Berkshire Hathaway news and trends

Warren Buffett Continues to Shed Shares in Apple

November 03, 2024
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Stake in Apple by Half
Apple // August 04, 2024

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s firm has reportedly cut its stake in Apple by half. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Aug. 3), this reduction came as Buffett sold off $76 billion in stocks. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, reduced its Apple holdings by more than...

Warren Buffett Warns of AI Use in Scams
artificial intelligence // May 05, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett has compared the development of artificial intelligence (AI) to the atomic bomb. Just like that invention, the multibillionaire said Saturday (May 4) at Berkshire’s annual meeting, AI could produce disastrous results for civilization.  “We let a genie out of the bottle when we developed...

Warren Buffett Cuts Stake in Apple by 13%
Apple // May 05, 2024

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has cut its stake in Apple, apparently for tax reasons. The conglomerate’s first quarter earnings report — released Saturday — showed the company’s investment in the tech giant at $135 billion.  A report by CNBC noted this would mark a drop of 13%, though...

Billionaire Charlie Munger Says US Needs Ban on Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency // February 02, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger wants America to take a page from China and ban cryptocurrencies. In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece Wednesday (Feb. 1), the billionaire vice chairman of the conglomerate decried the “wretched excess” of the crypto market. “A cryptocurrency is not a...

Interviews & Exclusives
Buffett’s Grounding Of Airline Stocks Shows Turbulence Ahead

May 04, 2020
The selloff begat the selloff. To that end, news came over the weekend that famed investor Warren Buffett, through his investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway, has sold all of its holdings in U.S. airlines. The firm sold its stakes in equities tied to a host of marquee names such as American Airlines, Southwest, Delta Airlines and others. […]

The Power Of THREE: Inside Berkshire Hathaway’s New SMB InsurTech Platform

December 23, 2019
When people joke about boring professions and industries, one can bet that insurance will almost always be one of the top targets of such humor. That’s a bit unfair, of...

Sloan Alone: Why The Wells Fargo CEO (Perhaps) Had To Go

March 29, 2019
Pushed?  Jumped ?  The speculation begins and runs rampant as Timothy Sloan steps down from Wells Fargo’s helm – and yes, shares popped.  In the meantime, the bank still will...

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Warren Buffett Continues to Shed Shares in Apple

November 03, 2024
Warren Buffett has once again sold off another large piece of his stake in Apple. As CNBC reported Saturday (Nov. 2), the billionaire investor’s Berkshire Hathaway had $69.9 billion worth of Apple shares at the end of September, according to its latest earnings report. This implies Buffett had sold around a quarter of his stake […]

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Cuts Stake in Apple by Half

August 04, 2024
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s firm has reportedly cut its stake in Apple by half. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Aug. 3), this reduction came as Buffett sold off...

Warren Buffett Warns of AI Use in Scams

May 05, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett has compared the development of artificial intelligence (AI) to the atomic bomb. Just like that invention, the multibillionaire said Saturday (May 4) at Berkshire’s annual meeting, AI...

Warren Buffett Cuts Stake in Apple by 13%

May 05, 2024
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has cut its stake in Apple, apparently for tax reasons. The conglomerate’s first quarter earnings report — released Saturday — showed the company’s investment in the tech giant...