Southwest Airlines planes get ready to take off from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado on Nov. 6, 2025. Rj Sangosti | MediaNews Group | The Denver Post | Getty Images Southwest Airlines on Wednesday unveiled plans for its network of airport lounges that it’s been hinting at for months. The carrier said its first…
(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Berkshire added $17 billion of Alphabet shares in Q2 Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Roughly 60% of the 48.1 million shares added during…
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel holds a U.S. flag at a naturalization ceremony hosted by the Iowa Cubs in Des Moines on June 25, 2026. Iowa Cubs/Michael Hill Berkshire Hathaway sharply increased its stake in Alphabet in the second quarter, vaulting the Google parent into its three biggest stock holdings. The sprawling conglomerate also added…
Greg Abel, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 2, 2026. Berkshire Hathaway‘s operating earnings climbed 16% in the second quarter as strength across its energy, railroad and manufacturing businesses more than offset weaker insurance results. But the bigger takeaway from the results is that…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday earnings season has revealed investing themes he thinks will produce the market’s best buying opportunities. “I love themes. They help you craft a portfolio of stocks with the wind at their backs, not in their faces — the kind of stocks that you can confidently buy more of when they…
It’s not the spend, it’s the return. That’s what Friday’s technology stock plunge said. I think it just might be the most significant tech selloff in more than a year. We need to know — potentially — what we are facing. We need to know if the trillion-dollar spigot is drying up — or it…
The Club’s top 10 things to watch Friday, July 24 — Today’s newsletter was written by Jeff Marks, the Club’s director of portfolio analysis. 1. Stocks are headed for a muted open following yesterday’s sell-off on rising oil prices and bond yields, and on concerns about hyperscalers’ aggressive AI spending. That potent mix of crosscurrents…
1. 00:00 – Buffett on his decision to stop donations to Gates Foundation BECKY QUICK: Warren, first of all, thank you for sitting down and talking with us today. I appreciate it. WARREN BUFFETT: It’s always good to sit down. (Laughs) BECKY QUICK: Yes, I find the same thing. The last time we sat down and spoke with…
The Airwallex logo appears on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on December 8, 2025. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Airwallex has raised $320 million in a Series H funding round, valuing the global payments company at $11 billion, a 38% leap from just six months ago, as…
Stock market bulls are eating well to kick off a new week of trading. Oil is nosediving Monday on news of a memorandum of understanding to end the U.S.-Iran war and reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz. That’s improving the inflation outlook and sending bond yields lower — just in time for Federal Reserve Chairman…
