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AUGUST 28, 2023

New hopes that the end of the year might end on a positive note helped to send the stock market higher on Monday. The industrial conglomerate has had to deal with a large number of legal issues recently, but reports suggested that 3M might be closer to putting another major problem behind it.

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

billion based on HP's average stock price during November. The conglomerate still holds a substantial stake in HP, but it wouldn't be a surprise if Buffett continued cutting its position. The conglomerate's balance sheet showed another $30.8 The sale of 46.4 million shares likely generated about $1.3

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MAY 12, 2024

Warren Buffett hasn't found a lot to like in the stock market recently. In each of the last six quarters, Buffett has sold more stocks for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) All told, he sold nearly $20 billion worth of stocks from Berkshire's portfolio, and he bought less than $3 billion. than he bought.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

One of the company's most valuable assets is its manufacturing expertise, and the only thing holding it back was a lack of urgency. Intel is a case of a company that had great assets but was using them poorly. The company racked up mountains of debt buying media companies in an effort to transform itself into a media conglomerate.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

While that's enough to make it the second-biggest stock in the conglomerate's portfolio, it owns a lot more of another asset -- U.S. Third, the stock market is overvalued nearly any way you look at it. The market is considered to be overvalued when the ratio tops 20. Treasuries. Treasury bills.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

As of June 30, the Warren Buffett-led conglomerate reported nearly $277 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet. In short, while Buffett would love a higher return, it's a productive asset for Berkshire that provides billions in risk-free growth capital. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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JUNE 5, 2024

After a disappointing April, stocks bounced back in May, fueled by strong corporate earnings reports and signs that the Federal Reserve still planned to lower interest rates later this year. As you can see from the chart below, all three major stock market indexes finished higher.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

Over the last century, Wall Street has sat on a pedestal above all other asset classes. Last year, the investment advisors at Hartford Funds released a lengthy report extoling the virtues, and outperformance, of dividend stocks. global economy or stock market, people still develop ailments and require medical care.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

It wouldn't make sense to sell an asset well below its value to save on taxes. Another big Berkshire stock holding is Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). Buffett acquired the stake in Bank of America through warrants he acquired by investing in preferred shares of the stock in 2011. Should you follow Buffett?

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

Even though Buffett and his team have soured on several other bank stocks recently, they haven't sold a single share of Bank of America. In short, the bank has a rare combination of top-notch leadership, great asset quality, and an attractive valuation.

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MAY 4, 2024

investors flocked to Omaha this past week for the annual tradition of listening to Warren Buffett muse over the conglomerate's business, financial markets, and over 93 years of wisdom on life. Another asset Berkshire loves is cash. Tens of thousands of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) Berkshire's cash and U.S.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While Warren Buffett hasn't seen a whole lot to like in the stock market recently, there's one stock he seemingly can't get enough of. Management plans to divest non-core assets to accelerate the paydown of that debt. Occidental's big investments in the Permian Basin have put pressure on its balance sheet.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Rather, I'm looking for stocks that would be brand-new members of the trillion-dollar club, and three come to mind. Berkshire Hathaway: Current market cap of $740 billion The stock that seems the likeliest to reach the trillion-dollar market cap plateau the soonest is conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B).

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JANUARY 4, 2024

A lot has changed in the stock market over the past year. Interest rates are higher, the bear market of 2022 is behind us, and stocks are on another bull run. Some companies are worth buying regardless of what the market is doing, whether stocks are on the rise or being sold off.

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JUNE 4, 2024

The conglomerate's portfolio has substantially outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 since Buffett became CEO in 1965. Total Return Level data by YCharts A contrarian approach to investing Moreover, Buffett's investing methodology runs counter to modern portfolio theory and the efficient markets hypothesis. stock market.

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AUGUST 22, 2023

40 years later in 1995, industrial conglomerate General Electric became the world's first $100 billion company by selling products including household appliances and aircraft engines. And in 2018, technology giant Apple amassed the most impressive valuation of all time when its market capitalization crossed $1 trillion.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and contributor Matt Frankel dive into Boston Omaha , a company that could be poised to be the next great conglomerate. To get started investing, check out our quick-start guide to investing in stocks. There's an asset there that certainly could be exploited. But Macy's is a retailer.

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APRIL 15, 2025

If you follow the stock market, then you've likely heard of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). It's run by none other than Warren Buffett, arguably the greatest investor of all time, and it's one of the largest conglomerates in the world. insurance company, GEICO.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

When examined over extremely long periods, Wall Street stands head and shoulders above all other asset classes in terms of annualized returns. This means any downturn in the broader market can be used as a surefire buying opportunity for long-term-minded investors. No matter how well or poorly the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

If you want to earn strong returns in the stock market, it can be advantageous to see what the best investors are buying. Buffett's investment conglomerate has purchased shares on multiple occasions since then. Buffett is no doubt attracted to Occidental's prized assets in the Permian Basin.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Warren Buffett hasn't seen a lot to like in the stock market recently. portfolio in 2023 and started a couple of new ones, he's been a net seller of stocks in each of the past five quarters. Such repurchases work to increase your participation in every asset that Berkshire owns."

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Instead, Ares Capital is one of the stocks owned by New England Asset Management (NEAM). You might not have heard of NEAM, but it's been a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway since the giant conglomerate acquired General Re in 1998. That's bargain territory in a stock market with a valuation near historic highs.

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APRIL 30, 2024

All six are members of the "Magnificent Seven" group of game-changing market darlings that drove the stock market's gains in 2023. There are other ways to measure market footprints, of course -- sorted by assets on the balance sheet, you'd get a very different list of six mega-banks and an insurance-based conglomerate instead.

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JUNE 13, 2024

When it comes to the stock market, winners tend to keep winning. The $885 billion investment conglomerate has generated fortune-building returns for its shareowners for decades, and plenty of gains still lie ahead. Berkshire's $375 billion public stock portfolio provides investors with another path to wealth creation.

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MAY 23, 2024

But Buffett and his team have invested more heavily in another asset -- U.S. Adding the conglomerate's cash and cash equivalents at the end of Q1 to the Treasuries figure gives a total cash stockpile of $182.3 The overall stock market is expensive using nearly any valuation metric. Treasury Bills.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

And although Berkshire could acquire any of more than 5,400 public companies, and many more private ones, let's limit this discussion to those that are large enough to be a needle-mover for a $1 trillion conglomerate and that have characteristics Buffett likes to see. Should you invest $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway right now?

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

So, I used about half of the money from my Goldman sale to add to my favorite bank stock position, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). The stock has underperformed the S&P 500 in 2023 by about 23 percentage points, despite 11% year-over-year earnings growth in the third quarter and excellent asset quality.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Treasury bonds are widely viewed as the safest of safe-haven assets. The move rattled the stock market, sending major market indexes lower. Buffett reiterated on Thursday that's exactly what the giant conglomerate will continue to do. But a leading credit rating agency doesn't think that debt issued by the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

But it can also attract some unwanted attention if Buffett and Berkshire start to sell a stock. That's the position Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has found itself in after the conglomerate unloaded more than $7.2 billion of the stock over the past two months. That's more than what's being held at the Federal Reserve.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , the massive conglomerate led by Warren Buffett, is best known for its $365 billion stock portfolio and for its subsidiary businesses like GEICO, Duracell, and many others. However, there's a third major component to Berkshire Hathaway's assets – its cash.

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MAY 11, 2024

XPO had become too complex to be valued appropriately, and then-CEO Brad Jacobs argued that the stock was undervalued due to a conglomerate discount. and gaining Wincanton's assets and customer base in the U.K. billion in revenue, 180 locations, and 20,000 employees under GXO's umbrella.

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MAY 22, 2024

Emerson Electric With over 55 brands spanning numerous industries, Emerson Electric is an industrial conglomerate mainly engaged in business-to-business sales. But if companies like Walmart or Emerson Electric kick into a new growth gear, that could fuel earnings growth and support a rising stock price.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

According to the American stock market watchdog, Rosling instead participated in the plot to pay some US $250 million in bribes to representatives of Indian states. Lastly, I am aware that bribes can happen anywhere, including here in Canada across all asset classes. Why didn't they work? When did they dismiss Alan Rosling?

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

If interest rates fall far enough, it could push investors into the stock market to find their needed income. One obvious option these investors turn to is dividend stocks. The company has steadily spun off its acquired media assets, using the proceeds to shave tens of billions of dollars in debt off its balance sheet.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Then, Motley Fool analyst Buck Hartzell joins host Alison Southwick and Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp to kick off a series on Berkshire Hathaway , and how the conglomerate's collection of businesses work together. To get started investing, check out our beginner's guide to investing in stocks. You're right.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Tim Kiladze of the Globe and Mail reports CPP’s investment arm reports small loss in first quarter, assets grow to $575-billion: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) delivered a 0.8-per-cent equity markets have delivered large returns so far this year, gains from other stock markets around the world this year are much more muted.

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MARCH 31, 2024

Since the end of 2022, the S&P 500 is up a staggering 36.9%, which has some investors worried that the market is overextended, while others think there's plenty of room to run. Investors looking for a blend of growth, income, and value have come to the right place. I suspect some large biopharma companies agree.

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