OMAHA, Neb. — At the start of the Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, -2.55% BRK.A, -2.94% annual meeting on Saturday, chairman and chief executive officer Warren Buffett wasted no time speaking to the question...
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Berkshire now owns 9.5% of Activision Blizzard
Warren Buffett announced on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) now owns a whopping 9.5% of video game giant Activision Blizzard (ATVI). The announcement, which the CEO made during Berkshi...
Berkshire owns 9.5% of Activision Blizzard shares in merger arbitrage bet
Warren Buffett on Saturday said Berkshire Hathaway has been increasing its stake in Activision Blizzard in a merger arbitrage play, betting that Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the video gam...
Buffett Laments Lack Of Good Investing Targets As Berkshire Reveals Big Bet On Oil
Topline Billionaire Warren Buffett said Saturday that he is struggling to find good ideas to invest in, echoing the sentiment in his annual letter to stakeholders in February, but his conglomerate Ber...
‘Just say no’ to bitcoin, says Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger
Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger had some advice for a young attendee at Berkshire’s annual meeting on Saturday. “When you have your own retirement account, and your friendl...
‘Berkshire does not have an answer’ for nuclear war
Warren Buffett gave a blunt answer to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on a potential nuclear war. “There’s going to be more accidents in connection with atomic [weapons] — we’ve come...
6 Things I Learned From The 2022 Berkshire Hathaway Meeting
Today Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger held court at the 2022 Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A shareholder meeting. I’ve attended the event twice in Omaha. This year I watched on my iPad from a Starbucks in ...
Berkshire Hathaway: Live Coverage of the Annual Shareholders Meeting
OMAHA, Neb.—The Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting is back in person for 2022, after a two-year pandemic hiatus moved the so-called “Woodstock for Capitalists” online. Warren Buffett addre...
We didn’t repurchase any Berkshire stock in April
Warren Buffett hasn’t used the market pullback in April to repurchase any shares of Berkshire Hathaway, perhaps a signal he expects more volatility ahead amid rising interest rates and nagging i...
From Dairy Queen to Brooks Running, Berkshire Hathaway’s businesses seeing an impact from inflation
Inflation has been one of the hot topics for markets this year, and rising prices are impacting portfolio companies for Berkshire Hathaway in different ways. In March, the Federal Reserve’s pref...
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) earnings Q1 2022
Warren Buffett Gerry Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported Saturday a decline in first-quarter earnings, as the conglomerate was not immune to a slowing U.S. economy. The co...
Dow Jones Futures: Market Correction Intensifies; Warren Buffett’s Berkshire, Tesla China EV Rivals On Tap
Dow Jones futures will open on Sunday evening, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, with the upcoming Fed meeting in focus. The stock market correction intensified last week, as the majo...
Bank stocks, once a Buffett favorite, take a back seat at Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett has begun to unleash Berkshire Hathaway‘s massive cash stockpile in recent weeks, snapping up an ins...
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are once again outperforming the stock market. Apple is one big reason but these other 10 stocks also helped
During the long, tech-driven bull market, you may have seen more than one article suggesting Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s investing style was no longer valid. With Buffett leading the congl...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway needs to be broken up
The writer is editor of The Dig and will soon join the faculty of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as a lecturer in financial accounting When Warren Buffett inevitably leaves his p...
U.S. Pension Giant to Vote to Replace Buffett as Berkshire Chair
(Bloomberg) — California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest public pension fund in the U.S., said it plans to vote for a shareholder proposal that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. replace b...
Claims of Berkshire Hathaway Investment Get Brazilian CFO Charged in U.S.
(Bloomberg) — The former chief financial officer of a Brazilian reinsurer was charged with fraud for allegedly spreading false stories that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had bought a ...
Berkshire Hathaway Is Likely to Buy Alleghany. No Rival Bids Emerged.
Text size Alleghany’s noninsurance operations include a toy business and a steel fabricator. Dreamstime It looks like Berkshire Hathaway will succeed in buying the insurer Alleghany for $11.6 bi...
Berkshire Hathaway and Buffett Are Not a Buy
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) – Get Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Report has been having a great year. Shares of the insurance conglomerate recently touched an all-time h...
HP is the latest portfolio addition for Berkshire Hathaway? Should you join?
HP Inc. (NYSE:HPQ) closed 14.75% higher on Thursday after SEC filings revealed that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway had acquired 121 million shares of the company. The investment is seen as a stro...
HP Shares Spikes 15% to ATH After Berkshire Hathaway Reveals Stake of 11.4%
Berkshire Hathaway has invested approximately $4.2 billion in HP. HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ) shares closed Thursday trading at $40.16, up 14.75 percent from the day’s opening price. The gains extended during ...
HP Stock Skyrockets After Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Reveals $4.4 Billion Investment
Topline Shares of legacy technology giant HP Inc. surged Thursday morning after legendary investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed the purchase of more than 104 million shares this...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Adds New $4.2 Billion HP Stake
(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought a stake in HP Inc. valued at more than $4.2 billion. Shares of the laptop maker surged as much as 10%. Most Read from Bloomberg Berk...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Takes 11% Stake in HP
Text size Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc. Berkshire Hathaway has accumulated an 11.4% stake worth $4.2 billion in HP Inc. , the maker of personal computers and printers, ...
Tesla Beat All the Trillion-Dollar Stocks. Berkshire Hathaway Did Even Better.
Text size The new Tesla factory in Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images What do Elon Musk and Warren Buffett have in common? Shares of both of their megacapitalization companies posted gains for the firs...
Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Insurance Firm Alleghany for $11.6B
Multinational conglomerate company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) is acquiring insurance and reinsurance firm Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y). On Monday morning, Berkshire Hathaway said it had agree...
Berkshire Hathaway to Acquire Reinsurer Alleghany for $11.6 Billion
Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Alleghany shares for $848.02 a share in cash, or a tot...
Opinion: Berkshire and Buffett have 5 words for sellers who want their money: ‘Take it or leave it’
As fans flock this weekend to Omaha, Neb. for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting hosted by Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. The answer: ...