Andrew Bary

Berkshire Hathaway boosted its stake in Alphabet by about 80% to 106 million shares in the second quarter.

Its stock is down, but investors shouldn’t overreact to worries about the autonomous-vehicle business.

The social-media platform will replace AvalonBay Communities before the market opens on Tuesday.

The billionaire makes a plan, and others react. This past week, his funds bought six names. Only one lost ground—and that was only 0.1%.

CFO Charles Chang purchased two Class A shares for $1.5 million. Michael O’Sullivan, the general counsel bought 488 Class B shares for a $250,000.

A 13-F filing shows an active quarter for buying stocks, including Alphabet. Microsoft might have been another big purchase.

The fund has gained 0.6% in net asset value, or NAV, through Aug. 11 relative to its IPO price of $50 a share on April 29, against a roughly 9% return for the S&P 500 over the same span.

The parent of the NBA champion New York Knicks has been rallying on higher pro basketball team valuations.

The sale sheds additional light on the value of Delta and United’s own loyalty programs.

Berkshire Hathaway’s after-tax insurance underwriting results fell 13% to $1.7 billion in the second quarter.

Precision Castparts could be worth $60 billion to $75 billion, Barron’s estimates, well above Berkshire’s 2016 purchase price of $37 billion.

Berkshire Hathaway stock could have even more upside. Investors have been reacting favorably to some key aspects of the company’s second-quarter earnings report.

A highlight was the repurchase of $4.5 billion of shares in the second quarter. The figure was just $235 million in the first quarter

The gain shows the strength of the company’s railroad, energy and manufacturing, service, and retailing units.

The price of the Citigroup preferred issue has fallen recently amid investor concern the bank will redeem it.

Cooper Cos. could get a pop from the sale of a surgical unit. What activists are up to.

Warren Buffett’s company was busy in the second quarter, repurchasing its own stock. Its investment activity and cash levels are also on Wall Street’s radar.

The VistaShares Target 15 Berkshire Select Income ETF has topped Berkshire stock’s return of 3% since March 2025.

Retail investors who think the central bank should raise rates are forcing yields on long-term Treasuries to rise. Their big worries: sticky inflation and the ballooning federal deficit.

The company is one the biggest holders of U.S. Treasury bills in the world.