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Warren Buffett's Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Just Reminded Investors of This Timeless Lesson

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But a couple of months before that, investors get to leaf through the wisdom that courses through the pages of Buffett's annual letter to shareholders. Buffett wrote the following in the 2023 letter to shareholders: One investment rule at Berkshire has not and will not change: Never risk permanent loss of capital. annual meeting.

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Should You Buy Shares in the Super-Safe Dividend King Stock That Expects to Return at Least $16 Billion to Shareholders in Its Fiscal 2025?

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Metric Fiscal 2015 Fiscal 2016 Fiscal 2017 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2022 Fiscal 2023 Fiscal 2024 Dividends paid $7.29 Its focus is on passing profits directly to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Add up the total capital returned during this period, and you'll get $147.8 billion $7.44

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This Stock Turned $10,000 Into $263,690 Since Its 2016 IPO. Here's Why It's Not Too Late to Buy.

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One stock that has provided stellar returns for its shareholders since its 2016 initial public offering (IPO) is Kinsale Capital (NYSE: KNSL). The specialty insurance company has a strong position in a highly competitive industry and has rewarded shareholders handsomely in the process.

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1 Magnificent Warren Buffett Stock That Turned $10,000 Into $68,000

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Buffett first bought a stake in the iPhone maker in the first quarter of 2016. And after Berkshire was already a shareholder, the company launched the AirPods in September 2016. At the start of 2016, Apple's market capitalization was just under $600 billion, so it was the world's most valuable company then, too.

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Half of Warren Buffett's $313 Billion Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio is Invested in This 1 Stock. Here's Why He's Not Too Concerned About Concentration Risk.

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First purchased by Berkshire in 2016, Apple is now the conglomerate's largest publicly held stock, making up 50% of its $313 billion investment portfolio. Berkshire first bought a stake in Apple in 2016 As amazingly as Berkshire Hathaway has performed, it hasn't been perfect. Image source: The Motley Fool. Here's why.

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This Could Be Warren Buffett's Shrewdest Big Bet Since Making Billions on Apple

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Less than one year ago, he told Berkshire shareholders that Apple was "a better business than any we own." Since he first bought shares of the tech giant in the first quarter of 2016, Apple's market cap has increased by close to $2.2 Buffett also almost certainly remains a fan of the company.

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Billionaire Bill Ackman Has 53% of His Hedge Fund's $10.6 Billion Portfolio Invested in Just 3 Stocks

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He will then buy shares and use his influence to unlock shareholder value. The investor first accumulated shares of the largest hotelier in the world in 2016, but it wasn't until 2018 that he had an opportunity to establish a significant position in the stock during the market downturn. billion in public equity holdings.