Bill Gates is worried about how the coronavirus vaccine will be distributed when it becomes available. He has been helping in the fight against COVID-19.
While Buffett hasn’t personally invested in the company, Berkshire Hathaway holds $533 million worth of STNE stock. The stock is valued at $10.5 billion.
There’s no end in sight to what now looks to be a clear tit-for-tat between PayPal and SoftBank, the parent company of American mobile operator Sprint.
Although India’s digital payment market is on track for blow-out growth over the next few years and PayPal (PYPL) wants to dominate the market in five years, the company still has a lot of challenges in its India push.
Amazon (AMZN) plans to raise the fees it charges sellers to deliver items to customers under its FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) program, effective February 2019.
Fitness and health trackers fast gaining traction According to Fitbit (FIT), connected health and fitness trackers are now rising in popularity in the wearable device market. This popularity may have impacted sales of the Ionic smartwatch, which launched in September 2017. As shown in the above table, IDC Research expects the worldwide wearables market to […]
Amazon (AMZN), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) have agreed to set up an independent healthcare company to serve their employees in the US.
Berkshire Hathaway is trading at $142.60. It’s trading at price-to-earnings multiple of 14.35x. On a YTD basis, the stock returned 8.4% as of May 31, 2016.
According to the recent 13F filings, the hedge fund of billionaire investor George Soros bought 3,100 shares of Apple (AAPL) valued at $338,000 in 1Q16.
In its latest filings at the end of 1Q16, Berkshire Hathaway reported total holdings of 4.9 million shares in MasterCard, an increase of 4.7 million shares over the last five years.
BRK has also increased its holdings in IBM, indicating that its investment in the technology sector (XLK) (VOO) is increasing. The PE (price-to-earnings) ratios of Apple and IBM are 10.5x and 11.3x, respectively.
XLF is a financial ETF that aims to provide investment results that match with the price and yield performance of the S&P Financial Select Sector Index.
The John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund returned 10.1% for the monthly period ending October 29, but fell 4.3% for the one-month period ending on September.
The market leader in the fixed annuity industry is Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America with 13% market share, followed by New York Life with 8%.
Yields are low across the globe. Europe and Japan have yields at near-zero levels. The US looks better with ten-year Treasury yields hovering around 2%.
