Warren Buffett sells stocks for the tenth quarter in a row

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Warren Buffett continued to sell shares in the first three months of 2025 amid a wide sale in the market, according to the presentation of an organizational file before the historic annual meeting of his Holding Holding Company, Berkshire Hathaway.

The figures that show that he emptied shares for the tenth quarter in a row in a quarterly profit report indicated that the Berkshire insurance arm received $ 1.1 billion of forest fires in California in January.

Puffett has sold $ 4.7 billion in stocks in the three months until March 31, more than $ 3.2 billion that he bought.

This helped to amplify the Berkshire Monetary Pile, which increased to another record of $ 348 billion, as the money was poured from the sprawling Buffett Empire, which extends to insurance, manufacturing, facilities and one of the largest railways in North America, along with the benefits paid on its wallet from the American treasury.

Investors will wander in Omaha in evidence of the 94 -year -old Buffett investment expectations before a question and answers session with shareholders on Saturday.

About 40,000 shareholders are expected to attend the event personally, with high -level numbers including Hillary Clinton and Apple Cook President in the crowd. Some attendees said that they had made a trip to Umha this year if it was the last time he was chairing the meeting.

The conversation will be the first time that Pavite has burdened in the markets and economics since US President Donald Trump launched a trade war last month by unveiling plans to manufacture a new tariff on imports from most other countries.

When Trump participated in a social media post on April 4, indicating that Buffett supported his economic policies, Berkshire issued a statement saying “such reports are wrong.”

In an interview with CBS News, Buffett described customs duties as a “war, somewhat action” and said it returned a tax on goods. He said: “The fairy of the teeth does not pay them.”

The changes in the net profit in Berksheer reflect the fluctuations largely in the value of the stock portfolio of $ 264 billion and other investments. In the first quarter, BottleMENT profits amounted to $ 4.6 billion, a decrease from $ 12.7 billion in the first quarter of last year.

Puffette directs shareholders to pay more attention to operating profits, which were 9.6 billion dollars, a decrease of $ 11.2 billion. The decrease significantly reflects the lower insurance profits, including the blow from California fires. Forest fires erupted for several days throughout Los Angeles, destroying thousands of homes in some neighborhoods of the country.

The shares of Berkshire Hathaway was in 2025, and it rose by 20 percent to close on Friday at a record price of 809,808.50 dollars for “A Class” share. Berksheer again authorized the shares in the first quarter.

Additional reports by Eric Platt