Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill into a $1 trillion empire. The…
Although the benchmark S&P 500 has clawed back to record territory and the VIX has settled into a sleepy 16.7 reading, Wall Street’s memory is shorter than its history would suggest. The…
Jeremy Phillips Retirees who admire Warren Buffett face a recurring frustration: Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B | BRK-B Price Prediction) pays no dividend, so owning the stock means watching the compounding happen on paper while no…
Stocks trading under $20 often get dismissed as lottery tickets, but every so often a genuine compounder slips into that bucket because sentiment has cracked while fundamentals remain intact. Right now, one…
Some investors are embracing the financial sector ahead of what they deem as an even more euphoric stretch of a new roaring 20s, whereas others believe a recession is imminent. The most…
On the recent Vanguard episode of the Acquired podcast, hosts Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal returned to one of investing’s most enduring paradoxes. The greatest active stock picker of the modern era…
Warren Buffett sold more stock than he bought for 13 quarters before Greg Abel came in. The result sits on Berkshire’s balance sheet as a number that functions like a flare. Roughly…
Warren Buffett spent six decades insisting that big technology sat outside his circle of competence. Apple was the celebrated exception, a consumer staples bet dressed in silicon. Everything else, from Microsoft to…
Although Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B) has compiled the single best long-run track record in modern markets, the man who built it spent most of his shareholder letters telling you not to try this…
Shares of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY | OXY Price Prediction) are up 45% year to date (YTD) heading into Tuesday’s open, an impressive performer among large U.S. oil producers in 2026. The question…
Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B | BRK-B Price Prediction) on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill…
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B | BRK-B Price Prediction) is a stock built to own for decades because its structural design, a diversified industrial conglomerate sitting atop the largest discretionary cash pile in corporate…
I’ve been studying portfolio concentration for years, and one stat from Schwab’s On Investing podcast keeps echoing in my head. In 2022, the Magnificent Seven fell roughly 40% while the S&P 500…
Iconic founders and long-tenured CEOs rarely walk away entirely. They migrate to the executive chairperson seat, retaining board voting power, equity alignment, and strategic influence. The pattern signals whether a handoff is…
Geopolitical conditions heavily shape oil prices. When conflict erupts near oil-producing regions, prices spike, and naturally, when peace prevails, they fall. Several key mechanisms explain this relationship. Wars embed a “geopolitical risk…
