Yahoo Finance • 11 hours ago

Toll Brothers Grew Its Earnings Per Share Without Growing Earnings

Photo by Pexels on Pixabay A luxury builder in a soft market has bought back enough stock to outrun three years of shrinking profits, and the question is what happens when land competes for the same cash. Toll Brothers (TOL) has gained 7... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 days ago

Berkshire Hathaway Bought $10 Billion of Alphabet Straight From the Company, Bypassing the Open Market

Former Warren Buffett watchers are now following CEO Greg Abel's moves as he leads Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB) into a new era. So far, the playbook hasn't changed too much, although Abel is definitely making his own stamp o... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 days ago

Greg Abel Just Spent $23.5 Billion on 9 Stocks for Berkshire Hathaway. Here's the Best of the Bunch.

Warren Buffett officially handed over the reins of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) to Greg Abel at the start of the year. He still acts as chairman, however, and he holds tremendous influence on Abel's capital allocation decis... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 8 days ago

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Is Buying These 2 Homebuilding Stocks. Housing Market Recovery Coming?

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which is now run by Greg Abel, revealed in its latest 13F filing that the fund bought a new stake in D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI), worth about $580,000. The fund also increased its stake in fellow homebuilder... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 9 days ago

Did Berkshire Hathaway’s $6.8 Billion Bet Misjudge the Housing Market — Again?

Quick Read Abel turned Berkshire into a net buyer of $19.8 billion in Q2, headlined by a $6.8 billion Taylor Morrison acquisition alongside new D.R. Horton shares. Berkshire bought and sold its entire D.R. Horton position within months in... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 10 days ago

3 Reasons to Sell DHI and 1 Stock to Buy Instead

3 Reasons to Sell DHI and 1 Stock to Buy Instead Over the past six months, D.R. Horton's shares (currently trading at $148.52) have posted a disappointing 11.2% loss, well below the S&P 500's 13.1% gain. This was partly due to its softer... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 10 days ago

Greg Abel Just Bet $17 Billion on This 1 Stock

Quick Read Greg Abel poured $17 billion into Alphabet, which trades at 17x earnings while compounding revenue 24% year over year and shares up 69% over the past year. Abel trimmed 30 million Bank of America shares while keeping a $27.5 bi... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 11 days ago

Berkshire Ends Fourteen Quarters of Net Selling

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) lifted its Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stake 83% in the second quarter to nearly 106 million shares worth about $37.8 billion, making it the third-largest position in a... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 12 days ago

Berkshire Hathaway boosted stake in Alphabet, homebuilders in the second quarter

Berkshire Hathaway is increasing the size of its stake in Google's parent company and beefing up its holdings in homebuilders, according to the conglomerate's latest snapshot of its investment portfolio. The Omaha, Nebraska-based company... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 12 days ago

Warren Buffett Wasn’t the Only Billionaire Buying Alphabet Stock in Q2

Quick Read Berkshire added 48 million Alphabet shares in Q2, an 83% increase making it their third-largest holding worth $37.8 billion. Druckenmiller independently initiated a new Alphabet position while boosting Amazon by over 1,000% and... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 13 days ago

Berkshire ups Alphabet stake under Greg Abel, making it a top-3 holding

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B), under new CEO Greg Abel, increased its Alphabet position, making the Google parent its third-largest U.S.-listed equity holding by market value, behind Apple (AAPL) and American Express (AXP). According t... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 13 days ago

Berkshire Hathaway expands Alphabet stake and trims bank exposure in Q2

Investing.com -- Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKb) aggressively expanded its stake in Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) during the second quarter, signaling a deepening conviction in the technology giant's strategic trajectory. According to the Oma... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 13 days ago

Berkshire Hathaway boosts Alphabet to a top three holding, ups Delta and housing bets

Berkshire Hathaway sharply increased its stake in Alphabet in the second quarter, vaulting the Google parent into its three biggest stock holdings. The sprawling conglomerate also added to the size of its investments in Delta Air Lines and... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 16 days ago

Stocks Finish Lower as Soaring Crude Prices Spur Inflation Fears

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down -0.06% on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.11%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -0.34%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -0.07%, a... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 25 days ago

Tesla drags consumer discretionary sector in July; Ross Stores leads

[Tesla Cybertruck display at a dealership. Tesla offers the Cybertruck with driving range of up to 334 miles. MY:2025] jetcityimage The consumer discretionary sector (XLY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/XLY]) dipped nearly 5% in July, la... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

Why Oil Prices Could Make Your House More Expensive, According to PulteGroup

PulteGroup’s CEO says the fluctuating price of oil is a big contributor to high housing costs because it affects land development. Continue Reading... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

PulteGroup is UBS Homebuilders analyst’s top pick ahead of earnings

[Foreman and Architect share thoughts] akurtz The U.S. housing market is showing a broad sense of stabilization across homebuilders, building products, and distribution channels, according to John Lovallo, UBS Homebuilders Analyst. Despi... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

D.R. Horton Earnings Offer Hope to Home Builders

Shares of the U.S.’s largest home builder rally after it reports better-than-expected third-quarter results. Continue Reading... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

US Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Futures Edge Higher As Inflation Pressure Eases

Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Tuesday, Jul, 21 2026 US stock futures are pointing... Full story

Yahoo Finance • last month

3 earnings to watch on Tuesday, July 21

Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton tees up what investors should be on the lookout for on Tuesday, July 21, including earnings from General Motors Co. (GM), Northrop Grumman Co. (NOC), and D.R. Horton Inc (DHI). Video Transcript 00:05 S... Full story