Warren Buffett is channeling one of his long-held investing philosophies in his recent flurry of buzzy deals, says one fellow value-focused investor.
That is to be greedy when others in the market are fearful.
“I think he is reminding us that when the tide goes out, we see who has been swimming,” remarked Research Affiliates CEO Chris Brightman on Yahoo Finance Live.
The 91-year-old billionaire investor revealed Monday that his Berkshire Hathaway will spend $11.6 billion to buy insurance company Alleghany. The deal will expand Buffett’s insurance empire further beyond auto insurance player Geico and reinsurance beast Gen Re (General Reinsurance Corporation).
Alleghany hauled in more than $12 billion in sales last year and $1.1 billion in net earnings.
While diving deeper into the insurance space, Buffett has also gone shopping for energy names amid soaring crude oil prices in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
Buffett scooped up another 18.1 million shares of Occidental for close to $1 billion last week.
