Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger's investment into BYD Co. Ltd. in 2008 made the company a sizeable profit. However, Berkshire’s timely exit came right before the automaker reported a decline in sales. Charlie Munger's BYD Investment Trung Phan, a user on the social media platform X on Monday, quoted a post that outlined a decline in BYD sales over the firs...
Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway's Vice Chairman, Charlie Munger's investment into BYD Co. Ltd. in 2008 made the company a sizeable profit. However, Berkshire’s timely exit came right before the automaker reported a decline in sales. Charlie Munger's BYD Investment Trung Phan, a user on the social media platform X on Monday, quoted a post that outlined a decline in BYD sales over the first two months of 2026. He shared how Munger's investment in the EV giant turned into a profitable venture. Quoting Munger, he shared that the investor, in an interview, outlined that he had "never helped do anything at Berkshire that was as good as BYD." Munger had gotten the company to invest $230 million into the Chinese EV giant back in 2008 for a 10% stake in the company. Don't Miss: However, the company began exiting its position in BYD in the year 2022 and ultimately sold the entirety of its stake in the automaker by the third quarter of 2025, "basically right before sales drop," Phan said. Charlie Munger said "I have never helped do anything at Berkshire that was as good as BYD" by getting it to invest $230m for 10% of the company in 2008. Berkshire started selling it in 2022 and completely exited by Q3 2025, basically right before sales drop. Made $9B, which was… https://t.co/9xPcW7cjpq BYD's Sales Draw Concern From Elon Musk Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk also reacted to the drop in sales reported by BYD, sharing that factories running at 50% below capacity meant "mega pain" for the automaker. Trending: Disney Was Built on Character IP — This Pre-IPO Company Is Using the Same Playbook BYD reported a 36% drop in its domestic sales during February as it was overtaken in sales by fellow Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. for the first two months of the year. BYD's Overseas Sales Despite the domestic decline, BYD's overseas sales remain a strong point for the brand as it reported sustained growth in Europe. During January, BYD sold over 18,242 units in the regio...
From Big Gulp To Big Gasp: Massachusetts Governor Fights For High-Sugar Beverages Authored by Jonathan Turley, Much of politics today seems to be driven by the source of policies. If President Donald Trump or his administration is for it, Democrats are against it. Democrats have pulled 180-degree turns from past support for unilateral military operations by Democratic Presidents to opposing govern...
From Big Gulp To Big Gasp: Massachusetts Governor Fights For High-Sugar Beverages Authored by Jonathan Turley, Much of politics today seems to be driven by the source of policies. If President Donald Trump or his administration is for it, Democrats are against it. Democrats have pulled 180-degree turns from past support for unilateral military operations by Democratic Presidents to opposing government shutdowns. However, one of the most intriguing has been the opposition to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has launched moves against unhealthy food additives and products. That was evident yesterday when Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) virtually declared war over his effort to press Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks over high-sugar drinks. Dunkin’ Donuts is clearly an iconic brand, but the lack of support for Kennedy’s food policies is striking in light of the general support of Democrats for Big Gulp laws like the one in New York put forward by former mayor Michael Bloomberg (R). For the record, I have long opposed efforts to ban unhealthy foods. While I strongly support educational campaigns by the government about such unhealthy choices, I believe that it remains an individual choice on whether to engage in unhealthy habits, from smoking to high-fat foods. I also previously wrote how I believe the Big Gulp law was unlawful. It was later struck down . In this country and other countries, such as Great Britain , similar measures targeting unhealthy foods have been rallying points for the left. Yet, Kennedy received pushback after announcing that “We’re going to ask Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks, ‘Show us the safety data that show that it’s OK for a teenage girl to drink an iced coffee with 115 grams of sugar in it.’ I don’t think they’re going to be able to do it.” Healey responded with a taunt, “Come and take it,” sharing an image of a flag resembling the 1835 “ Come and Take It ” flag first used at the start of the Texas Revolution...
China has refrained from setting ambitious goals for solar energy in its latest five-year plan , highlighting the sector’s mounting challenges after years of explosive growth. The plan released Thursday at the annual National People’s Congress stopped short of giving a target for solar installations by 2030, in contrast to the goal of doubling offshore wind power capacity over the period and targe...
China has refrained from setting ambitious goals for solar energy in its latest five-year plan , highlighting the sector’s mounting challenges after years of explosive growth. The plan released Thursday at the annual National People’s Congress stopped short of giving a target for solar installations by 2030, in contrast to the goal of doubling offshore wind power capacity over the period and targets for nuclear and pumped hydro. Solar’s mentions in the plan were also few and far between. Instead, the government placed greater emphasis on other initiatives that support the energy transition, such as zero-carbon industrial parks. The downplaying of solar’s role follows a record-breaking expansion. China’s solar power generation overtook wind for the first time last year, driven by a boom in cheap panels that has made it a highly competitive power source. But the rapid increase in solar’s share of the electricity mix is straining the grid, forcing more curtailments and hurting returns for developers. China is now confronting a different set of challenges to the power network and the wider industrial economy. “As renewables reach higher shares in the power mix, the focus naturally shifts toward system integration,” said Muyi Yang, a senior energy analyst at think tank Ember. That redirects attention to grid expansion and flexibility, energy storage, and other means of balancing variable power generation, like pumped hydro, he said. Expanding clean power in the broader industrial economy also requires a much bigger structural change to systems and processes that have historically been designed around fossil fuels. “That’s where you start to see more explicit policy attention and new initiatives emerging like the zero-carbon industrial park initiative,” said Yang. Key Data Points: Polysilicon prices in China fell by between 6.2% and 12.9% in the week through Wednesday, as demand remained low after the lunar holiday and inventory stayed high, according to a weekly note fro...