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Buffett's Berkshire trims stake in China's BYD, a holding since 2008

Buffett's company had acquired 225 million BYD shares in 2008, giving it a 7.73% stake, equal to the 20.49% stake in H shares, according to BYD's annual report

Buffett's Berkshire trims stake in China's BYD, a holding since 2008
Updated On : 30 Aug 2022 | 8:15 PM IST

Warren Buffett ends drought with $11.6 billion Alleghany purchase

Alleghany, the owner of reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings, would expand Berkshire's large portfolio of insurers

Warren Buffett ends drought with $11.6 billion Alleghany purchase
Updated On : 21 Mar 2022 | 11:10 PM IST

Warren Buffett's top stock last year was the bank he's been bailing on

Wells Fargo & Co. shares delivered a total return of 61% last year, outpacing every other company listed in the most recent public snapshot of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s portfolio, as of Sept. 30

Warren Buffett's top stock last year was the bank he's been bailing on
Updated On : 11 Feb 2022 | 2:04 PM IST

Warren Buffett's cash pile tops record with $149.2 billion on hand

Buffett has struggled with a high-class problem of having too much money in Berkshire's pockets and not enough chances to put that to work in higher-returning assets.

Warren Buffett's cash pile tops record with $149.2 billion on hand
Updated On : 07 Nov 2021 | 10:35 AM IST

Warren Buffett's Berkshire gets more cautious on stocks and buybacks

Buffett has struggled in recent years to keep up with Berkshire's ever-gushing cash flow

Warren Buffett's Berkshire gets more cautious on stocks and buybacks
Updated On : 01 May 2021 | 7:42 PM IST

RIL to pare stake in Hathway Cable; to launch Rs 442-crore OFS on April 26

Sebi rules prescribe that promoters cannot hold more than 75 per cent in a company

RIL to pare stake in Hathway Cable; to launch Rs 442-crore OFS on April 26
Updated On : 24 Apr 2021 | 6:05 AM IST

Stock gains power higher Berkshire profit, Buffett presses on with buybacks

Berkshire's fourth-quarter buybacks boosted the company's overall stock repurchases to $24.7 billion in 2020, five times the record from a year earlier

Stock gains power higher Berkshire profit, Buffett presses on with buybacks
Updated On : 28 Feb 2021 | 6:43 AM IST

Berkshire scoops up its own stock as pandemic hits business in Q3

Berkshire's recently been expanding its hunting horizons, with its $6 billion bet on Japanese trading houses and even a stake in the newly public Snowflake Inc.

Berkshire scoops up its own stock as pandemic hits business in Q3
Updated On : 09 Nov 2020 | 7:33 PM IST

Not a good sign: Warren Buffet does away with bank shares, bets on gold

Buffett, the fifth-richest person in the world, has loved few things more in his life than sweets, soda and compound interest - but banking stocks have come pretty close

Not a good sign: Warren Buffet does away with bank shares, bets on gold
Updated On : 15 Aug 2020 | 4:38 PM IST

Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Q2 profit up 87% despite near-$10 bn writedown

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Saturday that it earned $26.3 billion, or $16,314 per Class A share, during the second quarter

Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Q2 profit up 87% despite near-$10 bn writedown
Updated On : 09 Aug 2020 | 11:10 PM IST

With a fortune of $68 bn, Mukesh Ambani now richer than Warren Buffet

Shares of Ambani's conglomerate have more than doubled since a low in March as its digital unit got more than $15 billion in investments from companies including Facebook and Silver Lake

With a fortune of $68 bn, Mukesh Ambani now richer than Warren Buffet
Updated On : 11 Jul 2020 | 1:25 AM IST

Playing the markets

Most readers will have heard of Mr Buffett. Mr Portnoy is a 43-year-old, mainly famous for setting up the popular American blog, Barstool Sports

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Updated On : 20 Jun 2020 | 1:26 AM IST

Here's why billionaire Warren Buffett will never invest in cryptocurrencies

Buffett's comments come a day after JPMorgan & Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said he regrets calling bitcoin a fraud

Here's why billionaire Warren Buffett will never invest in cryptocurrencies
Updated On : 11 Jan 2018 | 8:11 AM IST

Insurance dampens Warren Buffett's Berkshire results; 27% drop in Q1 profit

The results were released one day before Berkshire's annual meeting in Omaha

Insurance dampens Warren Buffett's Berkshire results; 27% drop in Q1 profit
Updated On : 06 May 2017 | 10:01 AM IST

Berkshire Hathaway's top 10 investments

Berkshire Hathaway substantially increased its holdings of Apple stock in the December quarter

Berkshire Hathaway's top 10 investments
Updated On : 25 Feb 2017 | 2:11 PM IST