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OCTOBER 18, 2024

The difference between Dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies Dogecoin was created from the open-source code for Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC) , a token that was forked from Bitcoin's blockchain in 2011. PoS blockchains also enable their investors to "stake" (or lock up) their tokens to earn interest-like rewards.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

That's probably why Berkshire started to buy Visa in 2011 and now holds a $2.35 billion stake in the company. billion stake in the company. billion stake in the insurer. However, Visa will likely overcome those near-term regulatory challenges and continue growing as more consumers stop using cash-based payments.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

With a brief exception in 2018, it's been making monthly dividend payments that have risen or remained steady since 2011. Around 31% of Ares Capital's investments are equity stakes or fixed-rate loans. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is another BDC with a diverse portfolio and an attractive dividend.

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APRIL 27, 2024

Berkshire owns stakes of roughly 9% in five Japanese trading companies. However, when Berkshire owns a stake in a company, Buffett owns a stake too. DaVita Buffett first initiated a position in DaVita (NYSE: DVA) in 2011. Mitsubishi's business spans a wide range of industries. Mitsubishi is the biggest of the group.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Image source: Bank of America Buffett and Bank of America Buffett has long been a fan of Bank of America, singing the praises of CEO Brian Moynihan time and again, and he's owned the stock since he bought preferred shares of BofA in 2011. The conglomerate already has a record-high cash balance after dumping so much of its Apple stake.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Tesla's EV deliveries could shrink this year for the first time since the company launched its flagship Model S in 2011. It owns a majority stake in Waymo, which completes over 100,000 driverless ride-sharing trips every single week across Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. billion from outside investors.

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APRIL 28, 2024

VanEck established this fund in December 2011, and its history over more than 12 years is long enough that its track record includes a few of the cyclical downturns that have always plagued the industry, reinforcing the fund's strength. It contains 26 companies that together cover all aspects of semiconductor design and manufacturing.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The history of CrowdStrike CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ: CRWD) was incorporated in 2011 in Austin, Texas. Led by CEO and founder George Kurtz, CrowdStrike has staked its own path within the cybersecurity industry. Kurtz, who worked at McAfee from 2004 to 2011, oversaw an innovative strategy at CrowdStrike.

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JUNE 15, 2024

The foundation's trust holds stakes in dozens of companies in its portfolio, but 87% is made up of just these five stocks. The trust gets reliable income thanks to the dividend Microsoft has paid consistently since 2004 while boosting its payout yearly since 2011. million Berkshire shares in a stake valued at nearly $7.1

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

While the Trust continues to own stakes in 24 stocks in all, at the end of the third quarter, 80% of its holdings were represented by just four stocks. Microsoft has also been paying a dividend since 2004, which has increased every year since 2011. By the end of 2023, the foundation had dispersed $77.6 Image source: Getty Images.

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JULY 30, 2024

The stake amounted to around $2.3 Bank of America (BofA) stock has performed well since Berkshire first invested in it in 2011, returning around 12% compounded annually. We don't know for sure why Buffett and his team at Berkshire continue to sell their stake in Bank of America. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Not only did Buffett spend an estimated $37 billion acquiring a stake in Apple from 2016 through 2018, but the stock has appreciated greatly since then. Recently, Buffett trimmed the position over the last three quarters, including a massive sale of nearly half of Berkshire's remaining stake in the second quarter.

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JUNE 29, 2024

Dogecoin was created from the open source code for Litecoin , an altcoin that was forked from Bitcoin's blockchain in 2011. Shiba Inu was built on the Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) blockchain, which transitioned from the energy-intensive PoW method to the more energy-efficient proof of stake ( PoS ) method in 2022.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Amazon also has a $4 billion stake in start-up Anthropic AI, further boosting its credentials. It developed specialized processors that run AI models, AI-powered apps to help its e-commerce customers, and conversational digital assistant Q to help AWS users. Amazon also announced that it added renowned AI pioneer Andrew Ng to its board.

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OCTOBER 12, 2024

While the Trust continues to own stakes in two dozen companies, to close out the second quarter, 81% of its holdings comprised just four stocks. There's also Microsoft's quarterly dividend, which the company has been paying consistently since 2004 and has raised every year since 2011. Image source: Getty Images. The current yield of 0.8%

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MARCH 24, 2024

But as much as Buffett likes Apple, Berkshire Hathaway has bigger stakes in other businesses as a percentage of their outstanding shares. DaVita Berkshire's stake in DaVita (NYSE: DVA) tops 41%. Buffett first initiated a position in DaVita in the fourth quarter of 2011. stake in Liberty SiriusXM Series C (NASDAQ: LSXMK).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

At one point, Berkshire Hathaway's Apple stake grew to become about 50% of its equity portfolio, but Buffett has been selling the stock lately. But Buffett's decision to trim his Apple stake also suggests he views the shares as fairly valued or at best, only slightly undervalued relative to their intrinsic value.

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APRIL 23, 2024

stake in the mega-bank. In August 2011, Buffett invested $5 billion of Berkshire's capital in Bank of America preferred stock that paid a 6% dividend yield, generating $300 million in annual income. per share for most of Berkshire's stake -- less than one-fifth of its current stock price. So, Buffett paid $7.14

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APRIL 5, 2024

Presidio, which has generated nearly $6bn in revenue and employs more than 3,500 people globally, first drew private equity attention in 2011 when it was acquired by US buyout group American Securities, before Apollo agreed to acquire it in 2014. Source: Private Equity Wire Can’t stop reading? in a deal that.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

While the Trust continues to own stakes in more than two dozen companies, 83% of its portfolio was comprised of just four stocks at the close of the second quarter. The Trust also benefits from Microsoft's quarterly dividend, which the company has paid out consistently since 2004 and increased every year since 2011.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Between the two, they own a 6% stake in the megacap tech giant. Beyond those two, Eric Schmidt, who served as CEO from 2001 to 2011, owns a 0.5% stake, worth about $11 billion. As you might expect, Alphabet 's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) largest shareholders are its two co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Realty Income If you're looking for a stock that pays a recurring monthly dividend, it makes sense to own a stake in a company that charges its customers on a recurring monthly basis. Although sometimes at a painfully slow pace, Stag's raised its dividend payment every year since 2011. Enter Realty Income (NYSE: O).

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Buffett first bought a stake in the iPhone maker in the first quarter of 2016. When Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, investors thought that Tim Cook wouldn't be able to be as successful in guiding Apple to new heights. Some didn't work out, but some of them turned out to be huge wins. But we've learned that this assumption was wrong.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

The company owns stakes in three tier 1 uranium mines, as well as a 49% interest in Westinghouse Electric Company, which provides mission-critical technologies and services that are used in the nuclear power sector. Image source: Getty Images.

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APRIL 21, 2024

While the portfolio has stakes in two dozen companies in all, the vast majority is held in just four stocks. million Berkshire shares in a stake worth nearly $7.96 Those factors help explain why Berkshire Hathaway continues to be among Gates' largest stakes. Image source: Getty Images. Currently, the trust holds 19.9

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JULY 26, 2024

In a rare move, it even secretly bought a huge stake in one company that it only revealed recently. billion investment Whenever an investor or business purchases more than 5% of a company's outstanding shares, it's generally required to publicly disclose the stake with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). That's a wise choice.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The company developed the Google Brain in 2011, conducting groundbreaking research in neural networks and deep learning. Alphabet Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been deploying AI algorithms to support its business objectives for more than 20 years.

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MAY 17, 2024

An analysis of hedge fund returns between 2011 and 2020 found that the S&P 500 beat the average hedge fund's return every single year , and usually by a wide margin. To close out the first quarter, the hedge owned stakes in just six companies , but one major artificial intelligence (AI) player is Ackman's largest holding.

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JULY 24, 2023

last year was also its highest since 2011. Buffett now owns more than a 25% stake in Occidental, and the stock makes up 3.5% Last year, Berkshire received regulatory approval to buy a 50% stake in Occidental, fueling speculation that Buffett will eventually acquire the company. oil production. of his portfolio.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

When Buffett began building his company's stake in Apple during the first quarter of 2016, the tech giant's trailing-12-month (TTM) price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio ranged from 10 to 12, which was well below that of the S&P 500. As of the closing bell on Oct. Berkshire Hathaway's No. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

He acquired his first stake in it in the 1960s amid a bit of a crisis for the company at the time. Today, Berkshire's stake in AmEx is worth more than $36.8 But in 2011, Buffett tried again. Since mid-July, Berkshire has unloaded nearly $7 billion of his stake in the company at an average price of $41.08.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

This is one of Buffett's best stock picks ever In 2011, Buffett made one of his best stock purchases ever. Berkshire has accumulated a stake in this fintech business worth more than $1 billion. Berkshire hasn't sold a single share since acquiring his stake. The company? None other than Visa (NYSE: V).

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AUGUST 20, 2024

That's why it was alarming when Berkshire started selling a lot of stocks -- including half of its stake in Apple and all of its shares of HP and Snowflake -- during the past year. Visa faces macro and antitrust challenges Berkshire started to buy Visa's stock in the third quarter of 2011. billion stake accounts for 0.7%

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MAY 12, 2024

billion stake in Mastercard. Both stocks have been in the portfolio since 2011 -- another sign that Buffett is playing the long game with these investments. Both stocks are up well over 1,500% since 2011. Regulatory filings currently show Berkshire with a $2.2 billion position in Visa, and a $1.7

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For example, Buffett purchased $5 billion worth of Bank of America preferred stock in August 2011. But for Buffett, it allowed him to take a stake in one of America's leading money-center banks at just 38% of its listed book value. This $5 billion was designed to buoy BofA's balance sheet following the trough of the financial crisis.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Indeed, its 10 million-share stake is worth around $1.5 of Amazon's market cap and less than 1% of the combined value of stocks held by Berkshire Hathaway; Berkshire has even been trimming its stake in the e-commerce giant this year. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway doesn't hold a ton of Amazon shares, for the record. That's only 0.1%

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JUNE 17, 2024

BAC data by YCharts The stock itself has a strong performance track record as well, rallying from late 2011's low of $4.92 BofA is a reliable, low-maintenance dividend payer There are prospective risks worth keeping in mind should you decide to step into a stake in Bank of America. per share to its present price near $39.

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