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Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B, BRK-A) CEO and legendary investor Warren Buffett will be unveiling his annual shareholder letter this weekend, ahead of the firm’s fourth quarter earnings report next Friday, February 28. Both Buffett and Berkshire are known for their pragmatic approach to investing.

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US growth is likely to slow in the second half of the year as tariffs, tighter immigration laws and government cost-cutting efforts led by Elon Musk weigh on the economy, billionaire Steve Cohen said.

The Point72 Asset Management founder, speaking at the Future Investment Initiative Institute’s summit in Miami Beach Friday,

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UnitedHealth Group (UNH) stock fell out of the gate Friday, dragging the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Average down with it. Weighing on the shares is a report in The Wall Street Journal that indicated the Justice Department is investigating the insurance company’s Medicare billing practices.

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Adding to market woes, the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell to 64.7 in January, a 10% decline and well below expectations. The report highlighted growing consumer anxiety over inflation, with the five-year inflation outlook hitting 3.5%, the highest level since 1995.

Tom Fitzpatrick, managing director at R.J. O’Brien and Associates,

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The S&P 500 (SPX) was down Friday as the stock market reacted to the latest economic data and other controversies. One of the biggest reasons for the SPX fall is decreased consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan’s index. This dropped to 64.7, easily missing economists’ expectation of 67.5.

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Another blow to the S&P 500 comes from President Donald Trump threatening to introduce more tariffs.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is pulling further from its record after reports on Friday showed worries about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the U.S. economy.

The S&P 500 was down 1% in afternoon trading, a day after a weaker-than-expected profit forecast from Walmart helped knock it off its all-time high.

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