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After 60 years at the top of one of the world's biggest investment firms, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett will be handing off the leadership reins to Greg Abel at the end of 2025. The Oracle of Omaha was also noted to have invented the Buffett Indicator, which assesses the valuation of the stock market by dividing the total value of US stocks with the total US GDP (gross domestic product). Yahoo Finance senior reporter Brooke DiPalma weighs in on how much longer the Buffett Indicator may be calling for a continued bull market, while Miramar Capital Co-Founder and senior portfolio manager Max Wasserman comments on his outlook on the AI trade when factoring in Warren Buffett's market formula. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Opening Bid.

30 Dec, 2025 @ 17:55 by Yahoo! Finance

Coming into Tuesday, shares of the server maker, once a darling of the artificial-intelligence trade, had fallen 1.3% this year. Super Micro’s performance also pales in comparison to how other tech companies have done this year. Shares surged more than 45% in February, when Super Micro narrowly avoided delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market capping months of speculation that a failure to file its financial results on time might cost the company its spot in the exchange.

Even after slipping mildly to end the year, shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are poised to close off 2025 as the most magnificent performer of the Magnificent Seven, with gains of around 65%. Undoubtedly, it really was Alphabet’s year, with Google Gemini making massive strides in the AI race, growing its userbase at an impressive pace ... Alphabet Stock is Starting to Get Cheap Again After Dipping in December

30 Dec, 2025 @ 16:53 by Yahoo! Finance

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) certainly aren’t going for cheap, even after a near-5% December dip, now going for around 33.0 times forward price-to-earnings (P/E). And while Apple Intelligence hasn’t blown away iPhone users quite yet, Apple’s biggest splash in the AI waters is just months away. Of course, perhaps investors are right to wait and ... Why Apple Might Attract More of an AI Multiple in 2026

Barclays flags stronger iPhone 17 demand but continued competition from local brands.

Wall Street expects further gains as Azure growth and AI investment fuel optimism.

30 Dec, 2025 @ 16:39 by Yahoo! Finance

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) just unveiled its 2026 Investment Outlook, and it’s definitely worth a read if you’re looking to ring in the new year right. Undoubtedly, forward-looking forecasts are not to be taken as gospel. However, as a guide, they can offer a ton of value, especially for those who aren’t quite sure how the ... The Stocks I’d Buy For Goldman’s 2026 Forecast

The big three stock indexes were mixed in late-morning trading Tuesday ahead of the upcoming New Yea

China is hanging a new AI threat over Nvidia and America’s other chip giants that could undermine faith in Wall Street’s biggest growth driver, much like it did only a year ago with the DeepSeek chatbot launch. Scientists at universities in Shanghai and Beijing have developed a photon-based computing chip for artificial-intelligence training and inferencing that can outperform traditional silicon-based wafers, such as those produced by Nvidia the South China Morning Post reported. Dubbed LightGen, the new chip is faster and more efficient than Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs, the report said, although its use case is tailored more for video production and image synthesis than broader AI workloads.

He’s the Oracle of Omaha and, quite possibly, the greatest living investor. Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B), has rewarded Berkshire’s loyal shareholders with outstanding returns based on his value-focused stock portfolio. However, at age 95, Buffett surely knows that he can’t stay at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway forever. Thus, Buffett is about ... Warren Buffett Is About to Retire. Should You Dump Your Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) Stock?

Samsung Electronics Co. became the first major player in 2019 to get in on the trend, and has kept at it since, releasing four new folding phones in 2025 alone, most recently the Galaxy Z TriFold. Trifolds are an emerging subcategory of foldables, first attempted by Huawei Technologies Co. last year, that can take the form of both a smartphone and a widescreen tablet that’s well suited for watching videos.

Three paragraphs in a 1994 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders reveal the top reason for Buffett’s phenomenal winning record.

Tomorrow marks Warren Buffett’s final day as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A)(NYSE:BRK-B), ending a tenure spanning six decades that turned a struggling textile company into a $1 trillion conglomerate. At age 95, Buffett will step down, with Greg Abel taking over as CEO on Jan. 1, while Buffett remains chairman. As he exits daily investment ... Is This Warren Buffett’s Final Warning About the S&P 500?

CRWV posts Q3 2025 adjusted EBITDA of $838M with margins above 60%, citing AI-optimized infrastructure, contracted demand and a resilient outlook.

Warren Buffett took a big swing investing in Apple and it paid off big time. Now, he's hedging his bets and the reasons why couldn't be clearer.

MESA, ARIZONA / ACCESS Newswire / December 30, 2025 / Medical Care Technologies Inc. (OTC Pink:MDCE) today announced that it has updated its corporate website, www.medicalcaretechnologies.com, to feature the Company's newly launched expedited approach ...

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Greenwich, Connecticut--(Newsfile Corp. - December 30, 2025) - Tuttle Capital Management, a leading provider of thematic and alternatives ETFs, today announced the launch of the Tuttle Capital Magnificent 7 Income Blast ETF (CBOE: MAGO), now trading on the CBOE.MAGO is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide current income and exposure to the equity performance of the "Magnificent 7" - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla - using an...

Apple (AAPL) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.

30 Dec, 2025 @ 14:00 by Yahoo! Finance

A number of investors are competing for the opportunity to purchase the app, and if a deal were to go through, the platform's U.S. business could have its valuation soar to upward of $60 billion.

Acquisition aims to accelerate Meta's integration of advanced AI across platforms.

Move marks key step in Nvidia's strategy to diversify beyond AI training chips.

30 Dec, 2025 @ 13:13 by Yahoo! Finance

When a large-cap ETF with zero fees climbs 40% in eight months, investors notice. The BNY Mellon US Large Cap Core Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:BKLC) surged from $94 per share in early April 2025 to around $131.70 today with few significant pullbacks. What BKLC Actually Does BKLC tracks the Solactive GBS United States 500 Index, a ... BNY Mellon’s Large Cap ETF Popped 40% on a Nonstop Run

TrendForce's recent findings show that, amid a sluggish economic recovery and cautious consumer spending, surging memory prices are squeezing notebook brands' profit margins and pricing freedom. Consequently, TrendForce has reduced its 2026 global projection for notebook shipments to a 5.4% YoY decrease, totaling around 173 million units. This shift indicates a more conservative approach by brands toward inventory management, promotions, and product setups in response to increasing cost pressure

Recent developments in the Cloud AI sector highlight Applied Digital's strategic move to spin out its cloud computing business, Applied Digital Cloud, and combine it with EKSO Bionics Holdings to create ChronoScale Corporation. This proposed business combination is aimed at establishing an accelerated compute platform built specifically to cater to AI workloads, reflecting the increasing demand for GPU-accelerated cloud infrastructure. By focusing on delivering high-performance compute...

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