Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Foundation at the end of July-September 2011, invested $23.9 billion in securities of various companies.

This amount is a record amount of investments for Berkshire in a quarter over the past 15 years, Bloomberg reported on Monday . Buffett's fund previously surpassed the $20 billion mark in 2008.

This time, the famous investor spent $17.4 billion on the purchase of securities of industrial, commercial and other companies - 62% more than in the previous quarter. spent another $1.9 billion Berkshire on the purchase of government bonds with a fixed maturity, $2.2 billion on real estate, factories and equipment for its own divisions. The fund's cash reserves in July-September fell to $34.8 billion from $47.9 billion.

According to University of Maryland professor David Kass, Buffett is already thinking about the legacy he will leave behind, so he is investing in a variety of sectors.

In the third quarter, Berkshire decreased its net profit by 24% - to $2.28 billion - amid problems in the American economy after the downgrade of the US credit rating by S & P . At the same time, during the reporting period, the value of the fund’s securities portfolio increased to $68.1 billion from $67.6 billion. In the structure of Berkshire’s investments , the emphasis was placed on the purchase of shares of financial and insurance companies.

Among the investments in the banking sector, the most significant was the deal with Bank of America that shook the market . In late August, Berkshire bought 50,000 accumulative preferred shares of the bank and received a coupon to purchase 700 million shares of common stock at $7.14, all at once or in installments over 10 years. The total value of accumulative and ordinary shares, as well as the coupon on them, amounted to $5 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway's investments in the third quarter amounted to a record $23.9 billion