Just as the specter of deflation is gaining ground, Warren Buffett is taking the contrarian view and positioning Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A - News; NYSE: BRK-B - News) bond portfolio for higher inflation. Has he lost the plot?
In the second quarter, Buffett continued to rebalance Berkshire's $34.5 billion fixed-income portfolio toward shorter maturity bonds, which bonds are less sensitive to increasing interest rates. When interest rates go up, which, barring a Japanese "lost decade" scenario, will eventually happen, bond values go down -- but the shorter maturity bonds go down less.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Buffett-Preps-His-Portfolio-fool-918619435.html?x=0
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