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☆ Cramer raves about Salesforce's star-powered plan to raise awareness of its new AI agents
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Matthew J. Belvedere | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. In his Sunday column, meanwhile, Jim Cramer looked at 11 earnings surprises , including a feeling that both presidential candidates would support solar. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.

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☆ 3 reasons why Warren Buffett is shunning stocks — including his own
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett isn't hot on stocks right now, and the 94-year-old CEO's latest moves reflect that. The cash hoard has grown as Berkshire pared down stakes in key holdings such as Apple and Bank of America . It's also raked in more than $10 billion from steadily selling Bank of America shares since the summer. Berkshire Class A stock trades at 22.6 time earnings. Lastly, Colas noted that Buffett may have "have identified one or more large acquisitions and is raising capital for those purchases."

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☆ CNBC Daily Open: One day more to elections
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Markets shrug off weak jobs reportStocks rallied Friday to kick off November, led by Amazon and as traders shrugged off a disappointing jobs report. Harris gains ground in IowaIowa is not a state that many pollsters predicted will break for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. That, instead of the sitting president, could hold the key to how stocks perform going forward.

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☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hoarded cash, sold stocks, and halted buybacks ahead of the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Warren Buffett signaled in Berkshire Hathaway's third-quarter earnings that he was being cautious. The investor built a record cash pile, slashed his two biggest stock bets, and halted buybacks. The legendary investor and his team sold $36 billion of shares and only made purchases worth $1.5 billion, marking their eighth straight quarter as net sellers. Related storiesNotably, Berkshire pared its bets on Apple and Bank of America, its two largest stock positions going into the quarter. Buffett has said that buybacks only make financial sense when a stock is trading at a discount to its intrinsic value.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Nvidia, Berkshire Hathaway, Yum China and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Hakyung Kim | In Hakyungkim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia is slated to replace rival chipmaker Intel , while paint manufacturer Sherwin-Williams will replace Dow Inc . Fox Corp. — Shares rose nearly 4% after the media company surpassed Wall Street's fiscal first-quarter estimates. That surpassed the earnings per share of $1.13 and $3.38 billion in revenue expected by analysts polled by FactSet. The New York Times — The media company's shares fell 6% after The New York Times added fewer-than-expected digital subscribers in the third quarter, even as its digital advertising sales saw its strongest growth in more than two years. The New York Times Tech Guild also announced Monday morning that it is officially on an unfair labor practice strike .

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☆ Billy Joel first saw his New York estate while farming oysters as a teenager. He's now selling it for over $49 million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billy Joel is selling his massive waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York, for $49.9 million. The "Piano Man" singer and lifelong New Yorker is selling his massive waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York, after completing a five-year renovation project. The New York Times reported that Joel first spotted the waterfront estate as a teenager while harvesting oysters to earn extra money to support his working-class family. "I'll never live in a house like that," he said that he thought to himself at the time, The New York Times reported. AdvertisementTake a look inside Billy Joel's waterfront estate in Centre Island, New York, which is on the market for $49.9 million.

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☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has reduced its big stake in Apple by two-thirds in the last year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Berkshire Hathaway reduced its Apple stake again in the third quarter of 2024. Warren Buffett's company has now cut its shares in Apple by two-thirds over the last year. AdvertisementWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has cut its stake in Apple — again. Berkshire Hathaway reduced its holdings in the iPhone maker to just under $70 billion, according to its third-quarter earnings report, which was published Saturday. Berkshire Hathaway has consistently sold shares and grown its stockpile of cash over the last year.

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☆ Berkshire’s cash soars to $325 billion as Buffett sells Apple, BofA; operating profit falls
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Profit also rose at the BNSF railroad, which shipped more consumer goods, and Berkshire Hathaway Energy, where operating expenses declined. It has now sold more than 600 million of the iPhone maker’s shares in 2024, though Apple remained Berkshire’s largest stock holding, at $69.9 billion. The sales comprised a large portion of the $36.1 billion of stock, including several billion dollars of Bank of America shares, that Berkshire sold in the quarter. Operating profit from Berkshire’s dozens of businesses fell to $10.09 billion, or about $7,019 per Class A share, from $10.76 billion a year earlier. This more than offset a near doubling of underwriting profit at Geico.

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☆ Warren Buffett continued to sell down his Apple stake, cutting about a quarter in the third period
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Omaha-based conglomerate held $69.9 billion worth of Apple shares at the end of September, according to its third-quarter earnings report released Saturday morning. That implied Buffett offloaded approximately a quarter of his stake with about 300 million shares remaining in the holding. Warren Buffett sold another big chuck of his Apple stake, downsizing Berkshire Hathaway 's biggest equity holding for four quarters in a row. Before Apple, Buffett largely avoided technology companies for most of his career, saying they were outside of his circle of competence. Apple shares are up 16% on the year, trailing the S&P 500's 20% gain.

Persons: Buffett, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Ted Weschler, Todd Combs, buybacks Organizations: Oracle, Apple, Berkshire, U.S Locations: Omaha, Berkshire

☆ Berkshire Hathaway's cash fortress tops $300 billion as Buffett sells more stock, freezes buybacks
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 3, 2024. Berkshire Hathaway 's monstrous cash pile topped $300 billion in the third quarter as Warren Buffett continued his stock-selling spree and held back from repurchasing shares. Meanwhile, since mid-July, Berkshire has reaped more than $10 billion from offloading its longtime Bank of America investment. Overall, the 94-year-old investor continued to be in a selling mood as Berkshire shed $36.1 billion worth of stock in the third quarter. The company states that it will buy back stock when Chairman Buffett "believes that the repurchase price is below Berkshire's intrinsic value, conservatively determined."

Persons: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett Organizations: Berkshire, Oracle, Apple, Bank of America Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, Omaha, Berkshire

☆ Warren Buffett is selling down his stocks. Here are his top 5 holdings
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Warren Buffett turned heads as he dumped another big portion of his Apple stake, and here's where his top holdings stood at the end of the third quarter. Berkshire Hathaway disclosed in its earnings report that approximately 70% of its equity portfolio was concentrated in just five stocks — Apple, Bank of America , Coca-Cola , American Express and Chevron . Since mid-July, Berkshire has reaped more than $10 billion from selling its longtime Bank of America investment. The Omaha-based conglomerate's Chevron holding was untouched last quarter, worth $17.5 billion at the end of September. Its longtime holding Coca-Cola was also held steady last quarter, worth $28.7 billion.

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

☆ Cramer's week ahead: The election, Fed decision and earnings from Super Micro, Arm, Qualcomm and CVS
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday walked investors through next week's market action, highlighting the Federal Reserve's next meeting and earnings from Super Micro Computer. Despite the slew of earnings next week, Cramer said the presidential election will steal Wall Street's attention. Tuesday marks election day, and the polls remain deadlocked between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Cramer called Super Micro Computer's report "the most intriguing story" next week as shares declined recently when the tech company's auditor, Ernest & Young, resigned. The Fed will issue its decision on interest rates Thursday, and Cramer said the central bank needs to make a cut.

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☆ Calls of the Day: Berkshire Hathaway, Citigroup, Visa and Uber
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCalls of the Day: Berkshire Hathaway, Citigroup, Visa and UberThe Investment Committee debate the latest Calls Of The Day.

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☆ For first time in six decades, freight rails split on union negotiation strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

He added, "Votes of union workers in the United States against tentative agreements tend to reflect the white-hot anger of union employees against their employers. Tentative agreements are their only chance for them to express their frustration with their employer and their anger at the way they have been treated." A BNSF spokesperson said it is planning to attend the formal national labor negotiations even as it has announced nine tentative union agreements, five of which have already been ratified. It also has tentative agreements with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), SMART-TD, SMART-TD-YDM (Yardmasters Department), the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, and Iron Ship Builders (IBB). To date, Norfolk Southern has reached tentative agreements with 10 of its 13 unions, covering approximately 67% of its craft workforce.

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☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Intel, Datadog, Uber & more
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Citi reiterates Amazon as buy Citi said the e-commerce giant has "multiple catalysts for growth" following earnings on Thursday. Gordon Haskett upgrades Uber to buy from hold The firm said investors should buy the dip in Uber following earnings on Thursday. Goldman Sachs initiates Penguin Solutions as buy Goldman called Penguin a "high performance hardware solutions for enterprise AI at an attractive valuation." Wells Fargo downgrades Estee Lauder to equal weight from overweight Wells downgraded the stock following a disappointing earnings report on Thursday. KeyBanc upgrades Atlassian to overweight from sector weight KeyBanc upgraded the software company following earnings.

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☆ Warren Buffett says he won't endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. Here's why he's staying out of politics.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-26 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Warren Buffett hasn't endorsed Kamala Harris in her presidential race against Donald Trump. Buffett has said he doesn't want to risk hurting his workers and shareholders by voicing his views. AdvertisementWarren Buffett has not endorsed Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, and made it clear this week he will not publicly back either presidential candidate. He didn't endorse Joe Biden either, although Biden reportedly told a group of Wall Street executives in October 2020 that he "just got off the phone with Warren Buffett." It's also possible Buffett has spoken to Harris behind the scenes.

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☆ Warren Buffett — worried about impersonators — says he doesn't endorse candidates or investments
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( John Melloy | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett is worried about a rise in impersonators looking to capitalize on his name by purporting to be him recommending an investment product or political candidate on social media. So much so that Berkshire Hathaway made the rare move of adding a statement on the matter to the front page of its website. The statement reads:“In light of the increased usage of social media, there have been numerous fraudulent claims regarding Mr. Buffett’s endorsement of investment products as well as his endorsement and support of political candidates. But Buffett wants to make sure everyone knows he would never do something like that. His actions were triggered in part by a fake political endorsement on Meta’s Instagram that was brought to his attention.

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☆ Calls of the Day: Gilead, Berkshire Hathaway and SLB
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCalls of the Day: Gilead, Berkshire Hathaway and SLBThe Investment Committee debate the latest Calls Of The Day

Persons: Berkshire Hathaway Locations: Gilead, Berkshire

☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway may have left $23 billion on the table by trimming Apple stock earlier this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Berkshire Hathaway cut its Apple stake by 55% in the first half of 2024, potentially missing out on $23B in profits. Apple shares have jumped 10% since the second quarter, driven by optimism about Apple Intelligence. Berkshire Hathaway entered 2024 with a massive stake in Apple, holding 905.6 million shares worth about $174 billion at the time. Instead, Berkshire Hathaway's current stake in Apple was worth $84 billion at the end of the second quarter. AdvertisementThe difference between the weighted average price and the price of Apple stock on Thursday nets out the $23.1 billion in missed profits for Berkshire Hathaway.

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☆ Piper Sandler says own these expensive stocks and sell these others
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Earnings momentum can mean the difference between whether to buy stocks that have expensive valuations or not, according to Piper Sandler. That group was named to the "hold" list, while the others were deemed part of the "fold" cohort. CNBC Pro compiled a handful of names from each list exclusively for subscribers: The 'hold' list Nvidia was one of several buzzy names on the list of hold stocks. While it has a price-to-earnings multiple for the next 12 months at 36.615, it has an earnings revision ratio of 0.597. The home improvement retailer has a negative earnings revision ratio of 0.589 on top of a forward price-to-earnings multiple of 26.691.

Persons: Piper Sandler, Michael Kantrowitz, Kantrowitz, LSEG, Berkshire Hathaway, McDonald's Organizations: CNBC, Nvidia, Berkshire, Depot, LSEG Locations: Chicago

☆ Billionaire investor David Einhorn says Warren Buffett's recent stock sales show just how overvalued the market is
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The stock market is the most expensive it's been in decades, said billionaire David Einhorn. Warren Buffett's stock sales indicate that now is not time to be heavily invested in equities, his firm Greenlight Capital said in a letter. AdvertisementInvestors are fueling what looks like the most expensive stock market in decades, billionaire investor David Einhorn wrote in his hedge fund's quarterly letter. The fund noted that now is likely not a good time for high equity exposure, and cited Buffett's stock sales to make this point. According to Greenlight, these sales signal that high equity exposure might be best be held off until a better opportunity emerges in the not-so-distant future.

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☆ Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hikes its SiriusXM stake to 32% after Liberty deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway continued to increase its stake in SiriusXM , now owning 32% of the New York-based satellite radio company. Berkshire hiked its bet after billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media completed its deal in early September to combine its tracking stocks with the rest of the audio entertainment company. Buffett's firm first bought Liberty Media's trackers in 2016 and started piling into SiriusXM's tracking stocks in the beginning of 2024 after the deal announcement in a likely merger arbitrage play. Meanwhile, the Liberty transaction, which reduced share count by 12%, could cause the company to pause stock buybacks until 2027, which will likely weigh on shares, the analyst said.

Persons: Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, John Malone's, Ted Weschler, Todd Combs, Sebastiano Petti Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway, Securities and Exchange Commission, Berkshire, John Malone's Liberty Media, Atlanta Braves, Liberty, JPMorgan Locations: Omaha , Nebraska, SiriusXM, York, The Omaha , Nebraska

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Flutter Entertainment, Boeing, SiriusXM, Caterpillar and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Crypto stocks – Stocks linked to cryptocurrencies rose as Bitcoin soared above $64,000 to start the week. Flutter Entertainment – The FanDuel parent company popped 4% after Wells Fargo upgraded shares to overweight , saying that investors should consider buying the stock following the recent sell-off. Boeing also postponed the delivery of its still-uncertified 777X wide-body plane and forecasted a wider-than-expected loss for the third quarter. Sirius XM Holdings – The audio entertainment company rose 3.5% after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it purchased more of the stock. Caterpillar – The industrial company slipped more than 2% after Morgan Stanley downgraded shares to underweight from equal weight.

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☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: SoFi, Caterpillar, SiriusXM, Boeing and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Pia Singh | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: SoFi Technologies — Shares of the online personal finance company jumped 9.8% after SoFi announced a $2 billion agreement with Fortress Investment Group to grow its loan platform business. Crypto stocks — Stocks tied to cryptocurrencies surged as bitcoin gained more than 5% to top $66,000. Ibotta — Shares advanced 5.5% after Goldman Sachs upgraded Ibotta, a mobile platform that offers cash-back rewards, to buy from neutral. Flutter Entertainment — The online gambling stock rose 4% after Wells Fargo upgraded shares to overweight from equal weight, urging investors to buy the recent dip. Caterpillar — The industrial stock fell 1.7% after Morgan Stanley downgraded shares to underweight from equal weight.

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☆ Warren Buffett's company website looks like a relic from the 1990s — but that's on purpose
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

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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