Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been unloading shares of one of its biggest holdings, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), across several quarters. The first quarter of 2024 saw Warren Buffett selling 115 million Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares, about 13% of its stake. Berkshire Hathaway’s Apple stake stood at 790 million shares at the end of the first […]...

Plenty of big-time investors have made a name for themselves over the years, but arguably none have become as big of a household name as Warren Buffett. Thanks to personal achievements and the success of his company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), Buffett has even become known as the "Oracle of Omaha." With a track record of decades of market-beating returns, it's no surprise that investors of all experience levels (myself included) turn to Buffett's words and Berkshire Hathaway's holdings for guidance on how to approach the market...

As the Biden administration attempts to hand out and adjust CHIPS & Science Act funding to chipmakers, what is the commentary from President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration around boosting domestic semiconductor production? Notably, the US is reportedly cutting Intel's (INTC) $8.5 billion chipmaking grant to below $8 billion as officials try to balance that with the $3.5 billion grant the company was awarded from the Pentagon. "It's worth remembering that it was the first Trump administration that devised the concept of trying to incentivize firms to build more in the US, the CHIPS act was first discussed in Congress under the Trump administration, the first investment of TSMC (TSM) — the Taiwanese company in Arizona — was announced under the first Trump administration," Tufts University professor of International History Christopher Miller tells Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton. "And so I wouldn't be surprised to see some small changes to the program. Specific grants might be amended, but the basic framework of trying to use financial incentives to get more chips made domestically, that's an idea the first Trump administration more or less came up with." The Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology author weighs in on the future of tariff policies and import-export controls, especially those targeting China, under a second Trump administration To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan...