This Month
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
October
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
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 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
Platinum rejects bid; BlueScope circles Whyalla; BYD’s new ute
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Opinion
- Investing
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
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
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
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
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
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
- Opinion
- US election
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
- Opinion
- Sharemarket
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
ASX dives 3pc; CFMEU boss defiant; Citi boss jumps ship
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
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.
- Updated
- Amanda Cantrell and Alexandre Rajbhandari
July
- Opinion
- Big four
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
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
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
IAG says premium pressure easing as shares soar on profits
Shares in IAG jumped on Friday as the insurance giant announced that earnings were likely to come in at the top of forecasts.
- Liam Walsh and James Eyers
- Opinion
- Monetary policy
Central bankers doing their best to silence rate cut hopes
Investors are responding to high rates with a novel investment strategy – keeping the bulk of their money in cash and using the rest to punt on AI stocks.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The Warren Buffett question at the heart of Guzman y Gomez float
Morningstar is the first to initiate coverage on the Mexican fast-food chain and has whacked a valuation of $15 a share on the company, far less than the $22 that the stock will be valued at under the IPO.
- James Thomson
Investors fear more profit downgrades as pricing power crumbles
Erosion of pricing power for which many companies were once vaunted is shaping as the next leg of the confession season with less than a month of trading left.
- Simon Evans