A Look at Sector Weight in Brian Rogers' Portfolio

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Jan 16, 2015
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Guru Brian Rogers (Trades, Portfolio) currently has 116 stocks in his portfolio, valued at $27,809 Mil. Most of the stocks he purchases come from the Financial Services sector, which consists of 19.4% of his portfolio. It is no surprise that out of the five most heavily weighted stocks, three of them are in the banking industry. The other two stocks are in the industrial products industry and oil and gas, each responsible for roughly 13% of his portfolio.

Both General Electric Co (GE, Financial) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM, Financial) cover 2.9% of his portfolio. Next is Wells Fargo & Co (WFC, Financial) at 2.4% and last are U.S. Bancorp (USB, Financial) and Chevron Corp (CVX, Financial) at 2%.

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The chart above outlines the number of shares Rogers purchased of General Electric Co (GE, Financial) each quarter over the last five years, along with the price of the stock.

Rogers bought a total of 5,315,500 shares at an average price of $17.68/share. 165,600 shares at $18.38/share were then sold, which left him with a 28% gain. As of today, Rogers owns 31,536,500 shares, valued at $796,927. The stock's current price is $23.58.

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The second and third quarters of 2011 were the only times Rogers purchased shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM, Financial) over the past five years. The 1,050,000 shares were purchased at an average of $39.44/share and 2,219,600 shares were sold at $51.46/share, leaving Rogers with a 7% gain. There are now 12,781,200 shares in his portfolio, valued at $799,847. The stock's current price is $55.12.

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Another stock in the banking industry, Wells Fargo & Co (WFC, Financial), is responsible for 2.4% of Rogers' overall portfolio. He bought an average of 1,200,000 shares at an average price of $26.88/share, which resulted in an 89% gain from this stock. Within the past five years, Rogers sold 1,356,800 shares at an average price of $49.69/share, currently leaving him with 12,069,600 shares in his portfolio valued at $661,655. The stock's price is now $50.72.

Last is U.S. Bancorp (USB, Financial) and Chevron Corp (CVX, Financial), both responsible for 2% of Rogers' overall portfolio.

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Within the past five years, Rogers has purchased a total of 966,600 shares of USB at an average price of $24.37/share, which resulted in a 69% gain. 67,400 shares were sold at an average price of $24.97/share. As of today, the stock's price is $41.09/share and Rogers has 12,242,800 shares, valued at $550,314.

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In the third quarter of 2010, Rogers sold 17,500 shares of CVX at an average price of $75.99/share, which gave him a 35.1% gain on his portfolio, but as time progressed, selling shares began to have a negative impact. As of now, Rogers has sold a total of 917,700 shares at an average price of $116.52/share, which left him with a 12% overall loss. The price of this stock is now $102.67 and Rogers still has 5,000,000 shares, valued at $560,900.

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