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Berkshire's profit plunges 64% on portfolio holdings as Buffett sells Apple
Berkshire Hathaway's first quarter profits plummeted along with the paper value of its investments, but the company said Saturday that most of the businesses it owns outright performed well. The figures were heavily influenced by a large drop in the paper value of Berkshire’s investments. Buffett encourages investors to pay more attention to the conglomerate’s operating earnings that exclude the investment figures.
Associated Press FinanceThis Dividend Stock Yields 4.4% and Has 15 Consecutive Years of Dividend Increases. Here's Why It's a Buy Now
This industry-leading company is out of favor and worth buying now.
Motley FoolU.S. Money Supply Is Doing Something So Rare That It Hasn't Happened Since the Great Depression -- and a Big Move in Stocks May Follow
M2 money supply hasn't done this in nine decades.
Motley FoolWarren Buffett Bought $9.2 Billion of This Stock Last Year, and He Could Buy Even More in 2024
One of Buffett's favorite stocks of all time topped his list of buys in 2023.
Motley FoolDow Jones Futures Rise; Palantir, AI Plays On Tap After Stock Market, Nvidia Make Bullish Moves
The market rally made a bullish move, with Nvidia flashing a buy signal. Palantir leads five AI stocks near buy points with earnings due.
Investor's Business DailyBerkshire shareholders reject climate, diversity, China proposals
Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected six proposals addressing environmental and social policy issues at Warren Buffett's conglomerate, all of which the billionaire investor and his board opposed. By margins of more than 4-to-1, shareholders at Berkshire's annual meeting voted against two proposals that the company's insurance and energy operations disclose more about their efforts to address climate change including greenhouse gas emissions. They also turned down a proposal for more disclosure about efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.
Reuters$3 trillion could be injected into the U.S. economy without any federal spending by tweaking this corner of the mortgage market, ‘Oracle of Wall Street’ says
"Rarely have I seen such a true win-win scenario for the government, Wall Street and the U.S. consumer."
FortuneMove Over, Nvidia: Billionaire Dan Loeb Is Betting on This Dividend-Paying Magnificent Seven Stock to Win the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Race Instead
Dan Loeb bet on one of the cheaper Magnificent Seven stocks as an underrated AI play.
Motley FoolShould I Take a $48,000 Lump Sum or $462 Annuity From My Pension?
Buyout decisions have become increasingly common for those with a pension plan. If you get this offer, the most important questions to deal with include when you would you receive the payout, and how long you expect to live. The earlier you would receive a lump sum payout, the more it will be worth to you […] The post Should I Take a $48,000 Lump Sum or $462 Monthly Payments for a Pension Annuity? appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset.
SmartAssetWarren Buffett says Berkshire sold entire Paramount stake at a loss
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway sold its entire holding in media and entertainment company Paramount Global at a loss and he took sole responsibility for the decision. "It was 100% my decision, and we've sold it all, and we lost quite a bit of money," Buffett said at Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire held 63.3 million Paramount Class B shares at the end of 2023 or about 10.1% of the company.
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