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Warren Buffett is the billionaire boss of one of America's biggest companies. Yet Berkshire Hathaway's website looks like it was built in the 1990s and hasn't been updated since. Yet you could never guess that from its website, which looks like a relic from the early days of the internet. Business InsiderFrankly, the website looks like a teenager slapped it together in the 1990s, and hasn't returned since. "Warren Buffett is demonstrating how he minimizes cost at Berkshire.
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Occidental Petroleum shares have dropped 29% since mid-April, impacting Warren Buffett's stake in the company. Berkshire Hathaway's $13 billion stake in Occidental Petroleum may be underwater, based on estimates. The price decline in Occidental shares has coincided with a 23% decline in crude oil prices since mid-April. AdvertisementTo be clear, the average price Berkshire Hathaway paid for its Occidental Petroleum stake is only known by Berkshire Hathaway itself. Another sign that Berkshire Hathaway's Occidental Petroleum bet is souring is based on the warrants it owns to purchase additional shares.
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The Buffett Indicator is indicating US stocks might be overvalued. AdvertisementWarren Buffett's favorite stock market valuation indicator just hit a record high, signaling that stocks might be highly overvalued. The stock market experienced a painful year-long bear market shortly after the Buffett Indicator peaked in November 2021. But despite the Buffett Indicator's flaws, it is flashing a big warning signal for stock market investors at current levels, according to Bloomstran. Advertisement"I think it's screaming the cap-weighted stock market, the Wilshire 5000 [and] the S&P 500, is incredibly dangerous today.
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Experts say the AI mania has shades of the dot-com and housing bubbles and could end painfully. AdvertisementExperts say the frenzy around AI stocks resembles the last two major market bubbles — and could end in disaster if investors get spooked. "This is the goofiest and likely most dangerous concentration of overvaluation I've seen in 34 years investing and throughout financial history," Bloomstran said. Some experts have compared Nvidia to Cisco, the network hardware company whose stock ballooned during the dot-com bubble before ultimately crashing. No one can predict if the AI craze will end with a devastating crash like the dot-com and housing bubbles, or usher in a new market regime led by Nvidia and its kin.
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Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on a record pile of cash at $189 billion. Putting Berkshire's cash pile into perspectiveInstead of measuring Berkshire Hathaway's cash position on an absolute basis, investors are better off measuring the cash pile as a percentage of Berkshire's total assets, according to Bloomstran. Berkshire Hathaway's $189 billion cash is actually at a pretty normalized level, and well below its peak of nearly 40% in 2004. At the time, the S&P 500 was trading near record highs, Apple was the biggest company in the world, and Berkshire Hathaway's absolute cash pile was at a record. with regards to Berkshire's cash pile at this year's annual shareholder meeting, the legendary investor responded:Advertisement"We only swing at pitches we like."
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Five experts on Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway spoke ahead of this year's annual meeting. Mario Gabelli, John Rogers, Chris Bloomstran, Adam Mead, and Todd Finkle discussed the conglomerate. Todd Finkle, the author of "Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur," emphasized the unique nature of Berkshire's yearly gathering, which attracts tens of thousands of people from around the world. Meanwhile, Adam Mead, the author of "The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway," touted the underlying value of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, and the savvy structure of Buffett's conglomerate. "Berkshire Hathaway Energy is going to become a powerhouse over the next decade.
Elon Musk has disposed of almost $40 billion of Tesla stock in under 14 months. That figure vastly exceeds Tesla's $9 billion of net income in the nine months to September. Musk appears to have sold Tesla shares to cover tax bills, buy Twitter, and service debts. Bloomstran's remark underscores the massive scale of Musk's stock sales, relative to the size of Tesla's business. Since then, Tesla shares have more than halved in value.
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