This week: Warren Buffett’s retirement from Berkshire Hathaway puts a Canadian executive at the top of the conglomerate. But where in Canada did Greg Abel earn his business degree? Take our quiz ...

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Berkshire Hathaway has a stock portfolio worth roughly $279 billion. The holding company has $348 billion in cash and cash equivalents. Berkshire shares have dipped about 5% since the announcement ...

Speaking at the Daily Journal Annual Meeting in 2019, Charlie Munger, the late vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc and ...

Institutional investors own the most Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares but lag behind Buffett in Class A share ownership. Several Berkshire insiders own significant stakes in the conglomerate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investing, markets and Berkshire Hathaway. If you told me that I had to invest $50 billion every year until we ...

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) entered 2025 with the wind at its back because of an astute shift the company made in 2024. That helped it outperform the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX ...

Berkshire Hathaway has outperformed the S&P 500 index over the long term. The giant conglomerate is doing it again so far in 2025. It won't always outperform in every period, and there are big ...

Similarly, during the bear market of 2000-2002, both Altria and Berkshire Hathaway delivered a positive return as they were relatively unaffected by the dot-com bust, even as the S&P 500 lost 49%.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK.A) has been a tremendous investment since the stock went public back in 1980. During that span, the insurance-led conglomerate has had only one chief ...

With decades of market-beating returns and a reputation for steady, disciplined management, Berkshire Hathaway is a long-standing favorite among investors. Now, with 94-year-old CEO Warren Buffett ...