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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...

Buffet: FDIC Avoided Catastrophe by Covering All SVB Customers
Banking // May 07, 2023

“A run on every bank in the country.” That’s the scenario federal regulators helped prevent by covering depositors when Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed in March, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet said Saturday (May 6).  “It would’ve been catastrophic” if the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) hadn’t done that,...

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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...