S&P 500 investors are playing it safer in 2025 — so Warren Buffett's careful stock-picking is in style again.

The first high-flying AI stock Warren Buffett secretly owns is industry-leading networking-solutions provider Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). New England Asset Management closed out the third quarter with 19,855 shares of Broadcom, which has a present-day value of nearly $4.5 million.

Warren Buffett is widely considered one of the greatest investors ever because he has delivered excellent returns for a long time. The Oracle of Omaha's investing strategy was effective 10 years ago.

Has Warren Buffett given up on stocks amid overstretched valuations? That’s the big question, as the “Oracle of Omaha” has been a net seller in recent months.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1930 and is one of history's most successful investors. Trained under the tutelage of Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing,

Buffett first invested in Verisign ( VRSN -0.27%) in 2012, and at the time of this writing, the shares have gone on to increase by at least 325% since then. He continued to buy shares in 2013 and 2014, but it has been more than 10 years since he added to the position. Here's why he's coming back to Verisign now.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has sold $133 billion worth of stocks in the first nine months of 2024. The company reduced its stakes in Apple, American Express, and Bank of America, which made up a large portion of its portfolio.