary' for acknowledging class warfare by the rich: Kurt Andersen Business Insider: Warren Buffett turned down the chance to buy Whole Foods in 2017, CEO John Mackey says Business Insider: Billionaire Dan Loeb quotes Warren Buffett in his activist letter to Disney after blasting the investor as a hypocrite in 2015 Forbes: Buffett Takes On Japan: But Does "Value" Still Exist? BERKSHIRE STOCK WATCH         BERKSHIRE'S TOP STOCK HOLDINGS - October 9, 2020     Berkshire's top stock holdings by market value, based on today's closing prices.   Holdings are as of June 30, 2020 as reported in Berkshire Hathaway's 13F filing on August 14, 2020 and other filings, except for Bank of America, which is as of August 4, 2020, DaVita, which is as of September 17, 2020, and Wells Fargo, which is as of August 14, 2020.   The full list of holdings and current market values is available from CNBC.com's Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker.   QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS Please send any questions or comments about the newsletter to me at alex.crippen@nbcuni.com. (Sorry, but we don't forward questions or comments to Buffett himself.)   If you aren't already subscribed to this newsletter, you can sign up here.     -- Alex Crippen, Editor, Warren Buffett Watch   Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service   Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy   © 2020 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS