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MARCH 8, 2024

Research and development (R&D) expenses have grown every year since the start of 2013 and total just over $175 billion through the end of the fiscal first quarter of 2024 (Dec. billion Apple has spent on R&D since the beginning of 2013 is its "investment" that's nearly quadrupled R&D in size over the same period.

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APRIL 20, 2024

Great minds think alike Buffett made an intriguing revelation about his will to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in his 2013 annual letter. Griffin's Citadel also has a stake in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF. And both billionaires have pressed the easy button with one Vanguard ETF. The legendary investor added, "I suggest Vanguard's."

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JULY 9, 2023

This is especially true of the asset management industry because of the enormous resources that individual investors and institutional investors such as pension funds and insurers have at stake. Having nearly tripled its quarterly dividend since 2013 to the current $5, the company has also handed out its share of payout hikes to shareholders.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If you invested $10,000 in this top financial stock 10 years ago in 2013, you'd have more than $51,000 today. This increases the ownership stake of existing investors. There are numerous reasons for this, which I'll get to below, but the company's favorable traits have resulted in huge gains for shareholders over the years.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) , the native cryptocurrency of the Ripple payment protocol network, has taken investors on a wild ride since its debut in August 2013. If you had invested $1,000 in XRP on its first trading day at just $0.0058893 per token, your stake would have grown to $652,030 when it reached its all-time high of $3.84

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Its stake in Apple is worth $90.7 Berkshire's stake in AmEx totals close to $38.5 Two oil stocks round out the top six, Chevron and Occidental, with Berkshire's stakes totaling nearly $17.6 Buffett's biggest holding by far Berkshire Hathaway has big bucks invested in its five largest stock holdings. billion and $14.6

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

He increased Citadel's stake by 20% or more for 35 of the hedge fund's top-50 holdings. This increased Citadel's stake by 63%. He first initiated a position in the pharma stock in 2013's Q2. Through the years, the billionaire hedge fund manager has increased and decreased Citadel's stake in Pfizer.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) has minted a lot of millionaires since its launch in December 2013. As a PoW blockchain, Dogecoin doesn't natively support smart contracts, which are used in proof-of-stake ( PoS ) blockchains like Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) to develop decentralized apps ( dApps ), non-fungible tokens ( NFTs ), and other crypto assets.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

KKR initially acquired about 60% of Global Atlantic in February 2021 in a transaction valuing the retirement and life insurance company at roughly $4.7bn, joining other private equity firms in acquiring stakes in annuities providers. and became an independent company in 2013. Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading?

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JULY 29, 2024

Berkshire (and therefore Buffett) owns stakes in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY). million, while its stake in the SPDR ETF stands close to $21.4 Buffett's 2013 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders also supports the premise that he likes the Vanguard ETF better.

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APRIL 8, 2024

That situation added risk to Alibaba since Alibaba shares are not a direct ownership stake in the company. billion) in 2013 to 260 billion renminbi ($36 billion) in 2023, a 13-fold increase in 10 years. billion) in 2013 to 46 billion renminbi ($6.3 The problem directly affected the investment world in 2022 when U.S.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

At the end of the third quarter, the conglomerate's stake in VOO was worth slightly more than $17.5 Also, Buffett seemed to express his opinion in his 2013 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. In that 2013 letter, he emphasized that it's important to "keep your costs minimal." VOO certainly beats SPY on this front.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Alibaba's founder, Jack Ma, reduced his stake Investors were already shocked by the decision to cancel the Alibaba Cloud spin-off. It didn't help that co-founder Jack Ma decided to reduce his stake in Alibaba at this sensitive time. by 2020 (his stake was 7.6% His ownership in Alibaba had already fallen to 4.8%

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

billion stake in American Express dwarfs its $2.6 billion stake in Visa and $2.1 billion stake in Mastercard. Stable growth with consistent buybacks From 2013 to 2023, American Express revenue (net of interest expense) and diluted earnings per share rose at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% and 9%, respectively.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

It started out in Brazil in 2013 and has since expanded into Colombia and Mexico. However, Buffett's stake in Nu is somewhat unexpected. Berkshire Hathaway owns 9% of BYD and had an even larger stake in the past. At least, her Ark Invest ETFs own larger stakes in the three other stocks. automakers.

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JUNE 29, 2024

Dogecoin was launched as a parody of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2013, and Shiba Inu was created to poke fun at Dogecoin in 2020. 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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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Ripple actually pre-mined its entire supply of 100 billion tokens before its launch in 2013, and it locked up more than half of those tokens in escrow accounts across its blockchain. XRP can't be staked (locked up to earn rewards) like Ethereum 's (CRYPTO: ETH) Ether and other proof of stake ( PoS ) cryptocurrencies.

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MAY 3, 2024

The third reason Warren Buffett has no intention of parting ways with his company's massive stake in Apple is the company's top-tier management team. billion in dividend income annually to its shareholders, its board has green-lit the repurchase of $651 billion worth of its common stock since the start of 2013. Bank of America: $39.1

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Buyout firm L Catterton, backed by luxury conglomerate LVMH, is to acquire a majority stake in the pilates studio operator Solidcore from VMG Partners, Peterson Partners, and Kohlberg & Company in a deal that values the fitness chain at $700m, according to a report by Reuters.

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JULY 5, 2023

billion in 2013 to $23.6 The company's $10 billion investment in ChatGPT and Dall-E creator OpenAI has given it a substantial stake in one of the hottest names in AI, and the software giant's internal artificial intelligence initiatives stand to have payoffs across a variety of business segments. billion in 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

During Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in May, Buffett suggested that corporate tax rates were liable to increase in the future, and hinted at this thesis as his reasoning for selling a significant stake in Apple. Something else to keep in mind is that Berkshire's stake in Bank of America has fallen to 11.1%

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Disconcerting as this may seem, enduring the stock's declines that occur in step with sliding energy prices is table stakes for counting oneself as an energy investor. Between 2013 and 2023, ExxonMobil grew its dividend by just 36.3% growth from 2003 to 2013 -- so the pace of increases has noticeably slowed. compared to 132.1%

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Its 578,000-share/$42 million stake only makes up about 0.01% of the Berkshire Hathaway investment portfolio's present value; Buffett sold most of the position in 2013, shortly after the spinoff. Capital One Buffett is a big fan of credit card company stocks, owning stakes in Visa as well as Mastercard.

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JULY 30, 2024

AXA Investment Managers’ private markets unit, AXA IM Prime, has acquired a 20% stake in Rivage Investment, a French private credit firm specialising in infrastructure debt, which oversees more than €7.7bn ($8.3bn) in committed capital, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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JULY 18, 2023

Buffett liquidated his Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) position last year and closed out his AT&T (NYSE: T) stake in 2016, letting T-Mobile represent the future of wireless communications. Berkshire has owned Visa stock since 2013, adding and removing a few million shares over time. The stake is worth roughly $2.02

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JULY 19, 2024

of invested assets) Any doubts about Warren Buffett's preference to concentrate his company's invested assets into a few premier businesses are tossed aside by Berkshire's stake in tech stock Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). stake in the company. Since Berkshire's cost basis for its stake in AmEx is only $8.49

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Private equity firm Partners Group is considering selling a stake in the International Schools Partnership (ISP), a UK-based global network of private schools valued at up to €5bn ($5.38bn), according to a report by Reuters.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Lengthy books have been written that discuss some of his favorite investing philosophies, such as buying stakes in brand-name businesses with sustainable moats and holding these positions for lengthy periods. Despite Berkshire having stakes in 49 stocks , as of Sept. economy and investing. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.

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JULY 22, 2024

Since kicking off its buyback program in 2013, the world's largest publicly traded company has bought back $674 billion worth of its common stock. Share repurchases are increasing Berkshire's stake in Apple without Buffett or his crew having to do a thing. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

However, the Oracle of Omaha and his team have dumped a significant percentage of their company's stake in Apple over the prior three quarters. billion spent on share buybacks during the company's fiscal third quarter (ended June 29, 2024), Apple has put a whopping $700 billion to work repurchasing its stock since the start of 2013.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Despite Berkshire Hathway having stakes in 45 stocks and two index funds, nearly 43% of invested assets are tied up in Apple. billion in annual dividends to its shareholders and has repurchased $651 billion worth of its common stock since initiating a buyback program in 2013. Apple: $159,876,617,000 in market value (42.9%

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MARCH 8, 2024

These traits include buying stakes in brand-name businesses with strong management teams, as well as investing with a long-term mindset. Even after Buffett and his team reduced their company's stake in Apple by roughly 1% during the December-ended quarter, it still accounts for 44% of invested assets. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

stake in MicroStrategy, which is mainly valued for its Bitcoin holdings rather than its enterprise software business. From 2013 to 2023, its annual revenue declined from $576 million to $496 million as it struggled to keep pace with faster-growing cloud competitors like Microsoft and Salesforce. Another $6.5

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JUNE 29, 2024

The company got its start in 2013 after co-founder David Vélez, then a member of Sequoia Capital's investment team, recognized a giant opportunity in Latin America's banking sector. Then, like Buffett often does, you can add to your stakes over time. If you want to invest in a company with decades of growth ahead of it, Nu is for you.

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JUNE 9, 2024

The cryptocurrency was launched in 2013 as a parody of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) named after the Shiba Inu dog meme. By comparison, Ethereum, Solana , and Cardano all use the more energy-efficient proof of stake ( PoS ) method, which has been widely adopted for the development of decentralized apps and smaller tokens.

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MAY 22, 2024

Note, I've excluded the two index funds Berkshire Hathaway holds small stakes in -- the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF -- because index funds represent baskets of securities and aren't themselves stocks. It also doesn't hurt that Apple has repurchased a jaw-dropping $674 billion worth of its common stock since 2013 began.

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MARCH 19, 2025

However, in 2013, the dividend started heading lower. The company has moved quickly, buying a material stake in KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) to up its presence in the U.S. Here's why. The problem with AGNC Investment's ultra-high yield When AGNC Investment went public in 2008, its dividend quickly rose. That resulted in the stock rising, too.

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