Bank of America ( BAC -0.47%) shareholders have plenty to celebrate heading into 2025. The combination of a resilient economy, climbing financial asset prices, and optimism toward lending conditions have propelled the stock to a fantastic 31% return during the past year.

BofA said Expedia is its top internet value stock, hiking its price target to $221 amid improving US travel trends and a management shakeup under its new CEO.

Both are substantial investments in Berkshire's portfolio. The Bank of America investment is one of the largest, with a $34 billion market value representing a 9.99% stake in the megabank. Ally is a smaller bank, but Berkshire owns 9.5% of it, an investment worth just over $1 billion.

Six blue-chip stocks aggressively backed by Warren Buffett are on sale on Wall Street as the year draws to a close, mainly due to broad economic factors and stock market fashion. That makes them worth a look,

Geico, and pension plans of other Berkshire Hathaway units bought nearly $30 million of shares of domain-name registry firm VeriSign.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway continued to sell Apple stock in the third quarter, while starting a small position in Domino's Pizza. Apple has cultivated tremendous brand authority in consumer electronics,

Warren Buffett is one of the most successful investors in history. He has often recommended that most people invest in an S&P 500 index fund. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF is a popular choice that Buffett himself owns through his company,