Berkshire shares suffer longest losing streak in more than 7 years

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Shares of Berkshire Hathaway have misplaced floor for eight consecutive days.

It’s their longest shedding streak since eight straight periods of losses in December of 2018.

The Class A shares are down 4.7% and the Class B shares have dropped 4.9% since their most up-to-date every day positive factors on March 17.

Berkshire is falling together with the general market, which has been hit by rising vitality costs and international uncertainty from the Iran battle.

Whereas the S&P 500 index has not seen a string of every day losses, it’s down 5.2% over the identical interval.

Berkshire’s year-to-date losses are near the S&P’s 7% drop. The benchmark index is on a five-week shedding streak. 

Berkshire’s inventory costs are down greater than 13% since Warren Buffett introduced ultimately yr’s shareholders assembly that he can be stepping down as CEO on the of 2025.

They’re roughly 2% above their August lows however have fallen under two more moderen lows in early November and late January.

Berkshire Hathaway’s latest funding in Japan is off to a powerful begin.

Shares of Tokio Marine Holdings soared greater than 24% this week after Monday’s announcement that Berkshire’s Nationwide Indemnity is paying $1.8 billion for a stake of virtually 2.5% in Japan’s oldest insurance coverage firm, which Barron’s calls “one of many world’s best-run property and casualty insurers.”

At the moment, Berkshire’s new buy has a market worth of virtually $2.3 billion. 

The 2 corporations may also collaborate in reinsurance and search for strategic investments around the globe.

In a Tokio Marine information launch, the corporate mentioned Berkshire’s company tradition and values “intently align with these of our personal.”

It added, “Importantly, this isn’t merely a enterprise alliance. We imagine that it establishes a long-term strategic relationship anchored by an fairness stake that can function a robust catalyst for the medium- to long-term development of each corporations.”

Berkshire’s insurance coverage chief Ajit Jain is quoted as saying, “We anticipate this Strategic Partnership to create compelling long-term alternatives for each organizations.”

Barron’s studies Jain oversaw the funding “and sure concerned former CEO Warren Buffett, now serving as chairman of the board.”

“The deal exhibits Berkshire’s capacity to strike insurance coverage offers is undiminished whilst Buffett has given up the CEO job in favor of Greg Abel. That is an excellent signal for Berkshire given the significance of insurance coverage to the $1 trillion market worth firm.”

Tokio Marine issued new shares for Berkshire to buy. It plans to purchase again an equal quantity of its already-issued inventory to stop dilution for present shareholders.

Berkshire shall be allowed to extend its stake to only below 10% via open-market purchases. It could want approval from Tokio Marine’s board to go increased.

Insurance coverage Enterprise notes Tokio Marine has spent greater than $17 billion over the previous twenty years for acquisitions within the U.S., together with Philadelphia Insurance coverage Corporations and Delphi Insurance coverage Group. 

It expects the brand new partnership “might speed up that trajectory via Berkshire’s deal-sourcing attain and reinsurance capability.”

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BRK.A inventory value: $703,700.00

BRK.B inventory value: $468.49

BRK.B P/E (TTM): 15.09

Berkshire market capitalization: $1,010,965,573,250

Berkshire Money as of December 31: $373.3 billion (Down 2.2% from Sept. 30)

Excluding Rail Money and Subtracting T-Payments Payable: $369.0 billion (Up 4.1% from September 30)

Berkshire resumed inventory repurchases on March 4, 2026.

(All figures are as of the date of publication, until in any other case indicated)

Berkshire’s prime holdings of disclosed publicly traded shares within the U.S. and Japan, by market worth, primarily based on the most recent closing costs.

Holdings are as of September 30, 2025, as reported in Berkshire Hathaway’s 13F submitting on November 14, 2025, apart from:

The total listing of holdings and present market values is obtainable from CNBC.com’s Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio Tracker.

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