In this edition, great expectations about inflation's direction; Paramount heads up the mountain; a peek at Berkshire's peak cash balance; and Herc Holdings, Innovent Biologics, and BMW Group.

In this edition, Markel is no mini-Berkshire; Cigna eyes bigger slice of PBM pie; Gap's struggles; and Guidewire Software, WestRock, and Asbury Automotive Group.

In this edition, addressing investors' fears over Chart; obesity launches reinforce GLP-1 growth; reassessing Berkshire Hathaway; NiSource, LiveRamp Holdings, and Zoom Video Communications.

This edition features TripAdvisor's journey, Berkshire's burgeoning bank account, acquirers being a good bet, and Assa Abloy, Polaris, and ServiceNow.

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from these and its other operations over the years to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the firms that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include five of Berkshire's largest noninsurance pretax earnings generators: Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.