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Warren Buffett

December 2024

A bobblehead of Warren Buffet displayed at Berkshire Hathaway’s AGM in May this year.

Five tips from Buffett worth more than his wealth advice

As the billionaire investor gets deeper into his 90s, he is passing on tips about how to have a good life (as well as good investments).

  • Beth Kowitt
Kiril Sokoloff.

This market guru learnt from Buffett and Soros. These are his big bets

Kiril Sokoloff has been calling market turning points for half a century. While he’s looking for his next big prediction, here are three of his current picks.

  • Jonathan Shapiro

November 2024

The Chook super fund is out of bitcoin and into bitcoin miners.

Buffett, bitcoin and a duct-taped banana: Welcome to our bubbly world

The surge in financial markets and cryptocurrencies since Donald Trump’s victory has raised concerns about pockets of speculation.

  • James Thomson
Warren Buffett is one of the richest people in the world, and perhaps the most prolific investor ever.

Buffett’s $499b cash hoard is an early warning signal

The Berkshire Hathaway chief executive does not claim to be an expert at market predictions, but he knows when stocks are overpriced.

  • Nir Kaissar
Warren Buffett: Emotions are fine in life but not in business.

Warren Buffett’s 11 tips for investing and life

An extract from “The New Tao of Warren Buffett” contains the great investor’s musings on business school and a few other pearls.

  • Mary Buffett and David Clark
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October 2024

Warren Buffett loves talking about the importance of an economic moat around a stock.

Warren Buffett loves stocks with wide moats. But his own is narrowing

The billionaire’s genius has always added a premium to Berkshire Hathaway’s value. But one strategist says it’s time to consider whether that will continue. 

  • James Thomson
Bronte Capital’s John Hempton.

Bronte Capital’s John Hempton rethinks hedge fund after horror month

The high-profile short seller says his firm is “not built for markets like this” after a bull run sent the firm to its worst return in more than two years.

  • Joshua Peach

September 2024

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Warren Buffett might take advantage of bombed-out prices to buy certain properties at a discount.

Commercial property prospects that might excite Warren Buffett

If Warren Buffett applied his investing philosophy to Australian commercial property, what might he buy?

  • Sam Tamblyn
BYD - Build Your Dreams - is the No.2 selling electric vehicle brand in Australia, behind Tesla.

Federal government warned of Chinese EV software security risk

The federal government is being warned that a timid approach to risks from Chinese vehicle software could undermine national security.

  • Simon Evans, Tom Rabe and Jessica Sier
The startup will instruct large language models to emulate the personalities of legendary investors including Warren Buffett.

Want to invest like Warren Buffett? This chatbot promises to help

A chatbot-powered ETF promises to harness the brainpower of the investment world’s most illustrious minds.

  • Vildana Hajric and Justina Lee
Tesla EVs outside the company’s  Shanghai factory. Tesla’s China sales have stagnated in recent years.

Foreign car makers also have a China overcapacity problem

With market share stalling, foreign brands from Hyundai and Nissan to Volvo and BMW have started pivoting to exports of their made-in-China vehicles.

  • Edward White

August 2024

Warren Buffett is one of the richest people in the world, and perhaps the most prolific investor ever.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway tops $US1 trillion market cap

The conglomerate has become the first US company outside the technology sector to reach the 13-figure milestone, after its shares rose 30 per cent this year.

  • Bre Bradham
Tim Walz and Kamala Harris campaign in Glendale, Arizona.

Tim Walz isn’t very rich, and this should worry US voters

The Democratic vice presidential candidate has no asset ownership, bolstering his regular-guy image. But is this what America wants from its leaders?

  • Allison Schrager
Tanking. Monitors display the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure outside a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday.

Why global investors find it so easy to sell Japan

It is easier to sell Japan into a rout than any other Asian market, and unusually attractive to take profits from it right now because the gains this year have been so good.

  • Leo Lewis
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ASX dives 3pc; CFMEU boss defiant; Citi boss jumps ship

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Warren Buffett in 2018.

Buffett halves his Apple stake in $116b stock dump

The cash pile at Berkshire Hathaway has soared to $US425 billion as Warren Buffett struggles to find stocks to buy.

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  • Amanda Cantrell and Alexandre Rajbhandari

July 2024

Financial Review Business Summit 2022  In Conversation Moderator: Tony Boyd and Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley,  James Gorman. Tuesday 8th March 2022

It’s the bond trader that’s overvalued, say Buffett and Gorman

As ANZ’s board battles to contain an escalating bond trading scandal, it must decide whether it could have been avoided and whether it was worth the trouble.

  • Jonathan Shapiro
Investor Rodney Forrest speaks to LiveWire in May.

Perpetual agitator Rodney Forrest drips with false modesty

Hot Rod’s weird bid for a seat on Perpetual’s board follows a banner first year for his one-person family office.

  • Mark Di Stefano

June 2024

Warren Buffett donates record $8b in shares to charity

Warren Buffett has made his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006.

  • Jonathan Stempel

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