Pedestrians walking across with crowded traffic at Shibuya crossing square. Jaczhou | E+ | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 hit a record high Thursday, powered by banking, electronics and consumer stocks as robust earnings and investor-friendly measures fuel a blistering rally in Japanese equities this year. The Nikkei 225 jumped nearly 2% to hit 39,029, … Read more
Jimmy Haslam, CEO of Pilot Flying J. and Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Lacy O’Toole | CNBC A billion-dollar trial that was to determine if Berkshire Hathaway improperly used an accounting method that would significantly short-change the Haslam family in a purchase of the family’s remaining minority stake in Pilot Travel Centers … Read more
Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller As Charlie Munger’s admirers around the globe mourn the loss of one of the most influential investors ever, a deep sense of gratitude and appreciation has spread — for his unparalleled business acumen as well as his uniquely sharp tongue. … Read more
JOHANNES EISELE | AFP | Getty Images Charlie Munger didn’t manage to help pull off one final deal with his lifelong partner Warren Buffett, but he remained hopeful that Berkshire Hathaway, with nearly $160 billion cash, will find its elephant one day. “We have $160 billion in cash, plus a great credit rating we deserve. … Read more
Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller The late investment icon Charlie Munger said Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate he and Warren Buffett built over the last five decades, could have doubled its value if they applied leverage, or borrowed money, when buying businesses and common stocks. … Read more
Billionaire Charlie Munger, the investing sage who made a fortune even before he became Warren Buffett’s right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, has died at age 99. Munger died Tuesday, according to a press release from Berkshire Hathaway. The conglomerate said it was advised by members of Munger’s family that he peacefully died this morning at … Read more
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger pushed back against a report that alleged his partner Warren Buffett at times traded stocks in his personal account before the conglomerate made moves in the same securities. Munger, 99, told CNBC’s Becky Quick in an interview that the idea that Buffett was front-running Berkshire’s own trades doesn’t make … Read more
Warren Buffett excursions the grounds on the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Assembly in Omaha Nebraska. David A. Grogan | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported a stable enhance in second-quarter working earnings, whereas the money hoard at Warren Buffett’s conglomerate swelled to almost $150 billion. The Omaha-based large’s working earnings — which embody income constituted of … Read more
Warren Buffett shrugged off Fitch’s U.S. credit standing downgrade, noting it would not change what his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, is doing for the time being. “Berkshire purchased $10 billion in U.S. Treasurys final Monday. We purchased $10 billion in Treasurys this Monday. And the one query for subsequent Monday is whether or not we’ll purchase … Read more
Chinese language vacationers stroll previous an set up depicting Taiwan (R) and mainland China at a vacationer space on Pingtan island, the closest level to Taiwan, in China’s southeast Fujian province on April 6, 2023. Greg Baker | AFP | Getty Photos Fraying U.S.-China relations and rising tensions over Taiwan have influential enterprise leaders similar … Read more