Fact checked by Stella Osoba Warren Buffett has increasingly argued in recent years that it's not just the ubiquitous sports betting apps that have made your phone a pocket casino. In his 2024 annual letter to shareholders,

The roughly $78 billion the Oracle of Omaha has spent buying this stock since mid-2018 decisively signals it's his favorite.

As of the third quarter of 2024, Berkshire owned 118,610,534 shares of Chevron, and the company’s annual dividend of $6.52 per share translates to a staggering $773.3 million in dividend income for Buffett’s firm this year.

Buffett invested in Heinz in 2013 and two years later, Heinz merged with Kraft Foods. He bought 326 million shares during this merger at a cost of around $24.6 billion. He has held on to that stake, which is now worth $11.4 billion.

Does Warren Buffett Know Something Wall Street Doesn't? He's Done This 1 Thing for the First Time in 30 Years, and It May Be a Warning for Investors.

The stock market is a mercurial beast. No matter how smart and prepared you are, you will still, at some point in your investing journey, find yourself totally gobsmacked by the goings-on of

There's not a billionaire money manager on Wall Street who commands the attention of professional and retail investors quite like Warren Buffett. The reason is simple: he outperforms the broad-market S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) by a substantial amount.

Warren Buffett has led investment management firm Berkshire Hathaway since 1965. Over the last several decades, Buffett and his close-knit team consistently outperformed the S&P 500 -- turning Berkshire Hathaway into one of the most successful portfolio management firms in history.