This post was originally published on this site.Berkshire Hathaway Starts Putting Its Cash to Work: What Investors Can Learn From Greg Abel’s Strategy Berkshire Hathaway is beginning to use more of its enormous cash reserve. During the second quarter, it bought $23.5 billion of stocks, sold $3.7 billion, and repurchased $4.5 billion of its own shares. This is a meaningful change in direction, but not an aggressive bet that the market can only go higher. Key takeaways for Berkshire Hathaway investors Berkshire became a net buyer: It purchased about $19.8 billion more stocks than it sold, ending 14 consecutive quarters...

This post was originally published on this site. The UK’s artificial intelligence boom is becoming visible in the country’s economic growth data. Britain’s economy expanded by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2026, slowing from 0.6% in the first quarter but proving more resilient than many had feared. More importantly for investors, the information and communications sector accounted for almost half of the expansion, making it the largest contributor among industries.  Within the sector, computer programming, consultancy and related activities — areas increasingly intertwined with AI — jumped 3.7% quarter-on-quarter after rising 3.8% in the previous quarter. That suggests something...