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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Nvidia, Discover Financial, D.R. Horton and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Discover Financial Services — Shares slipped 6.5% after CEO Roger Hochschild resigned. Turnstone Biologics — Stock in the biotechnology company slipped 2.3% in premarket trading. Earlier on Tuesday, investment firm Piper Sandler initiated coverage of the stock with an overweight rating. Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital — The renewable energy investment firm climbed 2.1% after Bank of America upgraded shares to buy.

Persons: Roger Hochschild, John Owen, Turnstone, Piper Sandler, Horton —, Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, Horton, Hannon Armstrong, Phillips, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Fitch, Wells Fargo, Baird, Steel, —, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound Organizations: Nvidia Corporation, Discover Financial, Bank of America, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Banks, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, CNBC, Nvidia, UBS Locations: Taipei, Taiwan, The Texas, Cleveland

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Discover, D.R. Horton, Nvidia, Cleveland-Cliffs, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Banks — Major Wall Street banks slid during midday trading after CNBC reported Tuesday that Fitch Ratings may once again downgrade the health of the banking sector. Shares of Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase slid 2%, while Citigroup and Morgan Stanley each fell more than 1%. Paramount Global — Paramount Global shares climbed 2% in midday trading. Turnstone Biologics — The biotechnology stock added 1.96% in midday trading.

Persons: Banks, Fitch, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Roger Hochschild, John Owen, Hannon Armstrong, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital — Hannon Armstrong, Homebuilders, Warren Buffett's Berkshire, D.R, Horton, Lennar, Wells Fargo, Baird, Turnstone, Piper Sandler, —, Alex Harring, Jesse Pound, Tanaya Macheel, Pia Singh, Samantha Subin Organizations: CNBC, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Citizens Financial Group, U.S . Steel, Esmark, U.S, Steel, Discover Financial, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital — Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Paramount Global, The Alliance, Motion Pictures, Television Producers, Bloomberg, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Nvidia, UBS, Investment Locations: Cleveland, Warren Buffett's

☆ Morning Bid: China data disappoints as markets yearn for stimulus
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Data on Tuesday showed China's industrial output and retail sales growth slowed in July, adding to concerns about a faltering post-pandemic recovery in the world's second-biggest economy. China's major state-owned banks stepped into the spot market to steady the currency, according to sources. Chinese policymakers last month released a batch of stimulus measures, including boosting auto and home appliances consumption, relaxing some property restrictions, and pledging support to the private sector. Over in Australia, wage growth held steady in the June quarter while the pace of annual pay awards unexpectedly slowed. That, along with the release of dovish minutes from the central bank's July policy meeting, bolstered bets that the RBA would keep rates steady.

Persons: Ankur Banerjee, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, DR, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse, REUTERS, Staff, Ankur, Thomson Locations: Frankfurt, Silicon, Germany, Asia, China, Pacific, Japan, Australia, U.S, Berkshire, Sweden, Singapore

[1/2] Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 19, 2023. The Commerce Department's report showed retail sales grew 0.7% last month against expectations of a 0.4% rise, suggesting the U.S. economy remains strong. "The retail sales number might indicate that the Fed would continue to raise rates." Home Depot (HD.N) added 1% after the home improvement chain posted a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly same-store sales and topped profit estimates. Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 5.29-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 2.90-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Wells, Fitch, jitters, Peter Andersen, JPMorgan Chase, Zions, Wells Fargo, Bilibili, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's, Horton, Amruta Khandekar, Shristi, Shashwat Chauhan, Maju Samuel, Vinay Dwivedi Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Nvidia, UBS, Wells Fargo, PT U.S, Dow, Nasdaq, U.S, Commerce, Andersen Capital Management, Fed, Federal Reserve, JPMorgan, Bank of America, PacWest Bancorp, Western Alliance Bank, Federal Deposit Insurance, Treasury, Alibaba, Dow Jones, General Motors, Berkshire, Warren, Lennar Corp, NYSE, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Boston, China, Beijing, Warren Buffett's Berkshire, homebuilder D.R

☆ S&P 500 futures are little changed on Monday evening: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Futures tied to the S&P 500 were little changed in overnight trading Monday. Futures linked to the broad market index added 0.1%, while Nasdaq-100 futures rose about 0.2%. A rebound in semiconductor and technology names lifted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite 0.58% and 1.05%, respectively, during the regular trading session. Six of the 11 major S&P sectors finished positive, led to the upside by information technology. Later in the week, traders will parse releases from Target and Walmart .

Persons: Homebuilders D.R, Horton, Lennar, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, NVR, Stocks, selloff, Morgan Stanley, Alicia Levine Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Discover Financial, Dow, Nvidia, VanEck Semiconductor, BNY Mellon, Home Depot, Target, Walmart

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Discover Financial, Lennar, Getty Images and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Discover Financial Services — The financial services stock fell more than 5% after announcing the resignation of its CEO. Horton , Lennar a nd NVR rose in extended trading after regulatory filings revealed Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway added new positions in the stocks during the second quarter. Horton rose 2.7%. Getty Images — Shares of the content creation company tumbled about 15% in extended trading after it issued preliminary second-quarter results. Getty Images posted a loss of 1 cent per share, compared with the 9 cents per share earned in the year-ago period.

Persons: Roger Hochschild, John Owen, D.R, Lennar, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, NVR, Horton, —, Darla Mercado Organizations: Discover Financial, Getty, Revenue Locations: Horton

☆ Warren Buffett's company invests in three homebuilders even as rates rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Berkshire Hathaway logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 10, 2023. Berkshire said that as of June 30, it owned about 5.97 million DR Horton shares worth $726.4 million, about 153,000 Lennar shares worth $17.2 million, and 11,112 NVR shares worth $70.6 million. Larger investments are usually Buffett's, and investors often try to piggyback on Berkshire's moves, reflecting Buffett's reputation as an investor. The selling included 45% of Berkshire's stake in General Motors (GM.N), whose shares fell 1% after hours. Its largest stock holding by far remained its $177.6 billion stake in Apple (AAPL.O).

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Benjamin Moore, Berkshire, Todd Combs, Ted Weschler, Jonathan Stempel, Lewis Krauskopf, Marguerita Choy, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Berkshire, Clayton Homes, DR Horton, DR, BNSF, General Motors, Apple, Capital, Globe, Marsh & McLennan, Vitesse Energy, Thomson Locations: Berkshire, New York City, U.S, Manville, Marsh, New York

☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway makes interesting bet on these homebuilders
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought shares of a few homebuilders in the last quarter, a new regulatory filing revealed. Horton shares, $70 million worth of NVR shares as well as $17.2 million worth of Lennar in the second quarter, the filing showed. These stakes are relatively small for Berkshire, whose equity portfolio is worth nearly $350 billion. Top holdings Berkshire shares just hit a record high last week on the back of strong second-quarter results. Also during the second quarter, Berkshire added to its relatively new stake in Capital One Financial , bringing it to nearly $1.4 billion.

Persons: Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, Horton, Todd Combs, Ted Weschler, Benjamin Moore Organizations: Berkshire, Clayton Homes, Apple, American Express, Bank of America, Capital, General Motors, Chevrolet, GMC Locations: Omaha, Berkshire, McLean , Virginia

☆ Warren Buffett hates fancy food, drives badly, and saw the housing crash coming, his biographer says in a resurfaced Reddit post
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Warren Buffett can't stand fancy food, drives badly, and spotted the mid-2000s housing bubble. He blanched at the idea of truffle sauce on his steak, and foresaw a decade of housing pain in 2004. Buffett's biographer, Alice Schroeder, shared those details in a resurfaced Reddit post from 2014. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Alice Schroeder, the author of "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," has spent roughly 2,000 hours with the Berkshire Hathaway CEO, making her a true authority on all things Buffett.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Buffett's, Alice Schroeder, Warren Buffett's, Buffett, Warren, Schroeder, —, McDonald's, There's, he's, suggsests Buffett, you'll, hasn't Organizations: Service, Berkshire Hathaway Locations: Wall, Silicon, Coke, Berkshire

☆ 3 ways Warren Buffett's protégé invests like him—and where she and the billionaire differ
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Few investors, however, have gotten the opportunity to emulate the Oracle of Omaha the way Tracy Britt Cool has. Where Britt Cool is forging her own pathDespite the similarities in approach, Britt Cool says she isn't trying to build a mini Berkshire. The bigger you get, the harder it is to deliver the same returns," Britt Cool says. Kanbrick, meanwhile, focuses on small to midsize companies where Britt Cool says she and her team can add the most value. A hands-on approach Buffett likes to delegate, letting people he thinks are great managers run the show.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Tracy Britt Cool, Britt Cool, Buffett, Britt Cool's, they're, Warren Organizations: Oracle, Berkshire Holding, Wall Street, Berkshire Locations: Berkshire, Omaha

☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed that consumers are cutting back - and a recession could be the result
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rapid inflation and hikes to interest rates have fanned fears of an economic slowdown or recession. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - real estate brokerage revenues fell 22% and after-tax earnings fell 60%, as transaction volumes fell and revenues from mortgage services dropped. - real estate brokerage revenues fell 22% and after-tax earnings fell 60%, as transaction volumes fell and revenues from mortgage services dropped. However, the slowdown in Berkshire's consumer businesses may well signal a broader downturn in consumer spending across the US economy. The Federal Reserve responded by hiking interest rates from nearly zero to north of 5% today.

Persons: Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, James Shanahan, Edward Jones, They've, they've Organizations: Service, BNSF Railway, Berkshire, Manufacturing, Clayton Homes, Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, Federal Locations: Wall, Silicon, Berkshire, Here's, Forest, McLane

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Sovos Brands, BioNTech, Tyson Foods and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tyson Foods — Shares of the food processing company fell more than 7% after Tyson's fiscal third-quarter report missed estimates on the top and bottom lines. Tyson generated 15 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $13.14 billion of revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting 26 cents per share on $13.59 billion of revenue. Sovos Brands — Shares of Rao's parent Sovos Brands' popped 25% in premarket trading after food giant Campbell Soup said Monday it would acquire the pasta sauce maker for $2.33 billion. Campbell will pay $23 per share for the company, which is 27.6% higher than the Sovos Brands' last closing price.

Persons: Tyson, Refinitiv, DaVita, Campbell Soup, Campbell, Wells, Warren Buffett's, BioNTech, it's, Nikola —, Viatris, —, Fred Imbert, Samantha Subin, Yun Li, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound Organizations: UBS, Brands, Campbell Soup, Berkshire Hathaway —, KKR —, KKR Locations: Covid

☆ Warren Buffett's former deputy who snagged her job with a daring letter says the risk of doing so is 'pretty low' — so why not try
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Warren Buffet protégé Tracy Britt Cool famously got her job with Buffet by asking for one in a letter in 2009. She said on CNBC Make It that the risk of doing so is pretty low, "so why not try?" While her letter to Buffet helped land her the job, Britt Cool told CNBC that she also wrote letters to executives she admired while still a student. Britt Cool isn't alone in her proactive approach to career building. Britt Cool did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Warren Buffet protégé Tracy Britt Cool, Buffet, Morgan Stanley's, Bear Stearns, Tracy Britt Cool, Berkshire Hathaway, Britt Cool, Morgan Stanley, That's, I've, Britt Cool isn't, Madonna, Hunter, Thompson Organizations: CNBC, Service, Warren, Oracle, New York Times, Bloomberg, Berkshire Hathaway, Wall Street Journal, Berkshire, Vancouver Sun Locations: Wall, Silicon, Berkshire, Omaha

☆ Berkshire Hathaway shares are still cheap even at these record levels, Wall Street analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Berkshire Hathaway shares just hit a record high on the back of strong second quarter results, but Wall Street analysts believe it's still not too late to buy Warren Buffett's conglomerate. Berkshire's Class A shares climbed as much as 3.2% Monday to hit a record high of $550,660. UBS analyst Brian Meredith said Berkshire shares still trade at an 11% discount to intrinsic value even after the earnings-triggered rally. BRK.A YTD mountain Berkshire Hathaway "We believe that the current share price represents an attractive entry point for long-term investors. KBW's Meyer Shields also raised his Berkshire target price following the holding company's earnings, lifting his objective to $565,000 from $545,000.

Persons: it's, Warren, Brian Meredith, Meredith, Edward Jones, James Shanahan, Berkshire Hathaway, Shanahan, KBW's Meyer Shields, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway, Investors, UBS, Berkshire, BNSF Railway Locations: Omaha, Dairy, Berkshire

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, Berkshire Hathaway, PayPal, Cinemark and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Brian Evans | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The company earned €168 million in revenue, while analysts polled by Refinitiv expected €672 million. The company reported adjusted net income and revenue that beat expectations for the second quarter. Viatris reported revenue of $3.92 billion, while analysts polled by StreetAccount called for $3.86 billion. PayPal – PayPal stock climbed 2% after launching its first stablecoin, PayPal USD, backed by the U.S. dollar on Monday. Analysts polled by FactSet are forecasting an adjusted 5 cents per share on $534.2 million in sales.

Persons: Tesla, Zach Kirkhorn, Vaibhav Taneja, Taneja, BioNTech, Refinitiv, Tyson, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren, StreetAccount, Andrew Mok, Sovos, Campbell, Sovos Brands, Campbell Soup, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Swinburne, Oppenheimer, Yun Li, Alex Harring, Samantha Subin Organizations: Refinitiv, Berkshire, Warren, UBS, Sovos, PayPal, U.S, FactSet Locations: Gruenheide, Germany, BioNTech –, stablecoins, U.S

☆ Warren Buffett's protégé was hired after sending the billionaire a letter—but it wasn't just luck
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Read any story about Tracy Britt Cool, and you're likely to come across the same anecdote. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 2009, she mailed a letter to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett asking for a job at the legendary firm. After meeting with the Oracle of Omaha, she got one working as Buffett's financial assistant. The letter, and the tremendous success that it's led to, is the stuff MBAs and aspiring entrepreneurs daydream about. And maybe it was — but Britt Cool was willing to take a million shots.

Persons: Tracy Britt Cool, Warren Buffett, Buffett, Britt Cool, Kanbrick, Britt Cool's, it's Organizations: Harvard Business School, Berkshire Hathaway, Oracle, Berkshire, Wall Street, CNBC Locations: Berkshire, Omaha

☆ Three-quarters of Warren Buffett’s equity portfolio are tied up in just 5 stocks. Here’s what they are
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reported more than $20 billion in equity investment gains for the second quarter, and over three-quarters of its stock portfolio were tied up in just five names. Berkshire reported a near $26 billion unrealized gain from its investments, and much of this gain came from its gigantic stake in Apple . The tech giant fueled the market rally in the second quarter, climbing nearly 18%. Shares of Chevron were down more than 11% this year, compared with the S & P 500's near 17% gain. As always, though, the legendary investor asked investors to not focus on the quarterly fluctuations in Berkshire's equity investments.

Persons: Warren, Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, Tim Cook, Buffett Organizations: Apple, Chevron, Oracle, American Express, Bank of America Locations: Berkshire, Omaha

☆ Berkshire Hathaway’s operating earnings rise nearly 7%, cash pile approaches $150 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday reported a solid increase in second-quarter operating earnings, while the cash hoard at Warren Buffett's conglomerate swelled to nearly $150 billion. Net income totaled $35.91 billion, compared with a $43.62 billion loss during the second quarter last year. Berkshire reported a near $26 billion unrealized gain from its investments as its gigantic stake in Apple led the market rally in the second quarter. The tech giant soared nearly 18% during the quarter and Berkshire's bet has ballooned to $177.6 billion. The "Oracle of Omaha" trimmed his Chevron stake by $1.4 billion to $19.4 billion at the end of June.

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway, Berkshire's Organizations: Berkshire, Apple, Oracle, Chevron Locations: Warren, Omaha

☆ Warren Buffett is struggling to find bargains, Berkshire Hathaway's 2nd-quarter earnings show
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Warren Buffett found few bargains in the second quarter, Berkshire Hathaway's earnings show. The investor's company sold a net $8 billion of stock, and spent only $1.4 billion on buybacks. They also spent only $1.4 billion on stock buybacks last quarter, down from over $4 billion in the first quarter. They plowed a record $68 billion into stocks last year, or $34 billion on a net basis. In contrast, Berkshire sold over $18 billion of stock on a net basis during the first six months of this year.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett's, Berkshire Hathaway's, That's, it's, Buffett, didn't, Fitch Organizations: Berkshire, Service, BNSF Railway, Travel Centers, Treasury, CNBC, AAA, AA Locations: Wall, Silicon, Alleghany, Berkshire

☆ Ariel's John Rogers pulls off solid performance for 40 years with an eye on value
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

John Rogers' 40-year career at Ariel Investments is one marked by steady and stable performance, fueled by an eye for bargains in times of turmoil. The Ariel Fund that Rogers has managed since its inception in 1986 has racked up returns of almost 11% a year, according to Morningstar. Ariel managed $16.2 billion at the end of 2022. The Princeton grad is a value investor, who follows Warren Buffett's style of investing. He believes that value investing is making a comeback after growth stocks enjoyed a dominant decade during the last bull market.

Persons: John Rogers, Rogers, Morningstar, Ariel, Mellody Hobson, Warren Organizations: Ariel Investments, Ariel, Princeton, Garden Entertainment, Boyd Gaming Corp, Federal Reserve Locations: Chicago, Caribbean, Madison

☆ Ron Baron has a rare long-term record of beating the market. Here's how he did it
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire investor Ron Baron is one rare active manager that has been outperforming the market since the 1980s, thanks to his eye for long-term growth. The 80-year-old investor founded Baron Capital in 1982, and 16 of his 19 mutual funds representing 98.8% of the firm's asset under management have beaten their benchmark since their inception dates. Similarly, Baron Capital considers stocks as representing part ownership of publicly traded businesses. The Baron Capital chairman and CEO has been known as a longtime bull in Tesla , a stock with a 46% weighting in the Partners fund. Baron Capital managed about $40 billion at the end of 2022.

Persons: Ron Baron, Morningstar, Baron, Warren Buffett's, Tesla, Charles Schwab Organizations: Baron Capital, Baron Partners Fund, Partners, SpaceX, Iridium Communications, Arch Capital Group, FactSet Research, Hyatt Hotels Locations: Tesla

☆ CNBC Daily Open: The long-awaited recession might not arrive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Waiting for earningsU.S. stocks made slight gains Monday, but trading volume was lower than average as investors braced for second-quarter earning. Merger bonanzaWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reduced its stake in Activision Blizzard from 6.7% last year to 1.9% yesterday, according to a securities filing released Monday. Buffett previously revealed Berkshire added to its initial Activision stake in a bet the deal would close and cause shares to rise.

Persons: Antonio Guterres, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, Jim Jordan, Mark Zuckerberg, Ed Yardeni Organizations: CNBC, Initiative, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Activision, Twitter, Yardeni Research Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Berkshire

☆ CNBC Daily Open: The long-awaited recession might not come
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Meanwhile, China's lackluster gross domestic product figures, released yesterday, prompted Wall Street to cut their expectations of China's annual growth to around 5%. Peak oil demandIndia imported 2.2 million barrels of Russian oil per day in June. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year and oil price caps were instituted, India has become one of the leading importers of Russian oil. Buffett previously revealed Berkshire added to its initial Activision stake in a bet the deal would close and cause shares to rise.

Persons: Hong, Hong Hao, Viktor Katona, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, Bitcoin, bitcoin Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, Grow Investment, Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Activision, BlackRock Locations: New York City, Asia, Pacific, India, Russia, Ukraine, Berkshire

☆ Buffett cut Activision stake before judge approved Microsoft merger
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In a regulatory filing on Monday, Berkshire said it owned about 14.7 million Activision shares, or 1.9%, worth $1.24 billion on June 30, down from 49.4 million shares, or 6.3%, on March 31. The filing did not discuss the prices of any sales, or whether Berkshire bought or sold Activision stock in July. One of Berkshire's portfolio managers invested in Activision in late 2021, with Buffett boosting the stake to nearly 10% in 2022. Berkshire's remaining Activision stake - 14,658,121 shares - is exactly the size it was before Buffett started buying, suggesting that he has exited the arbitrage bet. Activision shares rose 10% to $90.99 on July 11 after U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected U.S. Federal Trade Commission arguments that the merger would hurt competition in cloud gaming, consoles and subscription services.

Persons: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, Jacqueline Scott Corley, Jonathan Stempel, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Activision, Berkshire, Buffett, U.S, Federal, Commission, Markets Authority, BNSF, Apple, Bank of America, Thomson Locations: Berkshire, San Francisco, Omaha , Nebraska, New York

☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cuts Activision stake as Microsoft deal inches closer
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, smiles as he plays bridge following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 5, 2019. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway dumped a significant portion of its stake in Activision Blizzard as Microsoft's deal to buy the video game company edged closer to the finishing line. The Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate disclosed a 1.9% stake in Activision with 14,658,121 shares, a new 13G filing released Monday evening showed. That compared with a 6.3% stake at the end of March and a 6.7% stake at the end of 2022. The 92-year-old investing legend has since added to the holding in a merger arbitrage play, betting that Microsoft's proposed acquisition of the video game company would close.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Ted Weschler, Todd Combs, Buffett, Charlie Munger Organizations: Berkshire, Berkshire Hathaway, Activision Blizzard, Activision, Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft, Oracle Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, The Omaha , Nebraska, Omaha

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