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JANUARY 9, 2024

1, 2020, it was widely seen as a playful parody of Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) , which arrived in 2013 and used the Shiba Inu dog as its mascot. That's why Shiba Inu didn't attract too much mainstream attention through the end of 2020. When Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) was launched on Aug. 28, 2021, and trades at about $0.00000947 today.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

CEO Warren Buffett once referred in 2020 to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) as Berkshire's third business, following its insurance arm and the BNSF railroad. The Buffett-led conglomerate unwound a large chunk of its stake in the iPhone maker in the second quarter, the company revealed in its recent earnings report. Here's a closer look.

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MARCH 26, 2025

The deal, expected to close in Q2 2025, will see Namirials founder Enrico Giacomelli and CEO Max Pellegrini retain a significant stake in the business. Under Ambientas ownership since 2020, the company has expanded across Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, now serving over 3 million users and 150,000 clients in 85+ countries.

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APRIL 27, 2024

The biggest piece of Nvidia's portfolio is ARM Holdings , the chip architecture company the AI giant tried to purchase for $40 billion in 2020. It ended up grabbing a stake worth $190 million at its current price, representing just a small slice of the $100 billion company. stake in Recursion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: RXRX).

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APRIL 11, 2025

Growth-seeking investors with $1,000 (or any other amount of money) in available cash they can commit to a long-term trade should consider scooping up a stake in the iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: IVW) over any other alternative. Here's why. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Data by YCharts. You'll be OK.

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MARCH 10, 2025

Vista Equity first acquired a majority stake in 2016 and later merged Granicus with GovDelivery, another Vista-backed firm. Harvest Partners joined as a significant shareholder in 2020 after acquiring a stake from Vista and K1 Investment Management.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Stanley Druckenmiller slashed his fund's stake in Nvidia Druckenmiller tends to minimize risks when investing and attempts to align his portfolio with the health of the U.S. The 1,545.370 shares sold by Druckenmiller reduced his fund's stake in Wall Street's AI darling by roughly 88% to just 214,060 shares. and global economy.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Let's dig into why that is such an important date for Netflix and explore what's at stake for the company's reputation. Year Oscar Nominations Oscar Wins 2014 1 0 2015 1 0 2016 2 0 2017 3 1 2018 8 1 2019 15 4 2020 24 2 2021 36 7 2022 27 1 2023 16 6 2024 19 1 Total 152 23 Data source: Netflix. On March 2, investors may get an answer.

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MAY 11, 2024

Context on Berkshire's Apple stake The value of Berkshire Hathaway's Apple stake was estimated at $135.4 million Apple shares in 2020. Here's some context on its Apple holdings, some justification for the sale, and how to approach the iPhone maker now. Image source: Getty Images. billion as of March 31, compared to $174.3

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In December 2020, AEA Investors acquired a majority stake in PST, while Battery retained a minority interest. Following AEA’s majority investment in 2020, we have strengthened our presence in North America and established PST as a global, scaled market leader that is well positioned for long-term growth,” said Mr. Markin. “We

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MARCH 28, 2025

Blackstone Growth acquired a minority stake in ISN in 2020, valuing the company at $2bn. The platform is used by roughly 850 enterprises, including Exxon Mobil, Honeywell, and Cisco Systems, to ensure compliance with health, safety, and sustainability standards.

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JULY 23, 2024

Shares of Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV) , an autonomous sidewalk delivery company, soared 187% on Friday after artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader Nvidia disclosed via a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it owns a 10% stake in the relatively new public company. million shares outstanding.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

A tiny player in a nascent market Serve Robotics was founded in 2017 within Postmates, the food delivery service acquired by Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) and integrated into Uber Eats in 2020. Most of that rally occurred this July after Nvidia revealed that it had taken a 10% stake in the company.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

David Tepper slashed his fund's stake in AI colossus Nvidia -- and probably for good reason Tepper's Appaloosa closed out the March-ended quarter with 4.42 million shares , or 84.39% of his fund's previous stake. million shares , or 84.39% of his fund's previous stake. million shares of Nvidia. Image source: Getty Images.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Between 2020 and 2024, only 27 U.S. read more Arctos Partners enters NFL with 10% stake in Buffalo Bills amid growing private equity interest Arctos Partners, through its $9.9bn AUM Arctos Sports division, has acquired a 10% stake in the.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Englander's Millennium dumped more than half its stake in Palantir over three months Palantir has been a continuous holding in Millennium Management's mammoth portfolio since it became a public company in September 2020. This lifted Millennium's stake in the beverage leader by 347% in a three-month period to 7,009,050 shares.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

sold $7 billion worth of public equity holdings , including its entire stake in United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS). In Q3, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) Image source: Getty Images. At the time of the filing, the position was worth $10.6 UPS has long been a Buffett stock on a technicality rather than a meaningful position.

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APRIL 8, 2025

Blackstone acquired HealthEdge in 2020 for $700m at the height of pandemic-driven investment in healthcare. Minority investors including Coatue Management are also set to sell their stakes in the deal. Since then, it has funded bolt-on acquisitions including Wellframe and Altruista Health to expand the business.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Laffont's fund has shed nearly three-quarters of its Nvidia stake in 15 months When March 2023 came to a close, Coatue Management held a split-adjusted 49,802,020 shares of Nvidia stock. Not one Nvidia insider has purchased shares of their company on the open market since Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress in December 2020.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

million split-adjusted shares -- Chipotle completed a historic 50-for-1 forward split in June 2024 -- to the chopping block, equating to 40% of Pershing Square's stake at the end of 2023. Prior to joining Nike in January 2020, he had served as CEO of eBay and ServiceNow , and was expected to bring Nike into the digital era.

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APRIL 3, 2025

The transaction gives Partners Group a significant minority stake and two seats on Gestcomposts board, marking the firms latest infrastructure secondaries deal under its Infrastructure Partnership Investments strategy. Gestcompost, founded in 2003, operates three sites capable of processing 1.2

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Since Emerald Lake’s investment in 2020, Inno-Pak has expanded significantly, more than doubling its patent portfolio and strengthening its manufacturing and distribution operations. The company opened its first large-scale domestic production facility in Ohio in 2023, along with an expanded distribution center.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The division includes the business formerly known as Smith & Williamson, which Evelyn Partners integrated following its acquisition in 2020. The sale paves the way for Evelyn Partners to focus solely on its wealth management business.

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OCTOBER 20, 2024

annually since 2020. Buying equity stakes in disruptive businesses before they start recording recurring revenue is extremely risky. If we factor in Hercules Capital's supplemental dividend, shareholders have seen their quarterly payments rise by 50% since 2020. The stock offers a 3.4% yield from the regular quarterly payout.

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JUNE 23, 2024

It sold its majority stake in its climate technologies business to Blackstone for $9.5 Meanwhile, it contributed its industrial software business and $6 billion in cash to industrial software company AspenTech for a 55% stake in the new company in 2022. Carrier recently closed the stake of its security business to Honeywell for $4.95

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MARCH 28, 2025

Disney's Hulu + Live TV is the country's second-largest player in this niche, but it's the undeniable sports content leader with its majority stake in ESPN. Disney would own a 70% stake in Fubo after the combination, which is expected to close in the first half of next year. Start Your Mornings Smarter! million accounts.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Berkshire began building a stake in early 2021, but the real jump came in the first quarter of 2022. stake in the company. Because of the deal, Oxy entered the oil and gas downturn of 2020 overleveraged and saw its stock price fall to single digits. In 2020, Oxy slashed its dividend to just $0.01 per share per quarter.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

In late 2024, Wendel Group acquired a majority stake in Monroe Capital , and Third Point (Dan Loebs hedge fund) acquired AS Birch Grove. In late 2023, TPG bought Angelo Gordon , and going even further back, Eldridge Industries acquired a majority stake of Maranon Capital in 2019. trillion by 2030. [2]

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MARCH 28, 2025

Since introducing 5G-capable iPhones during the latter-half of 2020, Apple has maintained a 50% or greater share of the domestic smartphone market. 31, Buffett's secret portfolio held stakes in 121 securities. Nevertheless, what NEAM owns is, ultimately, part of Berkshire Hathaway.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

stake in Signet, sent a letter to the board, arguing that the stock is deeply undervalued, and called on the board to explore all strategic options available, including a sale. In a filing last night, activist investor Select Equity reported a 9.7%

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Berkshire first bought a stake in Apple in 2016 As amazingly as Berkshire Hathaway has performed, it hasn't been perfect. In August of 2020, Apple did a 4-for-1 stock split. In the fourth quarter of 2020 Berkshire trimmed some of its position, selling around 57 million shares, which Buffett later admitted was "probably a mistake."

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Private investment house Ardian has raised $30bn for its ninth-generation secondaries platform, a significant increase over the $19bn raised for the eighth-generation in 2020, and the largest secondaries fundraise globally to date. According to a recent release, this brings Ardians Secondaries & Primaries assets under management to $97bn.

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JULY 30, 2024

The oil company nearly went under in 2020 after buying Anadarko Petroleum in a cash-heavy deal the prior year. That debt-heavy financing strategy echoed the path it took to fund its 2019 Anadarko deal, which nearly caused the company to go bankrupt when crude oil prices crashed in 2020. The company initially planned to issue $9.1

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JANUARY 23, 2025

The 10 January agreement is not only the largest transaction in the US power sector in nearly two decades, but it also significantly impacts ECP’s portfolio, liquidating around a quarter of its $5bn third flagship fund and stakes in other vehicles, two sources revealed. Deals of this magnitude remain uncommon in the buyout world.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

In 2020, Kohlberg & Company acquired a majority stake in the company, while Mubadala Investment Company obtained a minority interest. The deal left the prior owner, Partners Group, with a minority stake. PCI Pharma Services specialises in pharmaceutical offerings such as commercial and clinical packaging.

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JULY 13, 2024

Buffett began buying the oil and gas giant in the fourth quarter of 2020 when the energy industry was on the ropes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sure, Buffett trimmed Berkshire's stake in Chevron by 2.5% The conglomerate's stake in Occidental Petroleum is worth nearly $15.7 earlier this year. of Occidental.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

Last month, Nvidia revealed it had acquired a somewhat sizable stake in Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV) , which sent the stock into the stratosphere. Serve first launched its fleet of sidewalk delivery robots in Los Angeles in 2020. While Nvidia's stake in Serve Robotics is notable, it needs to be put in perspective.

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