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GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP

$GD
Last close: $69.27(2012-12-31)BRK current position: 3,877,122 shares ($0.27B as of 2012-12-31)Quarters with activity: 7CUSIP: 369550108
Delisted or non-tradable security. No daily market prices available for GD. The chart below uses the IMPLIED price from each 13F filing (value ÷ shares), which gives one datapoint per quarter rather than a continuous price line. Buy/sell markers and the position-history table still reflect Berkshire's actual transactions.

Price history with Berkshire transactions

InitiatedAddedTrimmedExited
GD (indexed, 1× = first visible date)Shares held (right axis)
0.9×1.1×1.2×1998200020022004200620082010201202M4M6M8MINITBuffettMungerGPT.com

Hover for daily price. Triangle markers show quarter-end Berkshire buy (▲ green) / sell (▼ orange/red) events from 13F-HR filings. Quarter-level granularity only — actual trade dates are not disclosed.

Berkshire's quarterly position history

QuarterSharesΔ SharesActionValue (USD)13F
2012-12-313,877,122held$268.6MView
2012-09-303,877,122held$256.4MView
2012-06-303,877,122held$255.7MView
2012-03-313,877,122held$284.5MView
2011-12-313,877,122+812,700added$257.5MView
2011-09-303,064,422+2,842,245added$174.3MView
2001-03-31222,177-4,751,600trimmed$13.9MView
2000-06-304,973,777held$259.9MView
2000-03-314,973,777held$247.4MView
1999-12-314,973,777-196,533trimmed$262.4MView
1999-09-305,170,310-817,800trimmed$322.8MView
1999-06-305,988,110-1,705,527trimmed$412.4MView
1999-03-317,693,637held$494.3MView
1998-12-317,693,637+7,693,637initiated$453.9MView

Prices via Yahoo Finance. Berkshire position data from quarterly 13F-HR filings. 13F has a ~45-day filing lag and only covers long US-listed equity positions. Cost basis below is approximated from the quarter-end value at which shares were added (FIFO).