Berkshire Hathaway has compounded shareholder capital at nearly 20% annually since the 1960s. It all comes down to capital allocation, something the great Warren Buffett, longtime CEO of Berkshire, is great at.

When I saw the big Walmart announcement about Canada last week, I thought immediately of what Warren Buffett famously said in his 1986 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter: “Our goal is more modest: We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

Since becoming chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A)(NYSE:BRK-B) in the 1960s, Warren Buffett has trounced the market by an almost two-to-one ratio over those 60 years. By looking for great companies trading at fair prices,

Warren Buffet once bet $1 million that a simple S&P 500 index fund would outperform a basket of hedge funds—and he was right!

The 44-stock, $303 billion portfolio the Oracle of Omaha oversees at Berkshire Hathaway has two amazing deals hiding in plain sight, as well as a pricey brand-name stock worth steering clear of.

Buffett ended 2024 by making some big moves, even with his long-held stocks. Should you be reviewing your own portfolio positions?

Warren Buffett has gained the reputation of a buy-and-hold investor, but he has bought and sold many stocks over the years as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. In 2024, for instance, he