Home-price growth in the US started to slow in April.
Home-price growth in 20 US cities picked up for the fourth straight month with Tampa, Florida, showing the biggest gains.
Warren Buffett has simple advice for investors as they stare down the worst inflation in decades: Invest in your own skills.
After hanging in the shadows for most of the pandemic, the billionaire investor and his deputies have been ramping up Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s acquisition machine -- snapping up shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. and HP Inc. and striking an $11.6 billion deal to buy Alleghany Corp. The flurry of activity comes just as investors are set to flock to Omaha, Nebraska, for the conglomerate’s first in-person shareholder meeting since 2019.
Warren Buffett is telegraphing his disdain for Wall Street bankers with an oddball price on his latest multibillion-dollar takeover. The $848.02 for every share that Alleghany Corp. stockholders get from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is the result of Buffett balking at the banking fee being set aside by the target company -- in this case for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which is advising the insurer.
Warren Buffett’s best-performing stock last year? One he’s been dumping. Wells Fargo & Co. shares delivered a total return of 61% last year, outpacing every other company listed in the most recent public snapshot of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s portfolio, as of Sept. 30, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Fintechs were almost five times more likely than traditional lenders to be involved with suspicious loans issued through the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program, according to a new study.
Star ETF manager Cathie Wood is expanding her reach into the world of investing startups by joining the board of a fintech company.
Warren Buffett is getting out from the middle of a potentially contentious split.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s pension bailout might do more than just support troubled retirement plans. It could also spur tens of billions of dollars in demand for corporate bonds with the lowest investment-grade ratings, according to Citigroup Inc.
Warren Buffett has been a fixture at the top of the world’s wealth rankings for decades, but in recent years he’s slipped down the list as tech fortunes soared and his hot hand cooled. Now, at 90, his net worth has blown past $100 billion.
Buffett’s cautious reaction to the latest crisis drew plenty of attention from investors.
Insurers are already seeing claims from policyholders, while also having to manage the market turmoil with the billions of investments the companies oversee.
