His largest stock holding remains Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, which trades in the U.S. via an American Depositary Receipt (ADR) with the ticker symbol PBR.

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The American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, was first invented in 1927, to give American investors an opportunity to purchase foreign stock without concern for settlement delays and other vagaries associated with overseas securities transactions.

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