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Warren Buffett's $277 Billion Warning That the Stock Market Could Be Headed for Trouble

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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."

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These Were the 5 Biggest Companies in 2009, and Here Are the 5 Biggest Companies Now

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Nowhere is this more true than on the stock market. For example, in just 15 years, the total annual revenue of the five largest American companies has soared 50% from $1.6 Let's dig in and see which stocks have shouldered their way into the top five and which have dropped out. A lot can change in 15 years. trillion to $2.4

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Meet Wall Street's Safest Dividend Stock: A Small-Cap Company Few Investors Know Exists

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It's a near-certainty that there's a security or 10 that matches your risk tolerance and/or investment goals But among the seemingly countless ways money can be made in the stock market, few strategies have been more consistently successful than buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks over an extended period.

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You'll Be Shocked at These 5 Companies Warren Buffett Could Buy With Cash Right Now

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Between the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, there are more than 5,400 companies that Berkshire could theoretically buy in cash. The $325 billion in cash is earning a roughly 5% yield, with most in short-term Treasury securities, so Buffett is happy with some risk-free income for now.

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Warren Buffett Recently Sold $800 Million Worth of This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock, While Buying Another $345 Million Worth of His Favorite Stock

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Snowflake wasn't a great fit for Berkshire's portfolio Berkshire's sales of Apple, Chevron, and T-Mobile might reflect Buffett 's cautious view on the broader stock market overall. Berkshire bought Snowflake stock ahead of its IPO in 2020, so we don't know exactly what price it paid. Image source: The Motley Fool.

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Alibaba Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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Still, in 2022, Alibaba and other Chinese stocks faced delisting threats from the SEC before the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board received access to the audit information regarding its financial statements. Since the beginning of the year, Alibaba stock is up 2%, versus nearly 15% for the S&P 500.

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How Big Is Berkshire Hathaway's Cash Hoard? Here Are 7 Companies You Might Be Shocked to Know It Could Buy Right Now.

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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. And this is just a tiny fraction of the publicly traded companies Berkshire could buy.

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