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Given the news of Mr. Buffett intending to no longer be the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year from today's Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting, it is notable to record a data points.

As of market close on 5/2/2025:

finance.yahoo.com

BRKA $809,350.00
BRKB $539.80
DJIA 41,317.43
S&P 500 5,686.67
VOO $520.71 Yield 1.36% Expense Ratio 0.03%
RSP $171.89 Yield 1.62% Expense Ratio 0.20%

wsj.com:

Treasury Yields:

30-Year Bond 4.787%
10-Year Note 4.314%
7-Year Note 4.107%
5-Year Note 3.920%
3-Year Note 3.813%
2-Year Note 3.832%
1-Year Bill 4.002%
6-Month Bill 4.248%
3-Month Bill 4.312%
1-Month Bill 4.293%

TIPS maturing on 2/15/2055 Real Yield 2.546%
TIPS maturing on 1/15/2035 Real Yield 2.028%

fred.stlouisfed.org

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average (CPIAUCSL) March 2025 319.615

well, he'll still be CEO the rest of this year.

As of market close on 5/2/2025:...

A few more numbers

Total assets: $1,164,532 million
Shareholders' Equity: $654,471 million
Leverage: 1.779 (for comparison, average 2013-2017 was 2.204)
Shares outstanding: 1,438,223 (Latest statements, March 31)
Shares outstanding: 1,438,223 (Latest figure, April 21)
Book per share: $455,055
Float: $172,923 million

Trailing four quarters

                                          Revenue   Net Profit
BNSF                                      $23,389      $5,102
BHE                                        21,779       4,110
Manufacturing/service/retail                           14,158                 (includes Pilot and non-controlled businesses)
Investment income (dividends+interest)                 13,965
Total of four items above                              37,335

Underwriting profit                                     7,758
Cyclically adjusted underwriting profit                 1,830                 (average of typical % of float and typical % of premiums earned)

US share of global GDP: 26.4% (#2 is China at 16.96%)
US share of global listed company profits: 55%
US weight in MSCI All-World Country Index: 62.59% (#2 is Japan at 4.97%)
US share of global equity market cap: ~70%

Latest CPI: 319.615 (March)
Latest MCT inflation rate TTM: 2.99% (March figure; April should be out imminently)
US dollar index: 100.04

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