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JULY 7, 2024

holding company since 1965. He likes to invest in companies with steady growth, reliable profitability, strong management teams, and shareholder-friendly initiatives like dividend payments and stock buyback programs. In the company's fiscal 2025 first quarter, which ended April 30, Snowflake's product revenue came in at $789.6

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Where is Warren Buffett investing? So where is Buffett investing these days? He has nearly $150 billion invested in one stock -- and it's not Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). will reveal that Apple remains the conglomerate's biggest individual stock holding. Apple isn't where Berkshire has the most money invested, though.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

I've believed for a long time that investing in Warren Buffett's favorite stock was similar to investing in an exchange-traded fund (ETF). Buffett's favorite stock, of course, is Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , the company he has led for decades. Here are three reasons why. compared to only 10.2%

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MARCH 2, 2024

As it currently stands, there are only seven companies in the world with a market capitalization in excess of $1 trillion. Six of them are technology businesses, with the outlier being energy conglomerate Saudi Arabian Oil, also called Saudi Aramco. But the company actually provides far more value to customers.

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MAY 11, 2024

By 1965, he was running his own investment company called Berkshire Hathaway , which he still leads today. Buffett has steered Berkshire to a total return of 4,384,748% over the last 58 years, which would have been enough to turn a $1,000 investment into more than $43.8 Two of them account for a combined 40.2% Amazon: 0.5%

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MARCH 23, 2024

investment company to a mind-boggling 4,384,748% increase in value. Buffett's investing strategy is simple. He likes companies with steady growth, strong profitability, and high-performing management teams. of the conglomerate's $372 billion publicly traded stocks and securities portfolio. Amazon: 0.5%

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AUGUST 13, 2024

By 1965, he was running his very own investment company called Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , where he continues to cement his legacy as one of the world's greatest investors. Berkshire's largest holding is Apple , which became the world's first $1 trillion company in 2018. to join them. Berkshire spent $1.3

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In fact, a whopping $84 billion of Buffett's Berkshire portfolio is invested in these 10 dirt cheap stocks. The conglomerate's stake in BofA is currently worth a whopping $30.6 billion worth of Oxy shares, enough to make it the conglomerate's sixth-largest holding. Berkshire's stake in the Japanese conglomerate totals nearly $5.6

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

One of the better developments in the investing world over the past several years has been the introduction of fractional shares. Popularized by Robinhood Markets , fractional shares have removed a barrier to entry in investing. If you have $100 available to invest, look no further than the conglomerate of all conglomerates.

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JUNE 17, 2023

Warren Buffett didn't have a lot of nice things to say about insurance technology companies during the recent Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. At the same time, Berkshire's head of insurance operations, Ajit Jain, said the conglomerate is trying to move into digital processes, but that it's proving much more challenging than he expected.

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JULY 14, 2024

Professional and everyday investors are captivated with finding the next company, or set of companies, that can join this exclusive trillion-dollar club. The company's AI-driven Gotham platform handles data collection and mission-planning, among other tasks, for federal governments. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Those factors could place pressure on companies to approve a stock split, and stocks such as Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) , Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) may want to consider such a decision. The company's most recent split came in 2005 -- some 18 years ago. Let's discuss how these three stocks could benefit.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

investment company. To put it another way, an investment of $1,000 in Berkshire stock in 1965 would be worth a whopping $42.5 To put it another way, an investment of $1,000 in Berkshire stock in 1965 would be worth a whopping $42.5 The same investment in the S&P 500 would have grown to just $328,500.

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MAY 18, 2024

While the company originally began as a DVD rental service, Netflix quickly pivoted to a streaming model. For years, other media companies have tried to catch up and build their own streaming platforms. Outside of Netflix, some of the more prominent streamers come from industry giants like The Walt Disney Company , Warner Bros.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has long sat at or near the top of the most valuable companies in the world. The iPhone maker was the first company in history to reach a $1 trillion market cap back in 2018. Today, there are six investable companies with a market cap of $1 trillion or more.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

On Tuesday, the Japanese conglomerate which used to bankroll Silicon Valley announced a quarterly loss of 477.6 That came as a shock to Wall Street, which had been expecting a profit of around 75 billion yen ($520 million) partly due to CEO Masayoshi Son plowing investment into anything that has 'AI' in the name. billion yen ($3.3

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Otsuka Holdings (OTC: OTSK.Y) , one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in Japan, is getting into the business of psychedelic therapies. The company will also continue with Mindset's lead program in phase 2 trials, which is also seeking an indication for major depressive disorder (MDD). 1, it announced that one of its U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Warren Buffett is an investing legend. The conglomerate that he has steered since 1965, Berkshire Hathaway , has outperformed the market by a breathtakingly wide margin over those years. Each of these famous investors takes a very different approach to investing in the stock market. Data by YCharts. Let's see how they compare.

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JUNE 14, 2023

As Warren Buffett has gotten older, many have questioned whether the 92-year-old has still got it when it comes to investing. Investing outside the U.S. explicitly telling investors right after the pandemic began in 2020 to never bet against America, Buffett and Berkshire have also not been afraid to make investments outside the U.S.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

He displays his company's growth and performance over the years in each annual report, and per the last one (for 2023), the overall gain from 1965 to 2023 was 4,384,748%. Of course, few of us invested in this amazing company way back in 1965. Should you invest in Berkshire Hathaway now ? Yes, that's 4.3 No one knows.

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MARCH 10, 2024

There are currently seven companies in the world with a market capitalization exceeding $1 trillion. Warren Buffett's investment conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , is the eighth most valuable company in the world with a market cap of about $870 billion. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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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. And yet, Berkshire Hathaway's $312 billion investment portfolio is heavily concentrated in just a few stocks.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Buffett has nearly 68% of Berkshire Hathaway 's $361 billion portfolio invested in only four stocks. The percentage was even higher last year before Buffett (or one of his two investment managers) trimmed Berkshire's position in Apple a little in the fourth quarter of 2023. The current value of the conglomerate's 1.03

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KKR

JULY 1, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 30, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 30, 2024

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KKR

JUNE 30, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 30, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 30, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 30, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 30, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 29, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 29, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 29, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 29, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 29, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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KKR

JUNE 29, 2024

Transaction marks KKR’s first Global Impact investment in the Philippines MAKATI, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and PHINMA Education Holdings, Inc.

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