Text size The market reacted violently to the Federal Open Market Committee, which hiked the federal-funds rate target by half a percentage point for only the second time this century. Spencer Platt / Getty Images Uncertainty on several fronts and a fast-changing world — economically, geopolitically, and otherwise — yields known knowns, known unknowns, and … Read more
Text size The market reacted violently to the Federal Open Market Committee, which hiked the federal-funds rate target by half a percentage point for only the second time this century. Spencer Platt / Getty Images Uncertainty on several fronts and a fast-changing world — economically, geopolitically, and otherwise — yields known knowns, known unknowns, and … Read more
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 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B -2.55% is opening up the spending spigot again. It forged an $ 11.6 billion deal to buy insurer … Read more
OMAHA, Neb. — The Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting returned to a live, in-person format for 2022, after a two-year pandemic hiatus moved the so-called “Woodstock for Capitalists” online. Warren Buffett addressed the company’s massive stock purchases in the first quarter, the performance of its collection of businesses, and added his signature folksy anecdotes and … Read more
Berkshire Hathaway made a big bet on other stocks in the first quarter, and energy was a favorite. Warren Buffett’s company bought $ 51.1 billion worth of equities in the quarter, according to the company’s 10-Q filing. Among the purchases were billions of dollars worth of Chevron (ticker: CVX) and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). Berkshire also … Read more
Text size Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to the press as he arrives at the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 4, 2019. Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway has purchased nearly 30 million shares of Occidental Petroleum since the end of 2021, adding to an existing large … Read more