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Berkshire Hathaway’s Next Act: Trillion-Dollar BRK-B, Buffett’s Farewell & 2025 Forecasts

Berkshire Hathaway Today: Buffett’s “It’s Not Me” Deepfake Warning, BNSF’s Phoenix Setback, and GEICO’s Tracey Laws Tapped to Lead RAA

Date: November 7, 2025Tickers: NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B Key takeaways Buffett issues “It’s Not Me” warning about AI deepfakes Berkshire Hathaway said it has identified several YouTube videos using AI‑generated images to mimic Warren Buffett and deliver advice he never gave. The company’s “It’s Not Me” release stresses that the audio is a tell—flat and robotic, not Buffett’s voice—and cautions viewers against being misled. Notably, Berkshire added that Buffett will share a separate message on philanthropy, Berkshire, and other matters on Monday, Nov. 10, to be posted on the company’s website. berkshirehathaway.com Newsrooms amplified the warning today, noting it comes as
7 November 2025
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Berkshire Hathaway’s Next Act: Trillion-Dollar BRK-B, Buffett’s Farewell & 2025 Forecasts

Berkshire Hathaway’s Next Act: Trillion-Dollar BRK-B, Buffett’s Farewell & 2025 Forecasts

Current Price & Recent Performance Berkshire Hathaway’s Class B stock (NYSE: BRK-B) trades around $477–$480 as of early November 2025 stockinvest.us. The share price has eased off about 5% since mid-October, when it briefly crossed the $500 mark before pulling back stockinvest.us. Year-to-date, BRK-B is up roughly 8–9% in 2025, which means it has underperformed the S&P 500 (the S&P is up about 14–16% over the same period) tipranks.com. Berkshire’s stock had been at record highs earlier in the year, but it fell back after CEO Warren Buffett announced his retirement plans in May – since that news, the stock has
3 November 2025
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Buffett’s Berkshire Stuns with Record Cash Hoard and Profit Surge Ahead of CEO Exit

Berkshire’s $381B Cash Haul & Buffett’s Exit: Will Shares Explode Monday? Market Prep: Nov 3, 2025.

Q3 2025 Results: Profit Surge, but Modest Revenue. Berkshire’s latest earnings report (released Nov 1) was largely positive. Operating earnings – Buffett’s preferred measure (excluding stock-market swings) – jumped to $13.49 billion in Q3, a +34% gain from year-ago businesstimes.com.sg reuters.com. This beat expectations and was fueled by a rebound in insurance underwriting (weather losses were low) and favorable currency movements. For example, fewer hurricane losses helped primary insurance profits recover. BNSF railroad profits also rose (~6%), and manufacturing/retail businesses did well. On the other hand, utilities (Berkshire Energy) saw profit decline ~9% ts2.tech and GEICO’s pretax profit dipped (~13% drop) as
2 November 2025
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Buffett’s Berkshire Stuns with Record Cash Hoard and Profit Surge Ahead of CEO Exit

Buffett’s Berkshire Stuns with Record Cash Hoard and Profit Surge Ahead of CEO Exit

Q3 2025 Earnings Highlights Berkshire Hathaway delivered strong third-quarter results that surprised to the upside. Operating earnings — Buffett’s preferred metric which excludes investment swings — surged to $13.485 billion (about $9,376 per Class A share), up from $10.09 billion a year earlier reuters.com. This ~34% jump in operating profit was aided significantly by a rebound in insurance performance and favorable foreign exchange movements. In fact, fewer large catastrophes (no repeat of the prior year’s major hurricane losses) helped Berkshire’s insurance underwriting profit jump by $1.6 billion marketscreener.com. Additionally, currency fluctuations accounted for roughly two-fifths of the operating profit increase, providing an extra earnings
1 November 2025
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Warren Buffett’s $10B Oil Bet: Could Berkshire’s OxyChem Deal Supercharge Occidental (OXY)?

Warren Buffett’s $10B Oil Bet: Could Berkshire’s OxyChem Deal Supercharge Occidental (OXY)?

Occidental’s Background and Debt Burden Occidental Petroleum (ticker OXY) is a Houston-based oil & gas company with large Permian Basin and Gulf of Mexico production. It has grown aggressively through acquisitions, notably Anadarko Petroleum in 2019 (financed with $10 billion from Buffett’s Berkshire) and the CrownRock shale deal in 2024 reuters.com tipranks.com. These moves boosted production but also piled on debt. As of June 30, 2025, Occidental’s long-term debt stood around $23.3 billion reuters.com, well above its management’s comfort zone (a stated target near $15 billion) seekingalpha.com. To address this, Occidental has been selling non-core assets. In 2024–2025 it divested about $4 billion worth
30 September 2025
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