Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway owns a 9.8% stake in Occidental Petroleum worth $5.1 billion after furious buying activity in s...
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Warren Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway Paid 1% of All U.S. Corporate Tax Receipts
Berkshire Hathaway has the largest amount of domestic infrastructure assets of any American company and paid $3.3 billion in federal taxes in 2021—or nearly 1% of all corporate tax receipts—CEO Warren...
Calling Out ‘Emperor’ Larry Fink
When you’re 98 years old you can say things others can’t, so bravo to Charlie Munger for daring to speak an important but too muffled truth about today’s financial markets. “We have a new bunch of emp...
Redfin stock tanks after forecast shows losses expanding as iBuying business grows
Redfin Corp. shares plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading Thursday, after executives predicted losses in the first quarter of 2022 would exceed full-year losses in 2021 as the company maintains...
Charlie Munger Expects Index Funds to Change the World—and Not in a Good Way
Charlie Munger doesn’t think Larry Fink should be running the world. Mr. Munger, the billionaire vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Warren Buffett’s business partner, said the rise of index ...
Warren Buffett’s firm took big stake in Activision Blizzard ahead of Microsoft deal
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company placed a rare bet on a technology company late last year and it has already paid off in a big way. Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, -1.52% revealed in documents filed w...
These 3 Funds Invest Like ARK But Didn’t Fall as Far
Just one year ago, the innovation-focused exchange-traded funds from Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest were some of the hottest on the market, thanks to their spectacular rise in 2020. Now, they’ve collapsed b...
GE’s Annual Report Is Shorter Again. Things Are Changing.
Text size General Electric plans to break itself into three parts. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images General Electric ‘s latest annual report is more evidence that the company is shaking itself up....
Did Warren Buffett Scoop Up Stock Last Quarter? Don’t Bet on It.
Text size Warren Buffett. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Given Warren Buffett’s cautious investment approach since the pandemic began, it’s a good bet that Berkshire Hathaway ‘s quarterly filing of its eq...
SoFi is ‘not just another neobank,’ Bank of America analyst says
SoFi Technologies Inc. picked up a new fan on Wall Street Friday as a Bank of America analyst chimed in with a bullish view of the financial-technology company. Bank of America’s Mihir Bhatia said he ...
Opinion: Should you add residential real estate to your retirement portfolio?
Is there a way to invest in residential real estate as an asset class? It’s a timely question since, as I pointed out last week, residential real estate can play an important role in reducing the prob...
Tax season: does the IRS know if you trade crypto? Is your NFT sale or mining income taxable?
Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch. It is tax season in the U.S., and I’ll ...
This way of picking value stocks has actually worked — and Berkshire Hathaway screens the best
Amazon.com’s earnings surprise is the story of the day, pushing even the jobs report into second billing. More on that in a second. But the broader story of the markets is unchanged. Interest rates ar...
U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday
Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...
Opinion: It’s safe to dip your toes in the stock market — here are three companies to consider, including one disrupter
Yes, it’s safe to buy this pullback in stocks. And if you got frightened Monday and sold, which was admittedly a scary day for many investors, get back in. Here are three reasons why, followed by thre...
GE earnings: Wall Street analysts have lowered the beat bar, but investor expectations are now ‘slightly elevated’
General Electric Co. investors should expect a “particularly noisy” earnings report for the industrial conglomerate’s fourth quarter, which will be the first since the company said it was breaking up,...
SoFi Stock Set to Rise on the Company’s Growth
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...
Warren Buffett’s Preferred Equity Allocation Is 100%
Warren Buffett’s preferred equity allocation is 100%, and he has adopted that strategy both personally and at Berkshire Hathaway in a way that is radically different from other companies in the insura...