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Can Warren Buffett's Successors Maintain Berkshire Hathaway's Momentum?
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 6:32am | 645Warren Buffett‘s potential successors, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, are trailing the S&P 500 index, raising concerns about the future of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK). What Happened: The two potential successors are set to inherit the $354 billion stock portfolio of...
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Did Warren Buffett Slam One Of His Own Investments? 'It Isn't Fundamentally That Good A Business'
Saturday, April 15, 2023 - 11:37am | 889Legendary investor Warren Buffett has had a strong track record of investments with Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) over the last several decades. And while the "Oracle of Omaha" has typically praised the companies he invests in, one portfolio company recently...
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Top 10 Stock Holdings Of Berkshire Hathaway And Warren Buffett
Saturday, February 26, 2022 - 6:15pm | 875Legendary investor Warren Buffett's ability to identify and buy the stock of up-and-coming publicly traded companies has been key to the success of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B). Along with owning Geico, Dairy Queen, Duracell, Fruit of the Loom, See...
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JPMorgan-Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway Health Care Effort Is 'Brilliant,' Says Techonomy CEO
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 5:41pm | 760JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon is teaming up with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Jeff Bezos and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)'s Warren Buffett to create a new health care company tasked with addressing one of the "greatest issues facing...
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Jim Cramer Calls Apple The 'Worst-Loved' Stock
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 10:33am | 374Investors seem to have developed a love-hate relationship with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its stock. Or, as CNBC's Jim Cramer puts it, "Apple stock is the worst loved piece of paper in the universe." Speaking during his daily "Mad Money" segment, Cramer pointed out there may be a disconnect...
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Berkshire Hathaway Purchase Sends Chicago Bridge & Iron to New All-Time Highs
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 7:05am | 522On Wednesday, May 15, Warren Buffett's holding company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) revealed that it had added a position in Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE: CBI) in the first quarter of 2013. The news, which was disclosed in the company's 13F filing showing Berkshire's long...
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Is Warren Buffett Becoming a Trader?
Friday, September 14, 2012 - 2:13pm | 355Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) GEICO unit posted a 25 percent gain on Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), as it sold its stake less than a year after making the investment. This is notable as it runs contrary to the buy-and-hold strategy famously championed by its Chairman Warren Buffett....
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Berkshire Hathaway Sells Intel; Buys National-Oilwell Varco
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 4:47pm | 290Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B), the holding company run by Warren Buffett, released its second-quarter 13-F filing on Tuesday after the closing bell. The updated filing shows the moves that Berkshire has made in its stock holdings over the last quarter. Most surprisingly,...
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Buffett Raises Funds Managed by Underlings to $8 Billion
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 2:12pm | 576Warren Buffett told Bloomberg's Betty Liu in an interview that he is raising the amount of money overseen by Ted Weschler and Todd Combs from $2.75 billion apiece to around $4 billion. The former hedge fund managers were hired in recent years to manage investments at Buffett's holding company,...
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Berkshire Hathaway Discloses New Stakes in CVS Caremark, DirecTV, and Intel
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 6:04pm | 165Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) released its third quarter 13-F filing after the closing bell on Monday. In addition to a huge stake in IBM (NYSE: IBM), which Buffett told CNBC about on Monday morning, the filing also reveals new positions in CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS), DirecTV (...
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Buffett Adds Another Successor
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 12:43pm | 285It appears as though Warren Buffett has found another piece of the puzzle for the future of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). The so-called "Oracle of Omaha" has hired Ted Weschler—hedge fund manager—to serve on the team designed to replace Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway next year....