Warren Buffett
Berkshire Stock Was Hammered Monday. It’s Like 1999 Again.
Berkshire stock was hammered Monday with both the class A and B shares down nearly 3% in the wake of the company’s second-quarter earnings report Saturday.
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Berkshire Hathaway Might Have Sold More of Its Bank of America Stake
The conglomerate has been selling Bank of America stock since July 2024.
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Berkshire Earnings Key Takeaways: Strong Profit, No Buybacks, and a Falling Stock
Investors will find a few items of interest in Saturday’s quarterly report from Warren Buffett’s conglomerate.
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Stock Markets Face More Shocks After Jobs Data. Watch the Fed and Earnings.
The White House says this week’s tariffs are final, Tesla’s self-driving technology legal woes are bad for the industry, and more news to start your day.
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Berkshire Operating Profits Fall 4% in 2nd Quarter
Warren Buffett’s company takes a write-down of its Kraft equity stake.
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Train Stocks Could Fare Well as Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merge. Picking Winners.
The deal could lift Union Pacific shares by nearly 50%—but it could be a long haul until then.
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Berkshire Stock Sees Weird Trading. The A Shares Pop While B Shares Dip.
It is unclear what caused the late-day buying in the A shares, but it looks like it will reverse Friday.
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Stock Markets Beware Summer Scares. What Microsoft Must Learn From Novo’s $75 Billion Crash.
China trade talks wrap up, Berkshire’s potential railroad deal, oil prices spike, and more news to start your day.
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Berkshire Hathaway Deal for CSX Looks More Likely After Blockbuster Norfolk Southern-Union Pacific Railroad Merger
The ball is in Warren Buffett’s court.
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Berkshire Hathaway Selling Part of Verisign Stake; Stock Falling After-Hours
The price of the offering hasn’t been set yet but it could raise $1.2 billion based on Verisign’s stock price in after-hours trading.
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Berkshire Is Losing Its Buffett Premium. Why It’s Time to Buy the Stock.
Shares have dropped 10% since the company’s annual meeting on May 3.
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The Odds of a Berkshire Hathaway Bid for CSX Are Rising. How Buffett Might Try to Pull It Off.
Acquiring CSX would be expensive for Berkshire, but it would still be accretive to its earnings, one analyst calculated.
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Merger Talks: Creating Transcontinental Railroads Might Be a Good Thing
The western rail giant Union Pacific confirmed on Thursday that it is in advanced talks to acquire the eastern railroad Norfolk Southern.
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There’s Still No Growth at Railroader CSX—Unless Buffett Makes a Bid
There has been speculation that Berkshire Hathaway could bid for CSX to protect its BNSF railroad as competing Union Pacific holds merger talks with Norfolk Southern.
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Potential Rail Merger Could Prompt Berkshire Hathaway to Bid for CSX
Berkshire might see a bid for CSX as a defensive maneuver if its chief rival, Union Pacific, seeks to create a transcontinental railroad.
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6 Reasons Berkshire Stock Has Lagged the Market—and 3 Reasons It Could Outperform Again
The Buffett premium may have faded, or the shares may be ready to rally.
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Berkshire Stock Ends Quarter on Sour Note. It’s About Even With S&P 500 So Far in 2025.
Berkshire has trailed the index on 25 of the past 39 trading sessions since CEO Warren Buffett said he would step down as CEO at year-end.
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Buffett Donates $6 Billion in Berkshire Stock to 5 Charities in Annual Gift
The philanthropies include the Gates foundation and four associated with family members.
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Warren Buffet Is a Standout Among Top CEOs
Readers weigh in on Barron’s annual Top CEOs list, non-GAAP accounting, and premium credit-card perks.
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Berkshire Is Loading Up on This Stock. You Should Be Too.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has more than doubled its stake in Constellation Brands to 12 million shares.
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Why Berkshire Hathaway Class A Stock Is a Better Bet Than Class B—If You Can Afford It
Consider the company’s Class A shares, which now trade at a tiny discount to the less-pricey B shares. That’s CEO Warren Buffett’s advice to potential investors.
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A New ETF Gives You Warren Buffett’s Stock Portfolio, Plus a Dividend
The VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF tries to mirror Berkshire Hathaway’s stock holdings. But, via options trading, it provides one thing Buffett never did: a monthly dividend.
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Warren Buffett Leaves a Brilliant Legacy as He Prepares to Step Down as CEO
Berkshire Hathaway stock has risen 50,000-fold under his leadership.
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Warren Buffett Likely to Give Away $6B in Berkshire Stock Soon. How Much He’ll Have Left.
Buffett started the giving program in 2006.
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New Buffett-Inspired ETF Holds Berkshire and Apple. It Aims for 15% Yield.
The ETF, which finished Wednesday at $19.15, is one of many that use the sale, or writing, of call options to augment income.
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