영어뉴스 공부하기 : Berkshire boosts Apple stake, dumps TSMC
* boost 위로 올리다 raise, hike, increase
* stake 지분
* dump 갖다 버리다
# Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway slashed its stake in the Taiwanese chip giant TSMC in the last months of 2022, all the while bolstering its holdings in Apple.
According to a regulatory filing, Berkshire cut its position in TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker by just over 86% in the fourth quarter. It comes just three months after the conglomerate unveiled it had bought more than $4. 1 billion worth of TSMC stock. Such a turnaround is rare for Berkshire but not unprecedented. TSMC last month said revenue in the first quarter is likely to dip 5% as it weathers a global downturn in the chip industry.
* slash = cut 감소
* stake 지분
* its stake in TSMC
* all the while 반면에 (그 기간 동안에) = during the same period
* bolster = strengthen 강화 = boost / improve
* holdings in Apple = stake in Apple
* file 파일을 정리하다 / file a law 소장을 제출하다
* a filing cabinet 서류함
* 공시자료 = a regulatory filing
* a foundry 파운드리
* conglomerate 계열사가 많은 => 버크셔 헤서웨이
* dip 하락
* weather : 어려운 상황을 헤쳐 나가다 = deal with difficulties / challenges
* weather the storm 폭풍우를 헤쳐나가다
# Berkshire also divested its shares in some banks and trimmed some positions across its portfolio of U.S. listed companies. Those to face the chop include Chevron and Activision Blizzard , the maker of the "Call of Duty" video game. Microsoft is trying to acquire the video game maker but is facing regulatory scrutiny.
* divest 투자 회수, 매각
* its shares in some banks 은행주
* across its portfolio
* IPO = initial public offering 최초 / 누구에게나 / 팔다 (offer = sell)
* 상장 : list
* listed companies 상장사
* a public company 공개기업
* portfolio : a set of ~
* across 전반적으로
* face the chop : 짤릴 예정
* chop : 잘게 썰다 = cut
* get the chop 해고 당하다
* give the chop 해고 시키다
# Apple was among Berkshire's few additions, which Buffett views more as a consumer products company. Berkshire bought another 20.8 million shares of the firm worth $3.2 billion. Shares in Apple have surged nearly
18% since the start of the year.
* additions 늘린 주식
* another = additional
* surge 급등
* since the start of the year 연초대비