Warren Buffett’s Berkshire posts record $30.8 billion annual operating profit… calls stock buyback critics ‘economic illiterate’

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc BRK-A-N +0.04%increase on Saturday reported its highest-ever annual operating profit, even as foreign currency losses and lower gains from investments caused fourth-quarter profit to fall. Buffett called 2022 a “good year” for Berkshire in his …

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Berkshire’s earnings fell 55% this quarter and the market has only fallen this far. Stock bulls look to the future and see nothing but bad news

Berkshire's earnings fell 55% this quarter and the market has only fallen this far. pic.twitter.com/BrnPTATD1r — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) April 30, 2022 https://twitter.com/TeddyVallee/status/1520520198570356745 #WarrenBuffett has been buying the dip! pic.twitter.com/X711npcPzp — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) April 30, 2022 Stock bulls look to …

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2022 BERKSHIRE ANNUAL MEETING – Warren Buffett rips Wall Street for turning the stock market into ‘a gambling parlor’

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/30/warren-buffett-rips-wall-street-for-turning-the-stock-market-into-a-gambling-parlor.html Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett lambasted Wall Street for encouraging speculative behavior in the stock market, effectively turning it into a “gambling parlor.” Buffett, 91, spoke at length during his annual shareholder meeting Saturday about one of his favorite targets for criticism: …

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Buffett’s Berkshire bought about $1 billion worth of Activision shares before Microsoft deal

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/14/buffetts-berkshire-bought-activision-stock-before-microsoft-deal.html Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased about $1 billion worth of shares in Activision Blizzard in the fourth quarter, according to a regulatory filing, jumping in before Microsoft agreed to buy the video-game publisher for $68.7 billion. Berkshire owns 14.66 …

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Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) with strong results in Q2

by skuggic Strong results from Berkshire Hathaway last quarter: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-berkshire-results/berkshire-profit-surges-as-insurance-other-businesses-gain-idUSKBN1KP0E7 They increased operating earnings by 67% as all of their business segments grew year-over-year, although part of this was caused by Q2 last year being particularly bad due to underwriting …

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