OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company on Monday revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks. But Buffett had already shared the bigge...
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Berkshire Hathaway Sold Nearly All Its Verizon Stake in the First Quarter
Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire bought stakes in Paramount Global and Market in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway bought stakes in Citigrou...
Chevron, Micron and 18 More Stocks Goldman Recommends to Ride Out the Storm
Text size Qualcomm is one of the 20 stocks on Goldman Sachs’ ‘margin of safety’ list. Pau Barrena /AFP via Getty Images Exxon Mobil , Qualcomm , Micron and Chevron are just some of t...
Alterra Energy Looks To Blow The Lid Off Plastics Recycling
Alterra has developed proprietary technology to economically recycle mixed plastics. Image courtesy Alterra Energy The world has a plastic waste problem. That’s probably not news to you. Standard recy...
Diamondback Energy Agrees to Buy Rattler Midstream for $2.2 Billion
Text size The energy landscape has transformed dramatically since Rattler was taken public in 2019. Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg Rattler Midstream shares soared on Monday after the company announc...
Warren Buffett Spends Big as Stock Market Sells Off
The stock market’s selloff has been bad news for most investors. The Omaha-based company bought 901,768 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY 8.21% last week, according to a regulatory filing. The ...
Phillips 66, Electronic Arts, and 5 More Companies That Raised Their Dividend
Text size Phillips 66 raised its stock dividend this week. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Phillips 66 , Cardinal Health , and Electronic Arts were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increase...
No, the markets are not panicking about inflation
If you’ve turned on a TV, listened to the radio, or surfed internet news sites recently you’ve almost certainly heard that there is a crisis, and a panic, about inflation. You’ve been told it’s the re...
Ukraine Stops Russian Gas Flowing to Europe Through Key Pipeline
Ukraine reduced flows of Russian natural gas through its territory to Europe, introducing a new threat to the energy security of a continent already racing to sever its dependence on Russian fossil fu...
Occidental Stock Rises on Record $4.7 Billion Quarterly Profit
Text size Occidental Petroleum has a huge footprint in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Shares of Occidental Petroleum , one of the biggest producers of U.S. onshore oil and ga...
Oil under pressure to start the week, as Saudis drop prices, China exports slump
Crude tracked a selloff in global assets on Monday, with the commodity pressured as Saudi Arabia slashed cut prices for Asian customers and elsewhere, and China reported sharply weaker export data. Pr...
Disney, Occidental, Rivian, Palantir, BioNTech, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size We’re past the peak of first-quarter earnings season, but with several notable companies still left to report next week. The economic-data highlights of the week will be a pair of inflation ...
Disney, Occidental, Rivian, Palantir, BioNTech, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size We’re past the peak of first-quarter earnings season, but with several notable companies still left to report next week. The economic-data highlights of the week will be a pair of inflation ...
These Oil and Gas Companies Could Benefit From the Push Toward Sustainable Energy
The European Union’s push to wean itself off Russian gas and oil will hasten the transition to alternative energy. Energy companies such as BP and Shell stand to benefit. Here, Germany’s PCK oil refin...
Berkshire Hathaway May Have Sold Verizon, Bought $10 Billion of Financials
Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said it incurred $739 million of realized losses on equity sales in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hatha...
Berkshire Hathaway May Have Sold Verizon Stock in Q1, Bought $10 Billion of Financials
Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said it incurred $739 million of realized losses on equity sales in the first quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hatha...
Gas prices are up roughly 40% from just a year ago. So you may want to try this method to get ‘basically free money’ for gas — but there’s a catch
Is a gas credit card right for you? Getty Images Amid high inflation, rising prices of crude oil and the war in Ukraine, gas prices have jumped from an average of about $2.88 per gallon a year ago, to...
Buffett invests big chunk of Berkshire Hathaway’s cash
Berkshire Hathaway’s first-quarter earnings fell more than 53% on a large swing on the paper value of its investments, but Warren Buffett found ways to put some of the company’s massive cash pile to w...
As Time Passes, and the Weather Warms, Putin’s Power Play in Europe Loses Force
Why isn’t Putin’s move to cut off natural-gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria causing a bigger spike in prices? Elias Stein Text size Vladimir Putin’s move to cut off natural-gas shipments to Poland ...
Warren Buffett Says Markets Have Become a ‘Gambling Parlor’
OMAHA, Neb.—As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying. That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshir...
Oil prices are surging — these eight stocks are still bargains for long-term investors
The combination of underinvestment in new oil wells and rising demand underscores what might be a long period of high prices for energy commodities. Meanwhile, many oil and gas stocks are still tradin...