Warren Buffett Makes Monumental Changes in Bank, Pharma, Tech Stock Holdings
One longstanding strategy of investors looking for new stock ideas is to go “whale hunting” by chasing the ideas and stock purchases of their favorite investors and fund managers. Warren Buffett would...
View ArticleWhy Did Warren Buffett Sell Apple Shares?
In a federal filing Tuesday, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) reported that in the fourth quarter of 2020 the company sold 9.81 million shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for...
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Earnings Previews: Berkshire Hathaway, Workhorse, Stratasys
All three major indexes traded down late Thursday morning, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq down the most with a dip of 1%. Again, the tech sector weighed on all the indexes. NetApp and two chipmakers,...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Gives Away $4.1 Billion, Resigns as Gates Foundation Trustee
Early Wednesday morning, Warren Buffett announced that he has distributed $4.1 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) shares to the five foundations that have been the beneficiaries of his...
View ArticleHow Warren Buffett’s Biggest Investments Are Performing in Q2
When Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported the company’s shareholdings for the first quarter of this year, the total value of the portfolio was $270.4 billion. As of Wednesday’s close, the...
View ArticleHow Will the Drop in Biogen’s Share Price Hit Buffett’s Portfolio?
Among the stocks in Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) portfolio, Thursday’s biggest loser was Biogen. Shares of the drugmaker fell by more than 6% following news that competitor Eli...
View ArticleHere’s How Warren Buffett’s Portfolio Jumped Almost 10% in Q2
The value of Warren Buffett’s stock holdings rose by 9.5% between its closing values on March 31 and June 30. Of the 48 stocks, just six closed the quarter with a lower value than they had at the...
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How Warren Buffett’s Tech Holdings Performed in Q2
Based on Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (NYSE: BRK-B) federal filing at the end of the March quarter, the company’s portfolio includes just four stocks from the technology sector, yet they account for...
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Warren Buffett’s 6 Worst-Performing Stocks in Q2
As of March 31, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) had 48 stocks in its portfolio. The total value of that portfolio was $282.4 billion. Over the course of the second quarter of the...
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Are Warren Buffett’s Car Stocks Still Cruising?
In 2008, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) subsidiary MidAmerican Energy invested $232 million in Chinese automaker BYD Co. Ltd. (BYDDF) in exchange for a 10% stake in the maker of both internal...
View ArticleHow Warren Buffett’s Financial Stocks Performed in Q2
Of the 48 equities included in Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (NYSE: BRK-B) portfolio, 10 are financial sector stocks. These 10 include banks, credit card issuers and insurance companies. Here’s a quick...
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Warren Buffett’s $18 Billion Mistake
In the fourth quarter of 2020, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) trimmed 6% from the company’s holdings in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock. The sale realized about $11 billion...
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Investor Who Introduced Warren Buffett to BYD Reduces Stake in EV Maker
In 2008, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) subsidiary MidAmerican Energy invested $232 million in Chinese automaker BYD Co. Ltd. (BYDDF) in exchange for a 10% stake in the maker of both internal...
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Earnings Previews: Berkshire Hathaway, Enterprise Products, ON Semiconductor
After markets closed on Wednesday, Meta Platforms lit a fire under the tech heavyweights following the release of its earnings report. The company reversed the prior quarter’s loss of active users,...
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Warren Buffett’s EV Company Outsold Tesla in Q2
Global sales of electric vehicles (EVs), both all-electric battery vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), totaled 2.18 million units in the second quarter of this year. That is a year-over-year...
View ArticleWhy Warren Buffett May Get Involved in the FirstEnergy Fiasco
Bribery, money laundering and racketeering may be routine in many nations, but these are serious offenses in the United States. FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is now in the midst of a federal bribery...
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After an Earnings Snub, Lessons of Berkshire Hathaway and Kroger for Albertsons
Grocery stores have proven to be more than just safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the weeks before the pandemic was named. Even with foot traffic in retail down, the public has much less access...
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Why Warren Buffett Keeps Adding to His Massive Bank of America Stake
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has been among the banks noting worse credit metrics during the recession. In the current economy, just about every bank has been losing ground from how their metrics...
View ArticleBuffett and Berkshire Hathaway Earnings Dominated by Stock Buybacks and Stock...
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is the largest conglomerate of them all. With the great Warren Buffett still at the helm after decades, investors are always curious about what actions the Oracle...
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After Apple and Tesla, 13 More Stock Splits That Should Come Very Soon
One trend that used to be very popular and faded away was the corporate decision about stock splits. These are supposed to be mechanical issues, which theoretically have no real change to a company’s...
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