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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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On the weekend on Nov 9th, 2024, I warned that trump winning was very bearish brkb, short term aka the next 4 years. Buffett and Munger were very vocal with respect to their opinions on the crypto space, and the crypto space won via trump, hence Buffett's phone wouldn't be ringing much for the next four years.
WHO got the calls on the TikTok deal? IF the deal had been done while Biden was pres would Buffett have gotten the call to participate? It's going to be a long lonely four years, imo.
I wonder if brother Jim agrees, politics matter in America.
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The AE deal, will Buffett’s phone ring? I seriously doubt it. We shall see.
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Why would they even call Berkshire for Tik Tok ? lol.Plus as long as AI needs energy, Berkshire will be fine over the next 4 years.
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WHO got the calls on the TikTok deal? IF the deal had been done while Biden was pres would Buffett have gotten the call to participate?
What makes you think Buffett would have had any interest whatsoever in any TikTok deal?
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“ What makes you think Buffett would have had any interest whatsoever in any TikTok deal?“ Why would Buffett invest in a lay up? I love it in Brkville where thought goes to die.
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How do you know it's a lay-up? The next tik tok is already being made in a college dorm or a person's bedroom. Was Blockbuster a lay-up ? MySpace ? Yahoo, AOL?
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Yep, it’s a long list of ignorant investing suckers involved. Denial street gets wider every year in Brkville. “ According to reports in late September 2025, a new joint venture, comprised of Oracle, Silver Lake, Abu Dhabi-based MGX, and a number of other investors, is poised to take a controlling stake in the U.S. operations of TikTok. This follows an executive order by President Donald Trump that approved a framework for the deal.
The proposed ownership structure for TikTok's U.S. business is as follows:
Controlling investors: Technology company Oracle, private equity firm Silver Lake, and venture capital firm MGX are reportedly the main investors in the new entity. Combined, they are expected to hold around a 45% stake.
Existing ByteDance investors: A broader group of current ByteDance backers, including investment firms General Atlantic, Susquehanna, and Sequoia, are expected to contribute their existing equity in the company. Their collective stake is estimated to be 35%.
ByteDance: The Chinese parent company will hold a minority stake of just under 20% in the new joint venture, as required by law. ByteDance is also expected to receive licensing fees and profit-sharing from the new U.S. company.
Other potential and rumored investors
Several other individuals and entities have been mentioned in connection with the deal, though their specific roles are not yet finalized:
Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch: The father-son duo, who control the Fox News media empire, were mentioned by President Trump as "probably" being involved.
Michael Dell: The CEO of Dell Technologies has also been named by Trump as a potential participant.
Other consortiums: Rival bidding groups, such as Project Liberty, which includes figures like Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and the American Investor Consortium, which includes YouTuber MrBeast, have also competed for ownership.
Key roles in the new company
In addition to financial investment, several parties are taking on specific functional roles:
Oracle: The company will be responsible for overseeing the app's security, managing U.S. user data in a secure cloud environment, and inspecting a new, licensed version of the content algorithm.
U.S. government: The new joint venture will have a board of directors with a majority of American members, with one member appointed by the U.S. government to address national security concerns. “
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Yes I've been a Berkshire sucker since 1989. In all seriousness, hasn't Berkshire 12x the stock price from when you first started posting on Motley Fool? I have no issue with anyone discussing Berkshire pro or con, my issue is the idea Berkshire should buy Tik Tok or even thinking that Berkshire should buy Tik Tok is on the insane side. Hell, if Buffett had qualms about Google and Amazon , why in world would he buy a Chinese social network.
