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Berkshire Hathaway After Q3: Where Buffett Is Deploying Cash — Insurance Float, Buybacks and the Portfolio’s Quiet Rotations

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway headed into the year’s final stretch with its operating engine revving, its cash stack at a fresh record and its capital allocation stance unmistakably cautious. Operating earnings surged on the back of a resurgent insurance franchise, yet management eschewed share repurchases, trimmed public equity exposure and inked just one major deal — a cash acquisition of Occidental’s petrochemical arm, OxyChem. Investors are digesting this against an unusual backdrop: a second consecutive Federal Reserve rate cut heading into December’s meeting, lingering inflation and tariff pressures, and a leadership handoff to Greg Abel at year-end with Buffett staying on as chair. The through line is discipline — a high bar for buybacks, a preference for control transactions in cash-generative businesses, and a willingness to let record liquidity earn respectable yields while waiting for volatility to reset prices. Here’s where Berkshire stands after the third quarter and how the macro fog and the Abel era could shape the next phase of deployment.

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Berkshire Hathaway’s Sept. 25 Earnings — What Buffett’s Q3 moves mean for investors

With stocks near record highs, the Treasury curve steepening, and the Federal Reserve pivoting toward rate cuts, Berkshire Hathaway’s late‑September earnings update arrives at a pivotal moment for capital allocators. The read‑through from Warren Buffett’s Q3 moves will extend far beyond Omaha: buyback cadence, insurance underwriting discipline, and portfolio reshaping will all signal how one of the market’s most seasoned investors is navigating a richly valued regime. Three forces frame the quarter. First, equity prices have climbed as markets priced in monetary easing; even the Fed chair has described equity valuations as fairly highly valued. Second, yields have stepped down across the curve, improving fixed‑income marks and compressing cash yields. Third, energy strategy is in flux, with Occidental Petroleum evaluating a major portfolio decision that could reshape Berkshire’s exposure to a key cyclical sector. This article outlines what to watch in Berkshire’s Q3 print, why the Occidental pivot matters, how to interpret moves through the Buffett’s Alpha framework, and practical ways investors can adjust their playbooks around the print.

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