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Rates Are Rising and Stocks Are Taking a Beating. It Won’t End Soon.

Text size The market reacted violently to the Federal Open Market Committee, which hiked the federal-funds rate target by half a percentage point for only the second time this century. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Uncertainty on several fronts and a fast-changing world—economically, geopolitically, and otherwise—yields known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns for investors, to cite…

Dow Rises as Investors Watch Ukraine, Interest Rates

US stocks shot up, while oil prices also jumped, as investors parsed testimony on the Federal Reserve’s plans to raise interest rates and watched for updates from Ukraine. The S&P 500 rose 80.28 points, or 1.9%, to 4386.54, a day after the benchmark index fell 1.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 596.40 points, or 1.8%, to 33891.35 and the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite Index added…

What’s Missing From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter

What’s Missing From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter The highlight of Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letter was his discussion. Berkshire HathawayOf Step-up stock-buyback activity, Which totaled $ 9 billion in each of the last two quarters of 2020 and $ 24.7 billion for the year, up from $ 4.9 billion in 2019. Berkshire should please (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) holders as a clear indication that…

Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letter Could Lift Berkshire Hathaway Stock. What Investors Want to See.

Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letter Could Lift Berkshire Hathaway Stock. What Investors Want to See. Warren Buffett turns 90 in August. Paul Morigi / Getty Images for Fortune / Time Inc. text size As Warren Buffett prepares to put the finishing touch on his last-awaited annual letter Berkshire Hathaway There is much to address shareholders, CEOs. They include Berkshire Underperformance…