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APRIL 10, 2025

is a massive conglomerate with operations in the finance, industrials, utility, energy, and consumer sectors. As noted above, Berkshire Hathaway is a conglomerate with a shockingly wide array of business lines. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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DECEMBER 31, 2024

Theres a real need for them to return capital to their investors, said Mathieu Caron, Euronexts head of primary markets. These listings raised a total of 3.9bn ($4.1bn) in capital, a 55% increase from the previous year.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

The giant conglomerate has also been a net seller of stocks over the past year and a half. Those capital allocation decisions could easily be interpreted as a warning from CEO Warren Buffett. Those capital allocation decisions could easily be interpreted as a warning from CEO Warren Buffett. The answer is not many.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

That's twice as much as the conglomerate has invested in any single company in its entire history. He also favors companies with dividend payments and stock buyback plans, which help compound his returns over time. billion on stock buybacks since 2018 Stock buybacks are Buffett's preferred way to return money to shareholders.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

From 1965 to 2022, Buffett's business acumen helped Berkshire's shares deliver an astounding compound annual return of 19.8%. If you bought a fund tracking the benchmark S&P 500 and reinvested the dividends over this period, you'd still only end up with an average compound annual return of 9.9%. Total Return Level data by YCharts.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Combining those two investment techniques, Buffett has built his conglomerate into an empire of wide-moat businesses that can survive and thrive no matter what happens in the economy. Berkshire's capital allocation strategy is also unique. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , which has delivered an annual return of 19.8% 30), which might be a great sign for the pizza giant considering the conglomerate was a net seller of stocks overall. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A large part of why American States Water is so successful at returning capital to shareholders via the dividend is that the company primarily operates in regulated markets. Although the company can't arbitrarily raise rates for its water and wastewater services, it is guaranteed certain rates of return.

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The Motley Fool

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. to a whopping 4,384,748% return since 1965, giving it a valuation of nearly $900 billion. to a whopping 4,384,748% return since 1965, giving it a valuation of nearly $900 billion.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2023

While Buffett still runs Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , the firm that he took over in 1965 and built into one of the largest conglomerates in the world, he now has many other investors that work with him at Berkshire and have their own autonomy including Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. if Berkshire wanted to. .*

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

investment company has delivered a compound annual return of 19.8% The conglomerate's success stems from Buffett's simple investment strategy : He likes companies with steady growth, robust profitability, strong management teams, and shareholder-friendly initiatives like stock buyback programs and dividend schemes. since 1965.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Much of the conglomerate's success has been the result of smart stock picking by Buffett -- or as he would prefer to say, business picking. To make matters worse, Archegos Capital Management's banks forced the investment firm to sell more than $20 billion of some of its holdings to cover some big losses. Paramount was in that group.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2024

Under Buffett's 59-year tenure, Berkshire has delivered a compound annual return of 19.8% The conglomerate's portfolio includes a host of high-quality stocks like Apple , Coca-Cola , and American Express , but in 2020, it acquired a small stake in cloud computing company Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW). for its investors. million today.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

In August 2018, Apple became the first company to reach a market capitalization of more than $1 trillion. If you're wondering which companies will be next to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion, read on to see why Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) The tech giant now has a market cap of approximately $2.76

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AUGUST 31, 2024

As Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , Buffett is in charge of managing the bulk of the conglomerate's equity portfolio. Since Berkshire's sitting on a substantial capital gain from its Apple investment, he decided to take some money off the table and pay taxes now instead of waiting until later.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The conglomerate first started buying shares in the iPhone maker during the first quarter of 2016. Potential for returns When picking stocks to invest in, the hope is that they can beat the market over the long term. With dividends reinvested, the S&P 500 has historically returned an average of about 10% per year.

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JUNE 9, 2024

The so-called Oracle of Omaha has been running the company for roughly 60 years and has nearly doubled the average annual return of the S&P 500 over that duration. Even better, Buffett's success has allowed millions to get rich alongside him, especially those who invested early in his conglomerate. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

The investment conglomerate has a market capitalization of more than $1 trillion, and it currently ranks as the world's 10th most valuable company. So while Berkshire itself doesn't pay a dividend, it's clear that Buffett's company prefers high-quality businesses that can reliably return cash to shareholders through direct payments.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 7, 2024

At the end of the first quarter, the conglomerate led by CEO Warren Buffett had over $189 billion in cash and short-term investments on its books. Buffett has a legendary track record, delivering annualized returns of around 20% since taking over as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B)

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

To shed some light on how the Oracle of Omaha's current bets on AI are positioned, two Motley Fool contributors have profiled a top AI stock in the investment conglomerate's portfolio. of Berkshire's total stock holdings, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stands as just the 23rd largest position in the conglomerate's portfolio.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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. The conglomerate has the financial results to back up those substantial gains. annual returns, on average, it appears sure to get there in 2024.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2024

By comparison, the S&P 500 produced an average total return of 10.2% That said, he's sold off some shares recently , purposefully taking the capital gains amid a favorable tax environment. But not a single one of them is the stock Buffett says has better-than-average return potential with less downside risk. in that time.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 23, 2024

More recently, he made what may be a once-in-a-generation bet on Southeast Asian conglomerate Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) after having sold most of his shares in 2022. When Coleman first took an interest in 2018, Sea Limited looked poised to capitalize on mobile gaming and online commerce in the populous emerging markets in Southeast Asia.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Investing legend Warren Buffett and his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , have not given investors many reasons to buy into the strength of this market. American Express earlier this year leapfrogged Bank of America as the conglomerate's second-largest equity holding and now makes up 14.5%

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JUNE 25, 2024

Alphabet Amid rising interest in AI, Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) has attracted the interest of billionaires such as Bill Ackman at Pershing Square Capital. Although it is the leading e-commerce conglomerate in China, its stock has suffered amid political turmoil.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 20, 2024

Despite the increase, many of the largest e-commerce companies have morphed into conglomerates, encompassing many businesses. That makes sense on some levels since online sales are the single largest source of revenue for the conglomerate. That increases the likelihood that it will return to India, a market with 1.4

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 14, 2024

Warren Buffett's diversified conglomerate generated those steady returns even as inflation, elevated interest rates, and geopolitical conflicts rattled the broader markets. It generates a lot of cash through its wholly owned subsidiaries, and it invests a lot of that capital back into its investment portfolio and short-term treasuries.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway is actually a conglomerate of many different privately owned companies that just so happens invest its idle cash in publicly traded organizations. As it turns out, chief Warren Buffett also just happens to be a big fan of value stocks, and gravitates toward them when doing deals or deploying Berkshire's capital.

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JUNE 13, 2024

The convergence of advancements in computing power and the massive influx of capital, with tens of billions of dollars being invested in AI-capable data centers, is set to propel AI development forward at a breakneck pace in the next 18 months. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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APRIL 17, 2025

billion into capital expenditures (capex) last year, and expects to up that to $75 billion in 2025. In December, the conglomerate announced Willow, a quantum chip capable of completing calculations in minutes that would take today's supercomputers centuries to complete. It poured $52.5 These costs are a necessity.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Buffett's conglomerate has been steadily selling off Bank of America, and it's not fully clear why. Buffett also told Berkshire shareholders earlier this year that he was selling Apple stock partly as a hedge against a higher capital gains tax rate, though Washington doesn't seem to be considering such a move anymore.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Shares of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , the stock famously led by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, won an upgrade last week when Swiss banker UBS raised its price target on the industrial conglomerate to $481 per share. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

In particular, the conglomerate's decision to sell much of its stake in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this year caused some to scratch their heads. But Buffett's conglomerate has sold stock over the last three quarters, through the second quarter of 2024. (It Berkshire's stock moves always attract attention because of Buffett's stature.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) is reportedly a potential acquisition target for a German industrial conglomerate. The report says it is not certain an offer would be made, or whether Bosch would be willing to pay a significant premium over Whirlpool's current $5 billion market capitalization. Shares of the U.S. Is Bosch weighing a move?

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has built an incredible track record of market-crushing returns by identifying high-quality companies that are worth investing in for the long term. Apple With a market capitalization of roughly $2.8 of the investment conglomerate's total stock portfolio. Berkshire owns roughly $1.5

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 7, 2024

Berkshire is a basket of stocks and a bunch of privately owned (not publicly traded) companies that collectively make up a massive conglomerate. Maybe cash flow matters more than potential capital appreciation does right now, even though Berkshire Hathaway shareholders don't derive any immediate direct benefit from the company's cash flow.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

investment company, where he has overseen a compound annual return of 19.8% 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. since he took the helm in 1965. billion worth of buybacks since 2018.

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