Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sold nearly half its stake in Apple

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sold nearly half its stake in Apple

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumped nearly half of its gigantic Apple stake last quarter in a surprising move for the famously long-term-focused investor. The Omaha-based conglomerate disclosed in its earnings filing that its holding in the iPhone … Read more

Berkshire’s cash pile could top $200 billion as Buffett sells stock

Berkshire’s cash pile could top 0 billion as Buffett sells stock

Warren Buffett in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogan Berkshire Hathaway‘s highly scrutinized cash pile could top $200 billion — more than the entire annual gross domestic product of Hungary — amid CEO Warren Buffett’s rare sale of some of his favorite stocks. The Omaha-based conglomerate is likely to say its cash … Read more

Derivative death trap? 78 lakh F&O traders lost Rs 52,000 crore in FY24, shows Sebi data

Derivative death trap? 78 lakh F&O traders lost Rs 52,000 crore in FY24, shows Sebi data

Two decades ago, Warren Buffett had warned that derivatives are nothing but time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system. And now Sebi data has proved the ‘God of stocks’ right once again. In FY24, 92.50 lakh individuals and proprietorship firms traded in index derivatives segment of NSE and … Read more

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells Bank of America for ninth straight day

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells Bank of America for ninth straight day

Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway’s selling streak in its big Bank of America stake has extended to nine straight days, suggesting that Warren Buffett is not just trimming the longtime holding. The Omaha-based … Read more

Wall Street looks past political uncertainty

Wall Street looks past political uncertainty

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on July 22, 2024. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, … Read more

Bertoletti wins after Joey Chestnut debacle

Bertoletti wins after Joey Chestnut debacle

Patrick Bertoletti, Geoffrey Esper and other contestants compete in the 2024 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York City, U.S., July 4, 2024. Jeenah Moon | Reuters There’s a new top dog in the frankfurter eating world. Patrick Bertoletti won Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, the … Read more

Growth, value stocks could see boost from Russell rebalancing

Growth, value stocks could see boost from Russell rebalancing

A bullish move may be ahead for both value and growth in the year’s second half. VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth thinks value stocks, which have been market laggards, could get a lift from one of the biggest Wall Street events of the year: the FTSE Russell’s annual rebalancing. “It’s worth paying attention to value,” the firm’s … Read more

Buffett donates another $5.3 billion, says his children will run estate

Buffett donates another .3 billion, says his children will run estate

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4, 2024.  CNBC Warren Buffett on Friday made his biggest annual donation to date, giving $5.3 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway shares to five charities. The legendary investor, who’s turning 94 in August, converted 8,674 of his Berkshire Class A … Read more

Warren Buffett buys Occidental shares for 9 straight days, pushes his stake to nearly 29%

Warren Buffett buys Occidental shares for 9 straight days, pushes his stake to nearly 29%

Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogan Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has scooped up more shares of Occidental Petroleum over each of the past nine trading sessions, driving his gigantic stake in the Houston-based oil and gas producer to … Read more

Warren Buffett says public speaking class changed his life: What he learned

Warren Buffett says public speaking class changed his life: What he learned

Every year, before the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, hundreds of people line up outside the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska, to hear Warren Buffett speak. Some people come for investing tips. Others crave Buffett’s life advice, as CNBC Make It reported last month. But despite his reputation, Buffett wasn’t always a natural orator. … Read more