{"id":113130,"date":"2026-04-23T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/warren-buffetts-successor-greg-abel-made-his-first-big-purchases-at-berkshire-hathaway-and-hes-not-betting-on-america\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:58:16","slug":"warren-buffetts-successor-greg-abel-made-his-first-big-purchases-at-berkshire-hathaway-and-hes-not-betting-on-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/warren-buffetts-successor-greg-abel-made-his-first-big-purchases-at-berkshire-hathaway-and-hes-not-betting-on-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Buffett’s Successor, Greg Abel, Made His First Big Purchases at Berkshire Hathaway — and He’s Not Betting on America"},"content":{"rendered":"


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One of Wall Street’s trillion-dollar companies, conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway<\/strong> (NYSE: BRKA)<\/span>(NYSE: BRKB)<\/span>, has entered uncharted territory. For the first time in well over half a century, it’s not being led by billionaire Warren Buffett<\/a>, who retired as CEO on Dec. 31. Though the Oracle of Omaha remains chairman of the board, the company’s day-to-day operations, including the oversight of its $322 billion investment portfolio<\/a>, are Greg Abel’s responsibility.<\/p>\n

Abel and Buffett share similar investment philosophies, focusing on value above all else. But an Abel-run company won’t be the same as a Buffett-led Berkshire.<\/p>\n

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Warren Buffett retired as Berkshire Hathaway CEO on Dec. 31, 2025. Image source: The Motley Fool. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although Buffett repeatedly opined that investors “never bet against America,” Abel’s first big purchases as CEO were international companies.<\/p>\n

Over multidecade periods, Buffett’s thesis of never betting against America is spot-on. Economic and stock market cycles aren’t linear, meaning periods of economic growth and bull markets on Wall Street last substantially longer than economic recessions and bear markets.<\/p>\n

But the stock market didn’t enter 2026 under normal circumstances. According to the S&P 500<\/strong>‘s Shiller Price-to-Earnings Ratio, this is the second-priciest stock market over the last 155 years (trailing only the dot-com bubble). Value is incredibly difficult to come by in the U.S. stock market, which is likely why Warren Buffett was a net seller of equities in the 13 quarters leading up to his retirement.<\/p>\n

While Berkshire Hathaway’s now-former CEO would occasionally bend or break some of his unwritten rules, such as making short-term trades or purchasing companies with sizable debt loads, he never chased a position that he didn’t feel offered value.<\/p>\n

His successor, Greg Abel, is cut from the same cloth in this respect.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Form 4 filings with regulators, investors can get an idea of what Berkshire’s first new boss in over half a century has been up to since the year began.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n