Even Warren Buffett is struggling with this stock market. Here’s one big reason why.

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  Warren Buffett amasses more cash and sells more stock, but doesn’t explain why in annual letter

  The mystery over Warren Buffett’s surprisingly defensive stance deepened over the weekend.
  
  NBC News - 10h

• Warren Buffett amasses more cash and sells more stock, but doesn't explain why in annual letter

  "The great majority of your money remains in equities," Buffett wrote in his highly-anticipated annual letter. "That preference won't change."
  
  CNBC - 11h
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  Warren Buffett Used the Same Word 13 Times in His Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, and the Reason Is Inspiring

  ‘During the 2019-23 period, I have used the words ‘mistake’ or ‘error’ 16 times in my letters to you.’
  
  Inc. - 10h

• Warren Buffett prefers stocks over cash and other takeaways from his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders

  Warren Buffett, in his annual letter to shareholders, defends Berkshire’s cash pile but says the company will always prefer equities when they’re attractive.
  
  MarketWatch - 11h

• Warren Buffett, warning of ‘scoundrels’ and ‘fiscal folly,’ slashes his exposure to U.S. stocks

  Instead, the “Oracle of Omaha” has become a “committed” and “long-term” investor in a handful of Japanese companies.
  
  MarketWatch - 8h

• The Fed’s job is not to boost the stock market. Here’s what it should be doing.

  Getting inflation down to 2% should be the Fed’s No. 1 concern.
  
  MarketWatch - 8h

• Rivian keeps promise on making a profit, but here’s why the stock is falling

  Rivian Automotive Inc. makes good on its promise to get to its first quarterly gross profit and blows past Wall Street estimates for its sales.
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

• President Trump is losing the stock market war to the rest of the world so far. Here's where investors are taking advantage

  Emerging market stocks, China and European stocks are beating U.S. indexes since the inauguration of Donald Trump.
  
  CNBC - 1d

• The stock market is expensive. But there’s still one bull case not priced in, says Bank of America.

  Bank of America says heavily regulated sectors have yet to fully rally
  
  MarketWatch - 1d

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• Videogame giants are spending more money but losing players — and profits

  Sony, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft reflect an industrywide misunderstanding (or perhaps disregard) of what gamers value.
  
  MarketWatch - 8h

• The Fed’s job is not to boost the stock market. Here’s what it should be doing.

  Getting inflation down to 2% should be the Fed’s No. 1 concern.
  
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  Financial Times - 3h

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• Patsy Grimaldi, Whose Name Became Synonymous With Pizza, Dies at 93

  His coal-oven pizzeria in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge has drawn patrons from New York City and beyond.
  
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