Berkshire Hathaway buys a stake in India’s largest digital payments company One97 Communications Berkshire confirmed “the investment was made” in One97 Communications — the parent company of Paytm — and said Buffett was not personally involved in the deal and one of the first direct investments in India for Berkshire. The Economic Times reported earlier…
Here is an update of the changes made to Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F stock portfolio on a quarterly basis. The positions are current as of June 30, 2018 and based on the Berkshire-Hathaway SEC form 13F, filed Aug. 14, 2018. Increase of ~4% During Q2 2018, Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.A) stock portfolio value increased ~4% from $189B…
Dividend stocks are attractive for many investors searching for income. In the context of dividend investing, there are three key dates you need to know: Record date: This is the date on which you must be an official owner of a stock to receive the declared dividend payment. However, due to stock exchange rules, you must…
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About The Defensive Dividend Aristocrats objective is to outperform the Dividend Aristocrats over any five-year rolling time horizon, especially in bear markets. The maximum draw-down (mdd) should be lower, so less volatility than the broader market. The main is to show that next to dividend growth, price-return and risk ratios are also important. The idea…
Berkshire Hathaway, the investment vehicle led by well-known investor Warren Buffett, made a big profit in the second quarter of 2018. The conglomerate posted June quarter operating profit of $4,190 per Class A share versus the Thomson Reuters consensus of $3,387 per share. Berkshire recorded a net profit of $ 12.0 billion in the quarter…
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced late Tuesday that Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) replaces General Electric (GE) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective prior to the open of trading on June 26. General Electric (GE) out General Electric is removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 122 years after first being handpicked by Charles Dow himself.…
The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently (2022) 66 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These dividend-paying stocks are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. S&P applies the following criteria to construct the Dividend…
Updated May 30th, 2018 The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 53 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases.These 53 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. S&P 500 applies the following criteria to construct…