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JUNE 13, 2024

In 2018, he famously described Bitcoin as "probably rat poison squared" and expressed his belief that cryptocurrencies would "come to a bad ending." Still, the conglomerate's lack of significant exposure to companies at the heart of the AI revolution is arguably another underappreciated risk factor. What's the big picture?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The position accounted for almost half of the conglomerate's entire stock portfolio, and considering it only had a cost-basis of around $38 billion, it was sitting on a very nice profit. billion worth of buybacks since 2018. That isn't bad or even unusual at face value, because Buffett has now authorized a whopping $77.8

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

This conglomerate finally merged with France-based PSA Group and is now known as Stellantis (NYSE: STLA) , headquartered in the Netherlands. Online seller CarEdge estimates that Stellantis has jacked up prices on the Jeep a whopping 61% since 2018. The Jeep brand may have been affected the most.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

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. A growing portion of Berkshire's portfolio Berkshire's position in Apple hasn't changed much since 2018. In 2018, Apple stock was 22% of Berkshire's portfolio.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

Buffett often invests in companies for their robust profitability, because it allows them to maintain shareholder-friendly programs like stock buybacks and dividend schemes for the long term, which help compound his gains. billion worth of its shares since 2018, which is twice the amount he spent buying Apple ! There is one caveat.

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JULY 13, 2024

Over that 59-year stretch, he steered the conglomerate to average annual returns of 19.8%, which is nearly twice the average annual return delivered by the S&P 500 index over the same period. But Bank of America was an early adopter of AI, launching its AI assistant called Erica way back in 2018. investment company since 1965.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

14, Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) At Berkshire's annual meeting in 2018, Buffett said, "We still love a business that takes very little capital and earns high returns, and continues to grow, and requires very little incremental capital." This leaves ample cash for rewarding shareholders.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Berkshire's largest holding is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , which became the world's first $1 trillion company in 2018. He especially likes companies that return money to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks. But that's just one of the conglomerate's many success stories. Berkshire could be the first U.S. million today.

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MAY 23, 2024

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) crossed the next big threshold in 2018 when it became the first publicly traded company to amass a $1 trillion market capitalization. The conglomerate owns substantial positions in private and public success stories like GEICO, Coca-Cola , and even Apple. That's just one of the conglomerate's many success stories.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the second-most valuable company in the world, has rewarded long-term shareholders with monster gains, and has been one of the leading players in two revolutionary trends -- cloud infrastructure and integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into software.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

An old stock with a new face You probably know healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson for some of its former brands, like Tylenol and Band-Aids. All of this points to a reliable company that allows shareholders to sleep well at night. It also has over $8 billion in cash, so there's plenty of breathing room for management.

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JULY 17, 2024

General Electric built a conglomerate selling a wide range of products from plane engines to household appliances, and it became the world's first $100 billion enterprise in 1995. Apple achieved a $1 trillion valuation in 2018 following the incredible success of devices like the iPhone.

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JULY 28, 2023

The results are a breath of fresh air for shareholders, who've seen the stock decline by 70% in the past three years. But was Q4 a blip, or does it foreshadow further strengthening of this cannabis conglomerate that might support a case for buying the stock? Let's figure it out.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

As CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , Buffett offers tons of investment advice and commentary in his annual letters to shareholders and at the conglomerate's annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Buffett pointed to the value of his investment in Amex during his 2022 letter to shareholders.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Buffett sold some shares between 2018 and 2020 -- decisions he would later regret -- and subsequently resumed the share purchases. Ultimately, Apple should remain a top consumer and technology holding, and longtime shareholders have good reason to maintain their Apple positions. AAPL PE Ratio data by YCharts.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Most publicly traded companies, after all, tend to announce their latest shareholder payouts either along with the publication of quarterly results, or a short time before. per share in 2018. We've exited the penultimate earnings season of this year, which means the usual seasonal flow of dividend declarations has also ended.

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JUNE 10, 2024

However, Buffett's favorite stock to buy for Berkshire shareholders has already doubled since (after a pause) he began buying shares of it again in 2018. Buffett's biggest stock purchase over the past six years Since 2018, Buffett has spent approximately $78.5 Buffett aims to grow the wealth of all Berkshire shareholders.

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JULY 12, 2023

In 1995, industrial conglomerate General Electric rode its portfolio of businesses -- from aircraft engines to household appliances -- to a world-first $100 billion market capitalization. But by 2018, the technology sector reigned supreme, and Apple became the world's only $1 trillion company. The company generated $23.6

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NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has been a wealth-creating machine for its long-term shareholders. Buffett earned those returns by acquiring businesses outright to operate through his conglomerate, and by picking stocks to hold in its extensive portfolio. This is what drives the dividend and creates incredible shareholder value.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

for shareholders. For example, he put a lot of money into Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) between 2016 and 2018, spending around $36 billion on that stock over the period. Warren Buffett is regarded as one of the greatest investors of all time, and he has the track record to justify that view. That's nearly twice the 10.2%

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AUGUST 3, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway The first "boring" company that's quietly but steadily delivered a nearly 20% annualized return spanning almost six decades is conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). Berkshire is run by billionaire CEO Warren Buffett, who's delivered a greater than 5,325,000% return to his Class A shareholders (BRK.A)

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MAY 2, 2024

I'm talking about conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , which has been led by billionaire CEO Warren Buffett since the mid-1960s. Since the covenants governing buybacks were altered by Berkshire Hathaway's board in July 2018, he's green-lit the purchase of more than $74 billion worth of his company's shares.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

in 1965, he took the struggling textile company and turned it into a massive conglomerate. Additionally, the conglomerate must report any stock purchases or sales for companies in which it owns a stake of 10% or more within three days of the trade. Nonetheless, shareholders, in aggregate, are at least $75 billion wealthier as a result.

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MARCH 11, 2024

In his latest letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Buffett wrote that the conglomerate's earnings figures are "worse than useless." Why Buffett dislikes Berkshire's earnings numbers It didn't take long for Buffett to bring up Berkshire's financial results for 2023 in his recent shareholder letter.

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MAY 27, 2024

Those show up as wholly owned subsidiaries within the growing Berkshire conglomerate, as well as equity investments in its portfolio. Buffett bought more of his favorite stock There's one stock Buffett has bought in each of the last 23 quarters dating back to mid-2018, and last quarter was no exception. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Warren Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway shareholders last year that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was a "better business than any we own." of the conglomerate's portfolio. Although Buffett kept on buying more Apple stock into the third quarter of 2018, he slammed on the brakes near the end of the year and trimmed Berkshire's position by 1.1%.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Giving shareholders a bigger stake in everything Berkshire Hathaway owns Instead of adding to shares of anything in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, Buffett views one of the best ways to increase investor's exposure to Berkshire's assets is through share repurchases. Image source: The Motley Fool. Its operating cash flow climbed to $49.2

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The conglomerate possesses an array of strong entertainment businesses. In addition to Sony's PlayStation video game console, with sales that outstripped those of rival Microsoft 's Xbox, the company's 2018 acquisition of EMI made it the world's largest music publisher.

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JULY 2, 2024

Companies repurchase shares for various reasons, often to send a message to the market or shareholders. They are one of the primary methods (along with dividends) companies use to share profits with shareholders. For some reason, shares of British American Tobacco traded at 24 times earnings at the start of 2018.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Warren Buffett also shuns quarterly earnings conference calls, instead preferring to meet investors once a year at its annual shareholder meeting. The past quarter was the first quarter that Berkshire didn't buy back its own stock since 2018. In Q1, Berkshire repurchased $2.6 Image source: Getty Images. An overvalued market?

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MAY 22, 2024

After all, the whole idea of a dividend is to pass along a portion of profits directly to shareholders instead of reinvesting them in the business. Emerson Electric With over 55 brands spanning numerous industries, Emerson Electric is an industrial conglomerate mainly engaged in business-to-business sales.

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JUNE 29, 2023

The media conglomerate owns several sporting and entertainment assets, which can dilute investors' exposure to the F1 brand, so it offers three separate securities that specifically track its performance: Liberty Media Formula One (NASDAQ: FWON.A) (OTC: FWON.B) (NASDAQ: FWON.K).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The Indian company emphasized that he was appointed by the Caisse, its controlling shareholder. Its three former executives accused of corruption were all employees of the Quebec institution in this region of the globe between 2018 and 2023. How many investment cases have they been involved in? Why didn't they work?

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

At any rate, I think shareholders should be pretty patient here. I also agree this is something for Tesla shareholders to watch. I think that's enough for shareholders to get a sense of where the company will head next in terms of that wave that you're referring to. He sees this as a legitimate threat around the world.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

I look at something like McDonald's, they're able to cope with something like this, where if you compare it to something like a Chipotle that went through this back from 2015-2018, a much smaller company, bit more of a start up, at least in relation to something like a McDonald's. He's the largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Now we're in 2018, the stock is at 70. But in 2018 it dropped from its high of 70-$30 a share way more. Now Disney fans or Marvel shareholders may remember the significance of October 2009. In the meantime, congratulations to all Marvel shareholders. Netflix has to the great reward of its shareholders.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Each quarter, the company he runs, Berkshire Hathaway , discloses its current holdings to shareholders. are buying/adding Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Ulta Beauty caught Berkshire’s eye in the most recent quarter, and the conglomerate opened a position in the purveyor of beauty products, albeit a relatively small 690,000 shares.

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