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Behold, Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO 4.20%)! A company not burdened by the weight of such extravagant valuations. They provide the essential memory storage solutions upon which these ‘intelligent’ machines depend – the very foundation, if you will, upon which the grand illusion is built. And, lo and behold, demand for these controllers is, as they say, ‘heating up.’ Their recent financial pronouncements reveal a revenue increase of forty-six percent, year over year, with these SSD controllers contributing most generously to the coffers. Indeed, they anticipate a ‘stronger-than-seasonal start,’ with ‘sustained and steady growth’ throughout the year – a forecast refreshingly devoid of hyperbolic pronouncements.

They’re in the middle of this massive, capital-intensive AI transition. Which, let’s be honest, is just a fancy way of saying they’re throwing money at computers in the hope something magical happens. It’s a bit like me trying to fix a leaky faucet with duct tape and wishful thinking. Usually ends in disaster, but sometimes… sometimes it holds. And Alphabet? They have a lot more duct tape.

Abel, in a move that suggests a continuation of sound judgment, has highlighted four stocks that Berkshire holds dear. He describes them as businesses understood well, led by chaps he clearly approves of, and possessing the rather desirable quality of being likely to “compound over decades.” A most sensible aspiration, wouldn’t you agree? He also hinted, in a manner that was blessedly free of the usual financial jargon, that Berkshire isn’t planning any hasty exits from these positions. A refreshing change, as one often finds investment strategies resembling a particularly frantic game of musical chairs.

From 2021 to 2025, the expansion of its active accounts was a paltry increase from 426 million to 439 million. A pathetic growth, considering the grand ambitions of reaching 750 million by 2025 – a goal abandoned, like a discarded faith. It strives now to compensate, to force more transactions through its branded checkout, the ephemeral Venmo, debit cards, and the siren song of “buy now, pay later” services. But is this merely a desperate attempt to delay the inevitable, to rearrange the deck chairs on a sinking vessel?

The outperformance of consumer staples ETFs obscures significant disparities in underlying holdings. Costco and Walmart, comprising a substantial portion of these ETFs, exhibit price-to-earnings ratios comparable to those of high-growth technology firms – a metric that warrants careful consideration. The apparent safety of the sector, therefore, may be illusory.

He trimmed Apple, naturally. And Amazon, too. Four and a half billion dollars worth of trimming. That’s a lot of paper, or electrons, depending on how you look at it. But Warren wasn’t just selling; he was making a bet. A bet on something…older. Something with roots. A newspaper, of all things.

It sought to capture the young, the uninitiated, those for whom the old ways of insurance felt like a labyrinthine bureaucracy. A digital-first approach, yes, but more than that, a promise of simplicity in a world grown needlessly complex. It began with the shelter of homes and possessions, then branched into the more vulnerable realms of life, health, and the fleeting years. The acquisition of Metromile, a curious grafting of technologies, hinted at a broader ambition – to encompass all the uncertainties of modern existence.