investments

Czech billionaire Strnad offers €30 billion for Delfin

Czech arms billionaire Michal Strnad has offered about €30 billion ($33.5 billion) for Delfin, the Del Vecchio family holding company that is the largest shareholder in eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica, Bloomberg reported after seeing the letter. One heir quickly came out…

AMD to invest $1 billion in Meta’s AI stock offering

Advanced Micro Devices said on Tuesday, Oct. 27, that it will invest $1 billion in the equity offering Meta Platforms launched to pay for its AI buildout. In the same release, AMD said its Helios rackscale systems are now running…

Berkshire Hathaway may raise Japan trading house stakes to 15%

Berkshire Hathaway is considering increasing its holdings in Japan's five major trading houses and could raise its stakes to as much as 15%, according to Bloomberg, citing the head of Japan's trade lobby.

Alphabet’s $900M SpaceX bet has grown 100-fold to $94B

Alphabet has emerged as the largest single institutional holder of SpaceX following the rocket company's June IPO, with a decade-old investment of roughly $900 million now worth about $94.2 billion, according to quarterly filings analyzed by Reuters.

Swiss National Bank’s US stock portfolio hits record $191.4B

The Swiss National Bank's US equity holdings reached a record $191.4 billion as of June 30, 2026, according to its quarterly 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission published Tuesday. The portfolio grew more than 10% during the second…

Microsoft logs $3.2B gain from Anthropic as OpenAI dips

Microsoft disclosed a $3.2 billion gain from its investment in Anthropic as part of its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings reported on Wednesday, a windfall that boosted diluted earnings per share by 33 cents during a quarter in which the company beat…