Warren Buffett: The Real Reason For Berkshire Hathaway To Invest In Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

Warren Buffett's attraction to Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI) may be due in part to the railroad's strategic importance to Berkshire Hathaway. 

In recent years Buffett has increasingly been building up Berkshire's energy portfolio, primarily through its MidAmerican Energy Holdings unit. Energy has now joined insurance as one of Berkshire's two major sectors.

MidAmerican's energy assets include coal-fired power plants in the midwest for MidAmerican Energy Co. and the Pacific northwest for PacifiCorp. Take a look at BNSF's network map, and you'll see that the railroad's tracks go right through the states in which MidAmerican Energy Holdings operates. Click here

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