Tax Reform Winner: Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Get New Street-High...
It seems like the world just cannot get enough of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). With Buffett having previously been the wealthiest man in the world, and with him being...
View ArticleHow Top and Most Widely Held Stocks Are Holding Up in the Panic Selling
As Tuesday’s selling pressure started rolling, investors are coming to grips with the notion that stocks can sell-off and uncertainty can still cause panic selling in the stock market. Monday, February...
View Article10 Lessons of Sanity From Warren Buffett During Insane Markets
Investors have had their first real taste of volatility and pain in 2018. The bull market is now right at nine years old, and by the end of January it had been almost two years since the stock market...
View ArticleHave Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Sold More Wells Fargo Shares?
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) seems to have hardly a week or two go by before another piece of negative news comes out about the bank. On top of a recent “forced shrinkage” via limiting the bank’s...
View ArticlePhillips 66 Shrinks Warren Buffett’s Dominance With Huge Stock Buyback
As the markets and investors await the release of the top holdings of America’s top fund managers and investment gurus, we have already seen news that one of the large holdings of Berkshire Hathaway...
View ArticleWarren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Reveal Top Stocks for 2018
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its public equity holdings as of December 31, 2017. As Warren Buffett still runs Berkshire Hathaway and as he is one of the richest men alive, Buffett...
View ArticleWhat to Read Into Warren Buffett’s Retirement From the Kraft Heinz Board of...
Having Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) as a large investor in a company is generally deemed to be one of the strongest endorsements a company can have. After all, Buffett is...
View ArticleAnnual Buffett Shareholder Letter Highlights War Chest, Belief in US
Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) starts the way they all start, with the company’s gain in net worth for the year just passed and a statement...
View ArticleIf You Invested $1000 in Berkshire Hathaway at the Market Bottom, Now It...
Timing the market is easily one of the most difficult parts of trading. In particular, calling the market bottom and knowing when to get in is usually something investors only know way after the fact....
View ArticleTop Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Water Works, Berkshire...
Stocks were down marginally on Wednesday, and Thursday’s indications were for the markets to open slightly higher. The European Central Bank removed some of its easing bias with stronger growth and...
View ArticleWhy the Wave of Stock Buybacks in 2018 May Be Even Better Than Expected
When it comes to pleasing investors, companies have multiple avenues outside of simply meeting earnings expectations. They can grow their businesses organically. They can grow the business via...
View ArticleBuffett Makes Less Than 2 Times What Average Berkshire Employee Does
While the chief executive officers of many public corporations make hundreds of times what their average employees do, one famous CEO makes less based on the same scale. Warren Buffett of Berkshire...
View ArticleLarge Newspaper Layoffs Show Industry Still Restructuring
The Denver Post’s management announced it would cut nearly a third of its editorial jobs. Its parent, Digital First Media, has also announced large layoffs at its California papers. Between the two,...
View ArticleWhy Walmart Might Want to Acquire Humana
Late Thursday, reports began to trickle in that retail behemoth Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) was in preliminary negotiations to acquire health insurer Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Humana’s market cap of around...
View ArticleBerkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting: Buffett Promises More of the Same
The annual shareholders’ meeting of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A; BRK-B) lived up to attendees’ expectations and provided a lot of fodder for analysts and journalists to chew...
View ArticleBacon: Is This Warren Buffet’s Cryptocurrency Play?
Mining for cryptocurrency is getting tastier and paying off with a lot less electricity use. Kraft Heinz Co. (NASDAQ: KHC) last week launched a promotion that gives consumers an instant chance to win a...
View ArticleTrain Wreck in Iowa Dumps 230,000 Gallons of Oil into Floodwaters
A 32-car oil train derailed in northwestern Iowa Friday while crossing the flooding Little Rock River near the town of Doon. The train was carrying crude from the oil sands of western Alberta to...
View ArticleLee Enterprises Stock Soars on Deal to Manage Berkshire Hathaway Media
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) owns more than 100 newspapers and digital media properties, including Warren Buffett’s hometown paper, the Omaha World-Herald, which the company purchased in 2011....
View ArticleExpanded Stock Buyback Parameters for Warren Buffett Could Bring Conflict
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is not your traditional company. Not by a long shot. The conglomerate run by Warren Buffett and team has two classes of stock and many investors...
View ArticleHow the Top 10 US Companies Rank in the $1 Trillion Market Cap Race
The quest for a U.S. company to reach $1 trillion in market capitalization continues. As of July 24, 2018, Apple was leading the charge to the $1 trillion market cap at $948 billion. What is amazing is...
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