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Warren Buffett is right to be devouring shares of oil giant Occidental Petroleum (OXY), says one long-time oil markets strategist. The billionaire investor’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) scooped up another 18.1 million shares of Occidental for close to $1 billion this week. The latest purchases come hot on the heels of Berkshire spending $6 billion or so in the prior two weeks to buy up Occidental shares. Berkshire now owns nearly 14.6% of Occidental Petroleum through his roughly 140… Source link

Russian banker Mikhail Fridman has a net worth of $10 billion.AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko Russian banker Mikhail Fridman stepped down from the board of the investment firm he cofounded. Fridman was barred from entering LetterOne’s offices and speaking to employees, per the FT. The billionaire is among oligarchs sanctioned by the EU in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian billionaire and banker, Mikhail Fridman, was locked out of the investment firm he cofounded after he was hit by… Source link

The legendary hedge fund manager Ray Dalio became a billionaire by picking up on patterns in the stock market. More recently, he has turned his attention to trends throughout world history. In a new book, “Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order,” Dalio wrote that wealth inequality often leads to the rise of populism and division. Yahoo Finance’s editor-in-chief, Andy Serwer, asked Dalio in a new interview just how bad America’s divisiveness has gotten and who’s to blame for… Source link

Wall Street has known its share of legends, but few of them have made as big a splash as “the Man Who Broke the Bank of England.” That nickname belongs to George Soros who earned the tag after famously betting against the British Pound in 1992; following the Black Wednesday crash, the hedge fund manager pocketed a $1 billion in a single day. This is the stuff that Wall Street legends are made of. By then Soros was already incredibly successful and in the midst of steering his Quantum Fund to… Source link

Every retail investor wants to ensure a solid portfolio return. The only question is, how? The stock market produces a vast mine of data, that by its nature forms a barrier to access. Some investors take a path of low resistance, and follow one or more market legends. These legends are the giants of the investing world, people like Steven Cohen. The billionaire trader behind Point72 Asset Management has shown that he can survive the vicissitudes of Wall Street. After recovering from Federal… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Over a span of four decades, Jaime Gilinski has quietly amassed a fortune exceeding $4 billion by expanding his family’s group of companies and pushing into new areas like banking, finance and real estate. Most Read from Bloomberg At 63, the Colombian native is embarking on his biggest gamble yet: a $2.2 billion bid to buy a majority stake in foodmaker Grupo Nutresa SA with the royal family of Abu Dhabi. For the deal to succeed, he’ll need to convince a group of investors in… Source link

Google logo and Australian flag are displayed in this illustration taken, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register SYDNEY, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest’s philanthropic organisation will help 18 small news publishers in the country to negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook (FB.O) to secure licensing deals for the supply of news content. Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation on Monday said… Source link

We had some serious economic news this month, when October’s inflation rate came in at 6.2% annualized. It was the sixth consecutive month +5% year-over-year inflation gains – and the highest inflation rate seen in the US since 1990. Billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, reminds investors that the worst asset to hold in this environment is cash. “Some people make the mistake of thinking that they are getting richer because they are seeing their assets go up in price… Source link

Mitt Romney says a billionaire tax will trigger demand for these two assets — get in now before the super-rich swarm Not everyone is a fan of massive government spending. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), for instance, told Fox News last week that the Democrats “are pretty desperate” to pass President Joe Biden’s spending bill, which was recently trimmed from $3.5 trillion to under $2 trillion. Romney’s main concern is spiking inflation. But when it comes to government spending, the question… Source link

Getty images The former Google CEO and his wife, Wendy, announce the winners of their nearly year-long global competition to find and fund teenagers committed to changing the world. It’s just the beginning. Aryan Sharma is a promising 16-year-old in India. He’s already founded a couple small companies, one focused on education and another aimed at helping working-class Indians find jobs, but he has bigger ideas for ways to merge artificial intelligence and medicine. The… Source link