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Prediction: 3 Boring Stocks That'll Be Worth More Than Nvidia by 2029

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Berkshire Hathaway The first "boring" company that's quietly but steadily delivered a nearly 20% annualized return spanning almost six decades is conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). Berkshire is run by billionaire CEO Warren Buffett, who's delivered a greater than 5,325,000% return to his Class A shareholders (BRK.A)

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There Are Over 50 Dividend Kings. Here Are My Top 3 to Buy and Hold for the Next 20 Years.

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The company has done a masterful job of betting on its best brands and avoiding investing too heavily in new brands or making ineffective acquisitions -- choosing instead to pass along its profits to shareholders through buybacks and dividends. It is also one of the longest-tenured Dividend Kings, with 68 consecutive years of dividend raises.

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Which Megacap Stock Has the Greatest GAAP Net Worth? Hint: It's Not Microsoft, Apple, or Nvidia.

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It's also sometimes referred to as shareholder's equity. Just look at the value for total stockholders' (or shareholders') equity on the balance sheet. The conglomerate is more than twice the size of Microsoft based on the metric. business in history, according to Buffett in his latest letter to Berkshire shareholders.

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This Stock Turned $10,000 Into $263,690 Since Its 2016 IPO. Here's Why It's Not Too Late to Buy.

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One stock that has provided stellar returns for its shareholders since its 2016 initial public offering (IPO) is Kinsale Capital (NYSE: KNSL). The specialty insurance company has a strong position in a highly competitive industry and has rewarded shareholders handsomely in the process. Insurance stocks are appealing for a few reasons.

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Better Stock-Split Stock: Sony vs. MicroStrategy

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The conglomerate possesses an array of strong entertainment businesses. As part of this, shareholders will receive stock in the new company in exchange for Sony shares. In its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, the conglomerate's revenue rose 12% year over year to 2.6 Its Q2 total liabilities of $4.2 billion included $3.8

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Billionaires Are Deciding to Sell Shares of This Well-Known Stock

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conglomerate unloaded much of his stake in Apple, a company he's touted as "probably the best business I know in the world." Buffett alluded to the threat of a higher capital gains tax rate, which seemed to have faded since earlier this year, and selling Apple does help to clear the deck for Berkshire's tax liability.

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This Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stock Is About to Lose Its Crown

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The industrial conglomerate has paid dividends to its shareholders for over a century without interruption and has raised its payout annually for more than 60 straight years. 3M (NYSE: MMM) has been a dividend stalwart. It agreed to settle those matters last year for a total of $18 billion that it will pay out over several years.