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Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 Operating Earnings Fell 29% to $10.2 Billion as Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Pledged to Preserve the Culture Warren Buffett Built Over Six Decades

Berkshire Hathaway reported Q4 operating earnings of $10.2 billion, down 29%, while Greg Abel's first annual letter pledged continuity and disciplined capital allocation.

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Berkshire Hathaway Reports Today and Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Will Reveal Whether the Post-Buffett Era Means Business as Usual or a $380 Billion Reinvention

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The S&P 500 Just Closed Its Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Earnings Growth, but Silicon Valley Drove 66% of the Gains and That Concentration Is Becoming a Structural Risk

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Software Stocks Just Suffered Their Worst Four-Week Decline Since the Pandemic as AI Disruption Fears Triggered a Wipeout That Rewrote the Rules of Enterprise Technology

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Nvidia Got a License to Sell H200 Chips to China but Zero Units Have Shipped, Congress Wants Tighter Restrictions, and the AI Export Stalemate Reveals a Policy Framework at War With Itself

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Trump Is Heading to Beijing on March 31 for the First Presidential Visit to China Since 2017, and the Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling Just Handed Xi Jinping the Strongest Negotiating Position in a Decade

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Blue Owl Capital Permanently Halted Withdrawals From Its $1.6 Billion Private Credit Fund, and the Contagion Fears Spreading Through the $1.8 Trillion Market Are the Loudest Warning Since 2008

Blue Owl Capital permanently halted quarterly redemptions from its $1.6 billion OBDC II fund, triggering a 10% stock drop and intensifying fears about the $1.8 trillion private credit market.

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Paramount Skydance Clinched Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 Billion Mega-Merger That Creates the Largest Entertainment Company Since the Golden Age of Hollywood

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Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 Operating Earnings Fell 29% to $10.2 Billion as Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Pledged to Preserve the Culture Warren Buffett Built Over Six Decades

Berkshire Hathaway reported Q4 operating earnings of $10.2 billion, down 29%, while Greg Abel's first annual letter pledged continuity and disciplined capital allocation.

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The First Week of March Is Loaded With Catalysts That Could Reshape the Market: Tariffs Launch, OPEC Decides, Earnings Roll In, and the Jobs Report Arrives

The first week of March 2026 brings 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, an OPEC+ production decision, Best Buy and Costco earnings, and the February jobs report. Here is how to prepare.

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Costco Reports Next Week With 9.3% Sales Growth and a Membership Machine That Keeps Getting Stronger, and the Warehouse Giant Might Be the Most Tariff-Resistant Retailer in America

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Best Buy Reports Monday With 55% of Its Merchandise Sourced From China, and the Tariff Collision Bearing Down on Consumer Electronics Has Already Cost the Stock a Fifth of Its Value

Best Buy reports Q4 fiscal 2026 earnings Monday with 55% of merchandise from China facing tariffs. The stock has lost 20% in three months as analysts cut forecasts.

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OPEC+ Meets Tomorrow to Decide Whether 137,000 Barrels Per Day Will Flow Back Into the Market, and the Three-Month Production Freeze May Be Over

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Berkshire Hathaway Reports Today and Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Will Reveal Whether the Post-Buffett Era Means Business as Usual or a $380 Billion Reinvention

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Tariffs Have Already Cost Toyota $8 Billion, Ford $2 Billion, and GM $3.1 Billion in Lost Profits, and J.P. Morgan Says the Average Car Buyer Is About to Pay $2,580 More

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The Fed's March 17 Meeting Just Became the Most Consequential Rate Decision in Two Years as Markets Split on Whether Powell Will Cut or Hold

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Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 Operating Earnings Fell 29% to $10.2 Billion as Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Pledged to Preserve the Culture Warren Buffett Built Over Six Decades

Berkshire Hathaway Reports Today and Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Will Reveal Whether the Post-Buffett Era Means Business as Usual or a $380 Billion Reinvention

The S&P 500 Just Closed Its Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Earnings Growth, but Silicon Valley Drove 66% of the Gains and That Concentration Is Becoming a Structural Risk

Software Stocks Just Suffered Their Worst Four-Week Decline Since the Pandemic as AI Disruption Fears Triggered a Wipeout That Rewrote the Rules of Enterprise Technology

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Nvidia Got a License to Sell H200 Chips to China but Zero Units Have Shipped, Congress Wants Tighter Restrictions, and the AI Export Stalemate Reveals a Policy Framework at War With Itself

Trump Is Heading to Beijing on March 31 for the First Presidential Visit to China Since 2017, and the Supreme Court's Tariff Ruling Just Handed Xi Jinping the Strongest Negotiating Position in a Decade

Blue Owl Capital Permanently Halted Withdrawals From Its $1.6 Billion Private Credit Fund, and the Contagion Fears Spreading Through the $1.8 Trillion Market Are the Loudest Warning Since 2008

Paramount Skydance Clinched Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 Billion Mega-Merger That Creates the Largest Entertainment Company Since the Golden Age of Hollywood

Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 Operating Earnings Fell 29% to $10.2 Billion as Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Pledged to Preserve the Culture Warren Buffett Built Over Six Decades

The First Week of March Is Loaded With Catalysts That Could Reshape the Market: Tariffs Launch, OPEC Decides, Earnings Roll In, and the Jobs Report Arrives

Costco Reports Next Week With 9.3% Sales Growth and a Membership Machine That Keeps Getting Stronger, and the Warehouse Giant Might Be the Most Tariff-Resistant Retailer in America

Best Buy Reports Monday With 55% of Its Merchandise Sourced From China, and the Tariff Collision Bearing Down on Consumer Electronics Has Already Cost the Stock a Fifth of Its Value

OPEC+ Meets Tomorrow to Decide Whether 137,000 Barrels Per Day Will Flow Back Into the Market, and the Three-Month Production Freeze May Be Over

Berkshire Hathaway Reports Today and Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Will Reveal Whether the Post-Buffett Era Means Business as Usual or a $380 Billion Reinvention

Tariffs Have Already Cost Toyota $8 Billion, Ford $2 Billion, and GM $3.1 Billion in Lost Profits, and J.P. Morgan Says the Average Car Buyer Is About to Pay $2,580 More

The Fed's March 17 Meeting Just Became the Most Consequential Rate Decision in Two Years as Markets Split on Whether Powell Will Cut or Hold

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Berkshire Hathaway's Q4 Operating Earnings Fell 29% to $10.2 Billion as Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Pledged to Preserve the Culture Warren Buffett Built Over Six Decades

Berkshire Hathaway Reports Today and Greg Abel's First Shareholder Letter Will Reveal Whether the Post-Buffett Era Means Business as Usual or a $380 Billion Reinvention

The S&P 500 Just Closed Its Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Earnings Growth, but Silicon Valley Drove 66% of the Gains and That Concentration Is Becoming a Structural Risk

Software Stocks Just Suffered Their Worst Four-Week Decline Since the Pandemic as AI Disruption Fears Triggered a Wipeout That Rewrote the Rules of Enterprise Technology

Nvidia Posted Record Revenue of $68.1 Billion and Still Watched $260 Billion in Market Value Vanish, Because Wall Street's Relationship With AI Just Changed Forever

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