What to know

• Berkshire ramps up buybacks in Q3 even as operating earnings dipS1
• New chief executive Greg Abel was a net seller of stocks as the conglomerate’s shares beat the S&P 500S2
• Berkshire Hathaway steps up buybacks as operating profit fallsS3
• Berkshire Hathaway accelerates stock buybacks, operating profit fallsS4
• Berkshire Hathaway Q3 operating earnings -6% Y/Y, cash at $377.4BS5
• Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s operating earnings fell to $12.7 billion in the third quarter, a 5.8% decline from a year earlier, as income from underwriting dropped at the firm’s insurance division.S6