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Buffett’s Berkshire slows share repurchases to US$6B
Warren Buffett is pulling back on some capital-deployment maneuvers he’s favored in the past.
The billionaire’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. repurchased just US$6 billion of shares during the second quarter, short of the US$6.6 billion it bought back during the first three months of 2021 and the lowest it’s been since the same period last year, according to the conglomerate’s second-quarter earnings. He also was a net seller of stocks for the third quarter in a row. That left his cash pile stubbornly high at US$144 billion, just slightly below the first quarter. Buffett’s been faced with a high-class problem in recent years: Too much cash, and too few opportunities. He’s struggled to find ways to deploy those funds into higher-returning opportunities and has increasingly turned to buybacks as one option. But Berkshire’s stock, already a challenge because of its lack of liquidity, has rallied in recent months, with the Class A shares gaining 8.5 per cent in the second quarter.
Berkshire profit jumped to US$6.7 billion during the period, driven by gains at its manufacturers, service companies and retailers. The company has benefitted as the U.S. economy climbs back from its pandemic lows. Still, it was confronted with higher costs for some materials hitting businesses such as its operations that deal with home building. Berkshire also felt some pain from higher losses at its auto insurer, Geico. Drivers returning to the road as the U.S. opened up in recent months led to more frequent wrecks, causing underwriting profit at Geico to slump nearly 70 per cent during the second quarter. At another unit, it had to shell out US$160 million to help contain and respond to a fire at one of chemical maker Lubrizol’s facilities in Rockton, Illinois in June, it said.
Buffett, who will turn 91 later this month, gave no indications on how he was planning to put his cash pile to work. He also made no mention of any succession plans, after saying in May that Greg Abel was the leading candidate to succeed the chief executive officer.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/buffett-s-berkshire-slows-share-repurchases-to-us-6b-1.1637726
Economic Schedule for Week of August 8, 2021
The key report this week is July CPI.
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Monday, August 9th -
10:00 AM ET: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for June from the BLS.
Jobs openings increased in May to 9.209 million from 9.193 million in April. The number of job openings (yellow) were up 69% year-over-year, and Quits were up 63% year-over-year.
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Tuesday, August 10th -
6:00 AM ET: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for July.
12:00 PM: MBA Q2 National Delinquency Survey
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Wednesday, August 11th -
7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
8:30 AM: The Consumer Price Index for July from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.5% increase in CPI, and a 0.4% increase in core CPI.
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Thursday, August 12th -
8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a decrease to 370 thousand from 385 thousand last week.
8:30 AM: The Producer Price Index for July from the BLS. The consensus is for a 0.6% increase in PPI, and a 0.5% increase in core PPI.
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Friday, August 13th -
10:00 AM: University of Michigan's Consumer sentiment index (Preliminary for August).
https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2021/08/schedule-for-week-of-august-8-2021.html
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Biden Orders B-52 Bombers to Target Advancing Taliban
US President Joe Biden has ordered B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to target Taliban positions in Afghanistan who are advancing towards key cities, MailOnline reported on Saturday as embattled Afghan security forces are fighting the resurgent group in various parts of the country. These bombers are being supported by the AC-130 Spectre gunships which are armed with a 25mm Gatling gun, a 40mm Bofors cannon and a 105mm M102 cannon, which can provide pinpoint accurate fire from the air, the report said. Afghan security forces and the Taliban are engaged in fierce fighting in the capital cities of Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan provinces in the north of Afghanistan. The Public Health Directorate in Kunduz said that 11 civilians were killed and 39 more were wounded in fresh spate of clashes in the city of Kunduz that started on Friday evening. In Badakhshan, police said Taliban attacks on the city of Faizabad were pushed back by Afghan forces.
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-174056