What happened to Berkshire Hathaway over the past 30 years? Berkshire Hathaway uses its "operating earnings," which exclude the capital gains or losses from its investment portfol

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) recently filed its 13F form, which shows investors its latest positions. Investors often pile into stocks that Berkshire has been buying,

KKR, Brookfield, and Apollo are all pulling pages from Berkshire Hathaway's playbook, but success will require smarts, patience, and discipline.

Although Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio – worth about $288 billion – comprises 44 positions, it's not quite as diversified as you might expect for a grouping of that many stocks.

The company revealed a cash hoard of $334 billion last week. Does this mean CEO Warren Buffett is turning bearish?

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Still, by the end of the first quarter, the cash balance had grown to nearly $189 billion. By the second quarter, cash was up to roughly $277 billion. Cash increased again in the third quarter, hitting $325 billion. And Berkshire Hathaway's cash stockpile ended 2024 at a shockingly large $334 billion.