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AUGUST 6, 2024

Buffett releases his annual letter to shareholders. Buffett speaks candidly with investors during Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting. billion in net-equity sales Q1 2023 : $10.41 Thus, locking in some profits at a historically lower corporate tax rate would, in hindsight, be viewed favorably by his company's shareholders.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nonetheless, the next five years will likely see it growing faster than the last five years, and shareholders are apt to benefit. billion in cash, equivalents, and short-term investments, and in 2023 it reported free cash flow (FCF) of nearly $22.1 So, with this information in hand, we can estimate using its 2023 annual revenue of $54.3

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

in 1965, he grew the value of shareholders' stakes by an average compound annual rate of 19.8% through 2023. When asked about the sales during Berkshire's annual shareholder meeting, Buffett told the audience it's "extremely likely" Apple will remain Berkshire's largest equity holding at the end of the year. in that period.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Since the start of 2023, Supermicro shares have gained a staggering 650%, making it one of the market's top performers. As a result of this split, shareholders will receive nine additional shares of stock for each share they own after the market closes on Monday, Sept. trillion in 2023 and is expected to soar to $30.1

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

If you would like to build lasting wealth in the stock market, consider investing in businesses with long histories of rewarding their shareholders with rising cash payouts. Management expects to grow its worldwide store count to 50,000 by the end of 2027, up from 41,822 stores at the end of 2023. housing market.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Many lengthy books have been written highlighting the formula the rightly named "Oracle of Omaha" has used to deliver outsized gains for his shareholders. billion in net-equity security sales Q1 2023 : $10.41 and nearly doubled up the benchmark S&P 500 's annualized total return, including dividends. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In his 2023 letter to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) shareholders, Warren Buffett identified one company that has better prospects than the average American corporation. In his most letter to shareholders, Buffett identified several stocks in the portfolio that he plans to hold indefinitely.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

That's good news for shareholders, as the commercial market is far bigger. Both segments accelerated relative to last year, enabling the company to more than double its growth rate relative to the year-ago quarter, from 13% growth in Q2 2023 to 27% total growth in Q2 2024. Founded in 2003, Palantir began assisting the U.S. of revenue.

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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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OCTOBER 3, 2024

Revenue of just over $25 billion rose 62% compared to fiscal 2023. billion loss for fiscal 2023. Indeed, shareholders should remember that Micron has historically traded at a low valuation due to the memory industry's volatility. This is a vast improvement from the $5.8 billion and $8.9 As the major U.S.-based

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AUGUST 24, 2024

This is undoubtedly a wonderful business that has rewarded its shareholders tremendously. But at the end of the day, management and shareholders are probably hoping that the new technology will result in higher iPhone unit sales. trillion (as of Aug. 19), without doing some things right. But where will Apple stock be in five years?

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) stock has likely impressed its shareholders with a nearly 60% gain over the last year. Furthermore, Shopify increased the prices for its services in 2023, so its not clear how that affected customer churn. Nonetheless, the company's revenue for the first nine months of 2024 of $6.1 billion increased 23% yearly.

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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. Image source: Getty Images.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

The real estate investment trust (REIT) has paid its shareholders over $14.1 billion it paid in 2023. million at the end of 2023's second quarter to 870.3 Realty Income (NYSE: O) is a dividend juggernaut. billion in dividends since its public listing in 1994. If we annualize that rate, the REIT is on track to pay over $2.6

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AUGUST 23, 2024

This pays shareholders $3.16 Also, despite the rising stock price, shareholders earn a dividend yield of almost 5.3%, comparable to some CD interest rates in today's market. Another benefit to Realty Income is its monthly dividend. per share annually and has risen at least once yearly since the payout's inception in 1994.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Management also returns capital to shareholders through share repurchases , which increase investors' ownership stakes without requiring additional purchases. billion capital expenditures in the first half of 2023. In the first half of 2024, Alphabet spent $31.4 billion on share buybacks, lowering its outstanding shares by 1.2%.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

1, 2023 and June 30, 2024, Buffett green-lit the sale of more than 500 million shares of Apple , and he's overseen the disposition of around 230 million shares of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) stock since July 17. Between Oct. The ongoing selling we've witnessed in BofA , which topped $9.4 billion during the third quarter (as of Sept.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Since spinning off from pharmaceutical juggernaut Pfizer in 2012, the company has grown its shareholders' initial investment by some sixfold, equating to an annualized total return of 17% over 12 years. ZTS Revenue (Quarterly YoY Growth) data by YCharts.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Investors should focus on companies with sustainable payouts, a management team committed to shareholder returns, and businesses that are poised for long-term profitability. This laser focus could pave the way for enhanced operational efficiencies and accelerated innovation, potentially unlocking long-term value for shareholders.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Dividend stocks reign supreme Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are almost always profitable on a recurring basis, as well as time-tested. In The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future , the researchers at Hartford Funds compared the performance of dividend stocks to non-payers between 1973 and 2023.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

Despite taking shareholders on a very bumpy ride, Uber (NYSE: UBER) has been a huge winner. The Q2 top-line gain comes on the heels of a 17% revenue jump in 2023. This was 15-fold more than the same period in 2023. In the past 24 months, since August 2022, shares of this growth tech stock have skyrocketed 121%.

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AUGUST 31, 2024

It can be comforting to hold stocks of strong companies that regularly pay passive income to shareholders. Management continues to wisely allocate capital and remove costs from operations to boost margins, all of which go toward supporting growing earnings and dividends to shareholders. It's highly profitable, with $4.60

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Warren Buffett's warning to Wall Street is louder than it's ever been Based on close to a half-century of annual letters from Buffett to his shareholders, as well as 50 years of annual shareholder meetings, it's plainly evident that Berkshire's chief is a long-term optimist who believes in the American economy and U.S. stock market.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The company reported triple-digit sales growth in the last five quarters, and shares have surged more than sevenfold since January 2023, making it the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) during that period. index funds was 0.36% in 2023, according to Morningstar. Here's what investors should know.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) , Chevron (NYSE: CVX) , and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) are three industry-leading behemoths that reward their shareholders with a blend of dividends, buybacks, and earnings growth. And it's not as if management has put a tremendous financial strain on the company in order to placate shareholders. compared to 132.1%

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

In 2023, the company had to cut prices to maintain sales and hasn't grown the top line since. The conventional wisdom has been that the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund (PIF), Lucid's biggest shareholder, will come to the rescue. That may seem like good news, but these new funds are senior to common shareholders.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

According to the report, dividend stocks averaged a 9.17% annual return between 1973 and 2023 , and did so while being 6% less volatile than the benchmark S&P 500. Since York Water's founding in 1816, the company has paid a continuous dividend to its shareholders. That's not something for shareholders to complain about.

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AUGUST 10, 2024

That's the third straight quarter Buffett has trimmed his stake in Apple , a company he called "a better business than any we own" at last year's shareholder meeting. He explained his reasoning behind the sales at the most recent shareholder meeting. All stock repurchases should be price-dependent.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

As you can see, between the first half of 2023 and the first half of 2024, Cerebras' revenue jumped a whopping 1,474%. G42's close affiliation with a foreign government -- the UAE's national security advisor is the company's founder and largest shareholder -- certainly poses a risk should there be a geopolitical flare-up.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

per-share hit in 2023 because of the impact of higher interest rates. The company relies heavily on debt to fund growth in its utility and renewable energy businesses, so falling interest rates should be good news for NextEra Energy shareholders in more ways than one, including dividends.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

same-store sales decline, after this metric fell in the previous quarter and in fiscal 2023. Returning capital to shareholders Lowe's is a mature business. After this, Lowe's returns a ton of capital to shareholders, which helps to boost returns for investors. Macro headwinds During the three-month period that ended Aug.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

billion, an admittedly tremendous burden for a company whose shareholders' equity is just $8.6 How it affected other financials With the improving business conditions, it should not surprise anyone that Carnival's revenue for the first nine months of fiscal 2024 was $19 billion, an 18% increase from the same period in fiscal 2023.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

billion tax benefit in the third quarter of 2023 gave net income a one-time boost, which is why its trailing price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) is only 16. Indeed, exercising patience has arguably become the most challenging part of being an Airbnb shareholder, and many investors will probably feel it is not worth the wait.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

22, 2023, Deere reported its full fiscal 2023 results and forecast $7.75 billion Deere earned in fiscal 2023, but it was still impressive given that it had worked through so much pent-up demand in the prior few years. Deere's capital return program uses both dividends and buybacks to reward shareholders. billion to $8.25

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AUGUST 13, 2024

Robust profitability, reliable growth, strong management teams, and shareholder-friendly programs like stock buybacks and dividend schemes are just some of the attributes he looks for when deciding to invest. million by the end of 2023. Berkshire spent $1.3 That position is now worth a whopping $27.5 That crushed the 31,223% gain (10.2%

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Lending is still the core business though, and management was warning that it would come in below 2023 levels for most of the year. It's also been responsible for most of the profits, and this all put investors on edge. SoFi has massive potential SoFi continues to grow its platform at a rapid pace.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

American States Water (NYSE: AWR) and Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) are both Dividend Kings -- meaning they have paid and raised their dividends for at least 50 consecutive years -- a track record that showcases their ability to grow earnings and pass along growing profits to shareholders through dividends.

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