As of December 30, 2011.
The holdings that did not change from the previous quarter were as follows:
American Express Co (AXP) was over 151.6 million shares
Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) was 1,793,915 shares
Comdisco Holdings (CDCO.PK) was roughly 1.5 million shares
Coca Cola Co. (KO) was right at 200 million shares
Costco Wholesale (COST) was 4,333,363 shares
ConocoPhillips (COP) is roughly 29.1 million shares
Gannett Co. (GCI) was 1.74 million shares
Dollar General Corporation (DG) was 4.497 million shares
General Electric Corp. (GE) was 7.777 million shares
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was 1.51 million shares
Ingersoll-Rand (IR) was 636,600; same as last quarter, but still way down from prior reports.
M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) was 5.38+ million shares
Mastercard Inc. (MA) was 405,000 shares
Moody’s Corp. (MCO) was 28.4 million shares; same as last quarter, but way down from prior quarters and years.
Procter & Gamble (PG) was 76.7 million shares
Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) was 4.06 million shares
Torchmark Corp. (TMK) was more than 4.2 million shares
US Bancorp (USB) was roughly 69 million shares
USG Corp. (USG) was 17.072 million shares
United Parcel Service (UPS) was 1.429 million shares
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) was just over 39 million shares
Washington Post (WPO) was over 1.72 million shares
The holdings with larger positions were as follows:
CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) was a LARGER POSITION at 7.106 million shares
DirecTV (DTV) was a LARGER POSITION at 20.348 million shares
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) was a LARGER POSITION at 3.877 million shares
Intel Corporation (INTC) was a LARGER POSITION at 11.495 million shares
Visa Inc. (V) was a LARGER POSITION at 2.865 million shares
Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) was a LARGER POSITION AGAIN at more than 383 million shares
The new holdings were as follows:
Da Vita Inc. (DVA) was a NEW POSITION at 2.684 million shares
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) was 63.905 million shares
Liberty Media Corporation (LMCA) was a NEW POSITION at 1.7 million shares
The holdings with lower positions were as follows:
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) was a LOWER POSITION at about 29 million shares; way under the peak of 62 million shares at one point in prior quarters
Kraft Foods (KFT) was a LOWER POSITION at about 87 million shares
Verisk Analytics, Inc. (VRSK) was a LOWER POSITION at 3.445 million shares
The holdings that were eliminated from the portfolio were:
Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) was ELIMINATED FROM THE PORTFOLIO