One question is on the minds of the roughly 40,000 people gathered in Omaha for Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting: How will Berkshire fare under new leadership? Read More »

Billionaire value investor Mario Gabelli has some advice for investors: Read Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letters. Read More »

Buffettpalooza started early this year.

With a record 40,000 people expected in town to attend the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual meeting this year, Warren Buffett and his team threw open the doors a day before they normally do. Shareholders flooded Omaha’s CenturyLink Center and overran its 194,300-square-foot exhibit hall on Friday to buy running shoes, rubber ducks, ketchup bottles and even boxer shorts bearing the image of the Oracle of Omaha. Read More »

Warren Buffett has been at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for five decades, and it’s been a pretty remarkable run. Here’s a chart that shows how he did it. Read More »

If you’re in the camp that says the first quarter’s standstill economy had more do to with the snow and less to do with the fundamentals, don’t look at this morning’s PMI report. Read More »

April proves cruel to investors, as the year’s surefire bets go sour. But some see signs that rallies in oil and emerging markets won’t last. And the spotlight turns to Warren Buffett, who marks 50 years at Berkshire Hathaway at this weekend’s annual meeting.  Here, in five charts, is a look at this week’s financial-market highlights. Read More »

Warren Buffett and shareholders in his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. are gathering this weekend for their annual “Woodstock for Capitalists.” Here are seven questions the Oracle of Omaha is likely to face. Read More »

Sports commentator Keith Irizarry joined the MoneyBeat show this morning to talk about the NFL draft, character flaws, support systems, pot busts, and why a relative unknown like the Ravens (26th pick) new wide receiver, Breshad Perriman is a coach’s dream. Read More »

We have been harping on wage growth here at MoneyBeat for years now, arguing there is no better indicator of the true health of the economy. So while GDP was recovering, while corporate profits were rising, while asset prices were surging, we’ve been waiting to see wages rise.

The wait might be over. Maybe. Read More »

Three social media companies — LinkedIn, Yelp and Twitter — spooked investors with their first-quarter results this week. Read More »