Berkshire Hathaway

Share sale follows investor’s admission that an earlier cut to its holding may have been a mistake

‘If you’re not willing to react with equanimity to a market price decline of 50% two or three times a century, you’re not fit to be a common shareholder’

Warren Buffett’s right-hand man railed against active fund management

Warren Buffett’s investment acolyte was famous for his polished wit about all aspects of life

Warren Buffett’s longtime lieutenant and business partner was vice-chair of famed investment conglomerate

Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile hits a record €147 billion

Iseq index falls 0.8% despite Ryanair results rally

Investors track Warren Buffett-led company as results from group’s dozens of operating units often mirror broader economic trends

Shareholders hear criticism of US bank executives and vote against climate and ESG motions

Analysts say gains are largely linked to firms with AI technologies and are concerned by market’s extreme imbalance

Results suffered from Berkshire’s $53 billion of losses from investments and derivatives

Iseq in Dublin closes the session up 1.3%

Twitter stock tanks after Elon Musk puts $44bn deal on hold, but Tesla stock rises

Rising interest rates and Chinese tech sector crackdown damage funds’ biggest holdings

Dundrum-based company, led by Kevin Thompson, recorded €12.6m loss in 2020

Global prices are roaring ahead – but is it a bubble or a temporary blip?

ProPublica report measures tax take against total welath rather than income

The 30-stock index is no longer representative of present-day corporate America

Planet Business: A psychodrama we could have all done without

Market Beat: Coulson cemented the deal with Gores using yachts in the Bahamas

Berkshire Hathaway leaders talk down Spacs, cryptocurriencies and climate reporting

Markets report: British American Tobacco and luxury group Kering among fallers

Boots distributor split from US drugstore chain

Defiance of election result sparks ‘universal outrage’ in body spanning political spectrum

Launch three years ago shocked traditional providers

Car company will be seventh biggest in the index as its current market value

Elon Musk’s 17-year-old upstart carmaker will enter the S&P 500 on December 21st

Demand remains high on Wall Street for cloud computing sevice businesses

Berkshire Hathaway way increase holdings to 9.9%

Stocks have rallied 6.7% since July in sharpest advance in more than three decades

Markets report: US equities rise but Boeing weighs on Dow Jones

Apple’s share price gains lift Warren Buffett’s holding company in second quarter

Drinks company to axe ‘zombie’ brands as part of efforts to protect bottom line

Buffett’s defenders might say he has been wrongly written off in the past after prior periods of underperformance

Investors are feeling the pinch as companies hold off on paying out dividends during crisis

Buffett’s inaction suggests this is not a time to be bold – it’s a time to be cautious

With airlines firmly in the doldrums, the travel software company is under pressure

Airlines take a battering after Warren Buffett’s negative comments

Sprawling industrial conglomerate disclosed on Saturday that its stock portfolio, which includes shares in Apple and Bank of America, declined in value by $55.5bn

Seven of Buffett’s top nine holdings down between 34 and 44 per cent but he’s unlikely to be bothered