Conglomerates Funds Stock Market 
The Motley Fool
OCTOBER 5, 2024
Warren Buffett has never claimed to be able to predict what the stock market would do over the near term. In a 2008 op-ed for The New York Times , he wrote, "I can't predict the short-term movements of the stock market. I haven't the faintest idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower a month, or a year, from now."
The Motley Fool
AUGUST 24, 2024
The giant conglomerate has also been a net seller of stocks over the past year and a half. Since December 2022, its stock purchases have totaled $21 billion, but its stock sales have exceeded $137 billion. Of that total, Berkshire had $285 billion invested in equities (stocks) as of the end of the second quarter.
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The Motley Fool
JUNE 9, 2024
Even better, Buffett's success has allowed millions to get rich alongside him, especially those who invested early in his conglomerate. So you might be surprised to see what Buffett's firm was doing even when the stock market was hitting record highs in the first quarter. In the first quarter, Berkshire bought three stocks.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 26, 2025
into one of the largest conglomerates in the world through a series of savvy acquisitions and prudent stock purchases. In fact, Berkshire sold the only two index funds in its portfolio, both of which tracked the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). Warren Buffett sold his S&P 500 index funds, but he hasn't lost confidence in U.S.
The Motley Fool
DECEMBER 23, 2023
Then, in late 2022, Alleghany was acquired by none other than Warren Buffett 's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). In many ways, therefore, investing in Berkshire Hathaway stock is much like betting on the whole U.S. economy by investing in an S&P 500 index fund. First, index funds have fees.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 19, 2025
Even newcomers to the stock market understand that investing is ultimately a matter of trade-offs. And ironically, your highest-odds/best-payoff approach isn't trying to beat the market at all, but instead just aiming to match its performance by buying and holding simple index funds. That's outperform the S&P 500.
Private Equity Wire
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Pan-European stock exchange operator Euronext NV is optimistic about the outlook for initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2025, driven by private equity funds turning to equity markets to exit their investments, according to a report by Bloomberg. According to Caron, stock markets proved highly effective in 2024 for this purpose.
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