Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaking to CNBC on March 13th, 2025. CNBCTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the Trump administration is focused on preventing a financial crisis that could be the result of massive government spending over the past few years."What I could guarantee is we would have had a financial...
Warren Buffett at a press conference during the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting on April 30, 2022.CNBCLegendary investor Warren Buffett made a rare comment on President Donald Trump's tariffs, saying punitive duties could trigger inflation and hurt consumers."Tariffs are actually, we've had a lot of experience with them. They're an...
Warren Buffett is about to address shareholders and countless admirers following a series of market-moving events — a fresh trade war, devastating wildfires as well as a shocking stock-selling spree at his own Berkshire Hathaway . The 94-year-old "Oracle of Omaha's" must-read annual letter will be released Saturday at...
Bill Ackman's revised proposal to buy real estate developer Howard Hughes didn't impress Wall Street analysts who believe the deal doesn't create much value for current shareholders. The billionaire investor said Tuesday Pershing Square has submitted a proposal to acquire 10 million newly issued Howard Hughes shares at $90...
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during an interview for an episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations," in New York on Nov. 28, 2023.Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPershing Square's Bill Ackman hiked his takeover offer for Howard Hughes Holdings, offering current holders...
Berkshire Hathaway's highly scrutinized Apple stake has been held steady for two straight quarters, after dumping two-thirds of the shares in a head-turning selling spree last year. Warren Buffett's conglomerate owned 300 million shares of Apple sharp at the end of 2024, the same amount it had at the...
Baupost Group's Seth Klarman found a handful of buying opportunities last quarter as the longtime value investor continued to seek cheap hidden gems in an expensive stock market. The widely-followed hedge fund manager took a new stake in industrial product distributor Ferguson Enterprises , worth nearly $200 million at...
Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 4, 2024.CNBCWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway purchased more shares of Occidental Petroleum after the oil and gas producer tumbled more than 30% from its record high.The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate scooped up 763,017 shares of the Houston-based energy company...
Bank of America has lagged its peers since the lender's stellar fourth-quarter earnings report, leading some analysts to speculate that Berkshire Hathaway , the biggest investor in the nation's second-largest bank, has been quietly offloading shares again. Since its latest quarterly report on Jan. 16, Bank of America shares...
Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. GroganWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway once again scooped up shares of Sirius XM, boosting its stake in the satellite radio company to over 35%.The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate purchased roughly...