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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: hclasvegas   😊 😞
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Subject: barrons, Lower Interest Rates Yield a Loser:
Date: 09/20/24 10:28 PM
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Berkshire Hathaway.


" That likely would lead to lower interest income at Berkshire in 2025 with the magnitude of the decline depending on the level of short rates and the company’s T-bill holdings.

Rising interest income has been a key source of profit growth at Berkshire so far this year while dividend income has declined slightly to $2.7 billion in the first half of 2024, largely due to the halving of the Apple stake to 400 million shares.

Buffett refused to lengthen the maturity of Berkshire’s cash investments by investing part in two- or three-year Treasuries, which would have mitigated some of the impact of lower short rates."
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