Berkshire Hathaway Can Acquire Up to 50% of Occidental Petroleum, Filing Says

Text size Berkshire Hathaway currently has a 20% stake in Occidental. Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Occidental Petroleum stock jumped Friday after Berkshire Hathaway got approval from the Federal E...

3M Unit Defends Request to Shield Parent From Mass Earplug Lawsuits

Lawyers representing 3M Co. ’s bankrupt Aearo Technologies LLC subsidiary defended its request to a bankruptcy judge to extend a litigation stay to the parent company to resolve mass earplug lawsuits,...

Buffett and Berkshire added big to their bets on Ally, Occidental, Paramount and Activision. But these other 6 stocks also got a vote of confidence.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. added to nine stock holdings during the second quarter, reduced holdings of four and sold two outright. That’s according to Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.B, +1.26% ...

Judge Knocks 3M Bankruptcy Strategy for Military Earplug Lawsuits

A federal judge criticized 3M Co. ’s attempt to use the protections of chapter 11 to resolve mass injury claims by U.S. military veterans, but will allow a bankruptcy court to decide whether to shield...

Warren Buffett Loves T-Bills. You Should Consider Them.

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has $75 billion in Treasury bills. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Text size Warren Buffett parks most of Berkshire Hathaway’s cash in ultra-safe...

Berkshire Hathaway Bought Apple, Chevron Stock, Sold GM, Verizon

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made modest stock purchases in the second quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway added to its stakes in Apple , C...

Berkshire Hathaway boosts Apple, Amazon stakes

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A, +0.55% BRK.B, +0.42% added to its positions of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.26% and Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.63% over the past quarter, according to a filing wit...

Berkshire 13F: Buffett Likely Bought Apple, Chevron, and Occidental Stock

Text size CEO Warren Buffett and his investment lieutenants didn’t buy as much stock in the second quarter as they did in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshi...

What Stocks Are Making Moves Monday? Li Auto, NIO, Peloton, and More.

Text size A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Stock futures were trading lower Monday after China cut interest rates following data that showed the worl...

It’s a Good Time to Buy Berkshire Hathaway Stock. Here’s Why.

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway has never been in better shape. Its stock looks appealing after pulling back more than 15% from its...

GE Is Worth More in Pieces. Wall Street’s Math Shows Why.

Text size GE management is breaking up the company. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg General Electric will soon be breaking into three parts, so Wall Street is starting to value the company on a sum-of-the par...

Berkshire Now Holds 20% of Occidental Petroleum

Text size Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett has steadily accumulated Occidental stock this year. AFP via Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway now owns just over 20% of Occidental Petroleum after about $400 mill...

GE Is Building the Electricity Grid of the Future. Here’s What We Found on a Tour.

Text size GE wants to be a player in the electricity grid of the future. That will benefit its coming Vernova business. Brandon Bell/Getty Images NISKAYUNA, N. Y–In General Electric ’s sprawling resea...

The Math Behind GE’s Breakup. It’s a Sum-of-the-Parts Party.

Once the mightiest of industrial conglomerates, General Electric is breaking into three pieces and it is time to value each of the businesses. That means doing a sum-of-the-parts, or SOTP, valuation. ...

Berkshire Buys Buffett Successor’s Stake in Prized Utility Unit

Text size Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway bought a 1% stake held by Vice Chairman Greg Abel in the company’s big electric utility business for $870 million in cash, hig...

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reports $44 billion loss as portfolio value falls

Warren Buffett’s company reported a $43.76 billion loss in the second quarter as the paper value of its investments plummeted and he bought significantly fewer stocks, but Berkshire Hathaway’s many op...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Earnings Fall, Hurt by Market Volatility

Berkshire Hathaway earnings slid in the second quarter as market turmoil weighed on the company’s massive stock portfolio. The Omaha, Neb.-based company, which owns businesses ranging from insurer Gei...

Berkshire Hathaway Beats Estimates for Second-Quarter Profits

Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett added slightly to stakes in Apple and Chevron. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Berkshire Hathaway ’s operating profits rose 39% in the second quarter, topping e...

Buy GE Stock as a Breakup Looms

So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...

Why GE Stock Is Worth More Than You Think

So, it comes to this— General Electric once arguably the greatest of American companies, will cease to exist, at least as the industrial titan it once was. After more than 20 years of decline, the com...

Zillow is almost done selling homes, but stock slumps as the hard part is still to come

Zillow Group Inc. is almost done selling all the homes it bought in a flurry that led to a flameout of its iBuying business, but its plans for the future led to shares plunging in extended trading Thu...

Occidental Petroleum Tops Profit Estimates, Pays Down Debt

Text size Occidental stock has doubled this year and is the top performer in the S&P 500, Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Warren Buffett probably liked Occidental Petroleum ’s second-quarter earn...

SoFi stock gains after earnings as revenue beats and losses shrink

Shares of SoFi Inc. were up nearly 3% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company beat expectations with its latest results and delivered an upbeat earnings forecast for the current quarter. The ...

Did Buffett Buy More Apple Stock? Berkshire’s Earnings Should Make It Clear.

Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Warren Buffett went on a buying spree in the stock market during the first quarter, when Berkshire Hath...

Farmland Is an Inflation Hedge. How to Invest.

At a time when stock prices are slumping and inflation is soaring, farmland looks to be an appealing investment. It is a real asset that performs well in inflationary environments, delivers stable ret...

In a busy morning 3M announces healthcare spin off, mixed earnings and subsidiary’s voluntary bankruptcy

3M Co. was busy before market open Tuesday, announcing the planned spinoff of its healthcare business, second-quarter results, and the voluntary bankruptcy of the company’s Aearo Technologies subsidia...

Apple, Visa, Microsoft, Exxon Mobil, Chipotle, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

It will be a busy week on both the micro and macro fronts. Second-quarter earnings season ramps up, as more than 150 S&P 500 firms report, including Big Tech. The Federal Reserve’s policy committe...

How to Invest During a Bear Market: 6 Tips

If you’re new to the stock market, you’ve probably had a rude awakening: The value of your investments has declined in the past few months. While that may be worrisome, don’t panic. A bear market—defi...

Avoid GE stock ahead of earnings as Wall Street’s expectations haven’t fallen far enough, analyst says

Expectations for General Electric Co.’s second-quarter profit and sales have been reduced significantly in recent months, but there are still those on Wall Street who believe they haven’t come down en...

25 Stocks That Could Rise on a Short Squeeze

Investors betting against electric-vehicle stocks take note: Five of 25 stocks that short-selling research firm S3 Partners identified this month as being at risk of a short squeeze are in the EV busi...

Robinhood Was Behind Phantom Surge in Berkshire Hathaway Trade Volume, Study Finds

Updated July 20, 2022 10:16 am ET Listen to article (1 minute) A sudden surge in trading volumes in class A shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway confounded investors last year. Now, a trio of...

Buying stocks now could bring you pain over the next few weeks. But you’ll be thanking yourself a year from now, these analysts say.

How bad is the mood out there right now? Try max bearish. So said Bank of America’s latest fund manager survey on Tuesday that showed expectations for profits and growth at recessionary levels. Yet Wa...