Warren Buffett gets lots of investments right with his patient and deliberate buy-and-hold strategy. And it’s becoming apparent that he’s doing it again with electric vehicles. For investors pouring money into the technology, it would be wise to consider how the Sage of Omaha has looked into the future of the sector. The value of Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s holdings in ...

Most people agree that executive pay should reflect their firm’s progress on diversity. That’s easier to say than to do. Measuring financial performance objectively is pretty straightforward, and scoring climate credentials isn’t the headache it once was. But rewarding inclusion will necessarily be subjective. It’s unclear investors are ready to trust corporate boards to exercise such judgement given their track ...

It might seem as if the combination of oil selling off just as the latest United Nations climate-change assessment landed represents a sudden realisation about the hidden costs of fossil fuels. But oil never sells off because we’re using too much of it. The latest drop is tied to that other natural disaster, the pandemic, and what Delta might do ...