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Fears of a Fed mistake grow as this week’s anticipated interest rate hike looms
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, attends the National Association of Business Economicseconomic policy conference in Washington, D.C, United States on March 21, 2022. Yasin Ozturk ...
Global Payments, Moderna, Activision Blizzard and more
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, December 20, 2020. Paul Sancya | Pool | Reuters Check out the...
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says in-person attendance tops 50% after return-to-office push
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon‘s campaign to summon more of his employees back to the office is a work in progress that could take years, he said. In-person attendance at U.S. offices is betwee...
Citadel’s flagship hedge fund rallies 7% in April, brings 2022 returns to nearly 13%
Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel Mike Blake | Reuters Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s hedge fund wowed the industry with big outperformance in April, overcoming a brutal market rout and ...
Stocks churn near lows of the year in volatile trading after Nasdaq’s worst month since 2008
U.S. stocks swung between gains and losses on Monday morning as Wall Street tried to shake off a brutal month that saw the Nasdaq Composite suffer its worst stretch since 2008. The Dow Jones Industria...
Buffett bought more Apple last quarter and says he would have added more if the stock didn’t rebound
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, April 30, 2022. CNBC Warren Buffett bought the dip in his No. 1 stock Apple during the tech giant’s sell-off in the f...
Activision Blizzard, Bilibili, Moody’s and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Activision Blizzard (ATVI) – Activision shares jumped 2.7% in premarket trading after Warren Buffett told the Berkshire annual meeting that ...
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...
Warren Buffett gives his most expansive explanation for why he doesn’t believe in Bitcoin
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger press conference at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting, April 30, 2022. CNBC Bitcoin has steadily been gaining acceptance from the traditional finance...
Charlie Munger says Robinhood is justly ‘unraveling’ for ‘disgusting’ practices
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger blasted stock trading app Robinhood on Saturday, saying the company is now “unraveling.” “It’s so easy to overdo a good idea. &#...
Warren Buffett rips Wall Street for turning the stock market into ‘a gambling parlor’
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett lambasted Wall Street for encouraging speculative behavior in the stock market, effectively turning it into a “gambling parlor.” Buffett, 91, spoke at...
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...
Warren Buffett significantly increases Chevron bet, now in Berkshire’s top 4 positions
Berkshire Hathaway added to its Chevron bet significantly during the first quarter, making the energy stock the conglomerate’s fourth biggest equity holding. The “Oracle of Omaha’s&#...
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...
Here’s the lowdown on Buffett’s shopping carnival for shareholders
Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting signage in Omaha, Nebraska, April 29, 2022. David A. Grogan | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting’s pregame is nothing short of an extravaga...
Amazon, Verisign, Honeywell and more
A contractor working for Amazon.com cleans a delivery truck in Richmond, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headli...
What to expect from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller | CNBC Warren Buffett is set to kick off Berkshire Hathaway‘s annual shareholder...
Exxon (XOM) earnings Q1 2022
A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 15, 2021. Kathleen Flynn | Reuters Shares of Exxon Mobil slid on Friday after the company took a $3.4 billion after-tax cha...
Robinhood, Amazon, Apple, Roku and more
Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder Robinhood Markets, Inc., is displayed on a screen during his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. Brendan McDer...
Chevron (CVX) earnings Q1 2022
The Chevron logo is displayed as a tanker truck enters the Chevron Products Company El Segundo Refinery on January 26, 2022 in El Segundo, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Chevron...
Elon Musk sold around $4 billion worth of Tesla shares
Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and chief executive officer of Tesla, waves while arriving to a discussion at the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 9, 2020. Andrew Harrer | ...
Amazon, Apple, Robinhood and more
An Amazon truck is seen entering the LDJ5 Amazon Sort Center on April 25, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Amazon...
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...
How one European asset manager with $40 billion is weathering uncertainty in the region
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Mathieu Chabran helms Tikehau Capital, a European asset manager, which oversees $40 billion in private debt, real assets, private equity, ...
Hedge funds attract the biggest inflows in 7 years on the back of market volatility
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 3, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) The...
Microsoft, Visa, Enphase Energy, Boeing and more
Microsoft Corporation headquarters at Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, France, April 18, 2016. Charles Platiau | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Enphase Energy — Sh...