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The Warren Buffett era at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) has officially come to a close. After relinquishing the CEO spot at the start of the year, Buffett has also decided to step down as chairman. His son, Howard Buffett, who has been a director of the insurance conglomerate since 1993, will take over…

I turned 50 years old last week: Living proof that age and maturity don’t always go hand in hand.

Warren Buffett became one of the wealthiest people in the world by picking individual stocks and holding them for years. But he doesn’t think retail investors should do the same. Instead, he’s spent the past several decades advocating for a much simpler strategy. Buffett, the retired CEO of investing conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, thinks most people…

Warren Buffett did not become the face of the stock market by accident. Between 1965 and 2025, Berkshire Hathaway, the company he once led, compounded at about 19.7% a year. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), with dividends included, managed a 10.5% return.

A market valuation signal with a near-perfect historical record just flashed for only the second time in the past 100 years. The first time it flashed this bright, the dot-com bubble collapsed and the S&P 500 lost roughly half its value.

Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, after more than 60 years guiding the firm that turned him into a household name for millions of investors worldwide.

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The second-quarter 13F from Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKA)(NYSE:BRKB) reached the SEC on Aug. 14, and it shows what CEO Greg Abel did with the conglomerate’s $299 billion U.S. stock portfolio during his second full quarter running the company. Much of the portfolio sat still: Apple, American Express, and Coca-Cola — three of the four biggest positions…