Berkshire’s profit doubles as equity holdings surge; buys back $4.5 bln shares

Berkshire’s profit doubles as equity holdings surge; buys back $4.5 bln shares

Berkshire’s profit doubles as equity holdings surge; buys back $4.5 bln shares
Along with rising house prices and dwindling serviceability, first-time investors often face generalised advice or suggestions from previous generations that no longer apply. In a recent episode of The Smart Property Investment Show, Buyers Edge Property director, Jason Titus, said that the property market had changed significantly, requiring a change of tactic for buyers today….
Something big happened on Wall Street at the end of 2025: Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA -0.75%) (BRKB -0.54%), a company he made famous with his impressive investing skills. The big question on everyone’s mind is whether his handpicked successor, Greg Abel, will dramatically change things at Berkshire Hathaway or…
Atom bank has provided a £1.75 million commercial mortgage to a property investor for a light industrial unit located on the London-Essex border, according to an announcement from the digital lender. The loan, arranged at 60% loan-to-value by Jeremy Robinson, director of Aquilae Capital Advisory, has enabled the borrower to release capital for acquiring additional…
“These mountains to the right are the northern tip of the Alps, and they are actually in Germany. And over there is the Eagle’s Nest, a chalet perched on a mountaintop, which was Hitler’s 50th birthday present.” We are getting a history and geography lesson from our taxi driver as we set off from Salzburg…
The bond market and mortgage rates have been on the move lower recently after hitting longer term highs at the end of July. Today offered a break from the recent movement with bonds and rates holding perfectly flat day-over-day. The upside is that this means it’s yet another day spent at the lowest levels in…
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