Musk causes a commotion at Capitol Hill, is a "Trump 2.0" prototype emerging?
Analysis suggests that Musk's recent act of detonating a political nuclear bomb may be a rehearsal for the Trump 2.0 era of Musk's action model, intended to exert pressure on Congress. However, some also say that the consensus at Mar-a-Lago is that Musk has proven to be an effective Weapon to pressure Congress and a scapegoat for any backlash.
By increasing shareholding in Occidental Petroleum, Buffett has contradicted one of his principles.
According to estimates from Barron's, reducing the shareholding in Apple caused Buffett to miss out on over $35 billion in earnings. Meanwhile, Occidental Petroleum and Sirius XM have both seen significant declines this year, with stock prices consistently below Berkshire's average buying cost. Buffett seems to be "pulling flowers and watering weeds."
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Buffett's major stock purchases at the end of the year: Shareholding in Occidental Petroleum and several other companies.
Buffett took advantage of the three consecutive declines in U.S. stocks this week to increase his shareholding in several companies. According to regulatory documents, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. purchased an additional 8.9 million shares of Occidental Petroleum (worth $0.405 billion), 5 million shares of Sirius XM (worth $0.113 billion), and $45 million worth of VeriSign stocks between Tuesday and Thursday. Overall, Berkshire invested over $0.56 billion in three days.
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Ed Yardeni, the most accurate Analyst on Wall Street and president of Yardeni Research, is optimistic about the U.S. stock market, predicting that the S&P 500 will reach 7,000 points next year and 8,000 points the year after.