Although these shareholder letters are typically known for their unwavering optimism, Buffett's newly released letter contains four of the most chilling words investors will ever

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In 1965, Warren Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway ... which makes his recent capital allocation decisions a dire warning to Wall Street: Berkshire sold $143 billion in stock in 2024 ...

For more than a year, Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway has been raising cash at a dizzying pace. The institutional investing company has been selling everything from Bank of America stock to a few different S&P 500 exchange traded funds (ETFs) to some of the company’s share of Liberty Media Formula One stock.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have taken a sledgehammer to government agencies in pursuit of cost-cutting. But some investors are growing increasingly concerned that their strategies will hurt,

U.S. stock indexes are drifting Monday following their sharp losses from last week, with the S&P 500 up 0.1% in afternoon trading.

U.S. stocks drifted lower following their sharp losses from last week. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Monday after flipping between small gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.

In other words, history has shown that when Buffett's prized valuation tool moves well beyond the bounds of its long-term average, trouble follows for Wall Street. This may be why the Oracle of Omaha has been a net seller of stocks for eight consecutive quarters at Berkshire Hathaway, to the tune of $166.2 billion.