Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
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Buffett’s Berkshire Buys More Occidental Stock. How Much It Owns Now.
Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
Apple, Berkshire, Alphabet, and Microsoft Reap Benefit of Higher Rates
Rich corporations are getting richer thanks to higher interest rates. Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A), and Microsoft (MSFT) have the largest cash positions among Amer...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Posts Fourth-Quarter Earnings Fall
Berkshire Hathaway operating earnings declined 8% in the fourth quarter to $6.7 billion after taxes, hurt by a drop in profits at the company’s railroad business and a decline in the U.S. dollar. Exc...
Warren Buffett Muses on Berkshire Hathaway’s Future in Annual Letter
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is looking to shape the company for when he’s gone. At a time when other famous conglomerates like General Electric (ticker: GE) are splitting up into multiple mo...
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Could Get an Occidental Stock Payoff
One of Berkshire Hathaway’s best investments in the past five years was its purchase of $10 billion of Occidental Petroleum preferred stock paying an 8% dividend yield. Occidental Petroleum (ticker: O...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Buy in Truck-Stop Operator Pays Off
Berkshire Hathaway investors may soon get a read on one of the company’s better deals in the past decade—a 2017 purchase for nearly $3 billion of a 38.6% interest in Pilot Flying J, the country’s lead...
Berkshire Hathaway’s 4Q Equity Buys and Sales to Be Disclosed in Filing Tuesday
What were Warren Buffett and his colleagues at Berkshire Hathaway up to with their $350 billion equity portfolio last quarter? Investors will find out very soon. A regulatory filing expected Tuesday s...
2 Natural-Gas Stocks to Play the Coming Rebound
The collapse in natural-gas prices in recent months has generated a fraction of the attention of the run-up of the first half of 2022. But it could dent 2023 profits industrywide—and dampen inflation ...
Berkshire Hathaway Had a Strong 2022. What to Watch in 2023.
Berkshire Hathaway is coming off a strong year, one in which operating earnings climbed, investment activity picked up sharply, and the stock handily outperformed the S&P 500 The outlook for 2023 ...
Are Warren Buffett’s Investment Aides Beating the Stock Market?
Todd and Ted may be having a tough year in the stock market. Todd Combs and Ted Weschler each were hired by Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) CEO Warren Buffett more than a decade ago to manag...
Black Friday Has Lost Its Punch for Retailers and the Economy
This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Black Friday Said What? Talking Points BMO Capital MarketsNo...
Stock Market Looks Poised to Rally as Bond Yield Falls
Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The worst may be over for the stock market. Key equity indexes continued their autumn rally, and there could be more gains before the end of the year, helped by conti...
Berkshire Scores Big With Japanese Investments. Currency Hedge Is Key.
One of Berkshire Hathaway ‘s bigger investment scores in recent years was the purchase of a group of five Japanese trading companies that now are showing an estimated profit of about $4 billion on an ...
Berkshire Bought Taiwan Semi Stock. Here’s What Else It Bought and Sold.
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A Berkshire Hathaway Bright Spot: Energy. Here Are the Numbers.
Warren Buffett likes energy. Berkshire Hathaway now owns some $58 billion of Chevron and Occidental Petroleum securities. It isn’t Berkshire’s largest holding; that would be insurance, led by auto ins...
Bonds Look Attractive Now. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Like Them.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Alex Wong/Getty Images Bonds don’t excite Warren Buffett even after the sharp rise in yields this year. The Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) C...
Qualcomm, Nvidia Are Top Picks Among Semiconductor Stocks, Analyst Says
Text size For investors looking for near-term protection, Credit Suisse analysts said wireless-device specialist Qualcomm was their top pick. Dreamstime Semiconductor stocks have fallen far enough to ...