Warren Buffett just made the largest trade of his life, and it has nothing to do with the stock market.
Warren Buffett is speeding up the pace of his annual donations of Berkshire Hathaway shares to four family foundations, giving them a total of almost $6 billion now.
Warren Buffett intends to donate all of his Berkshire Hathaway stock by 2034. Buffett said he wants his three children to distribute his nearly $150 billion fortune.
Warren Buffett omitted the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation from his annual charitable stock gifts.
With 2026 a bit more than half over, Berkshire Hathaway's B shares are down 1.8% year-to-date and 12.4 percentage points behind the S&P 500's 10.7% gain.
The number in this article's headline highlights just how massive Berkshire's real cash hoard has become, and its size raises questions about what the company can still do with it.
Warren Buffett is delaying his midyear Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) donation to the Gates Foundation pending a review of its Epstein ties. Oppenheimer downgraded major banks including Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS), citing late-cycle industry maturity and cyclicality.
Berkshire Hathaway is well-positioned to outperform the S&P 500 during near-term market turbulence, given its defensive portfolio and record $397B cash reserves. BRK.B's limited exposure to speculative AI trades and focus on stable, cash-generating businesses provides downside protection as the S&P 500 shows signs of fragility. The company's cash fortress generates significant interest income and offers flexibility to capitalize on market dislocations, supporting a 'buy' rating.
Berkshire Hathaway ended the first quarter of 2026 with a record $397 billion in cash and Treasury bills. The company has been a net seller of stocks for more than a dozen quarters in a row.
The Federal Reserve has a new chair, and Kevin Warsh's first Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the helm gives investors their first real look at how he may steer interest-rate policy. Investors aren't expecting any change in interest rates at this meeting, but will be looking for clues about the next directional decision.
In Q1 2026, investment management behemoth Berkshire Hathaway NYSE: BRK.B made a portfolio decision that few saw coming. According to its 13F SEC filing, Berkshire took a new position in Macy's NYSE: M—one of the United States' most iconic department stores.
Warren Buffett tells CNBC's Becky Quick new Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel has "launched" with his first major deal.