The S&P 500 Index ( ^GSPC -0.43%) enjoyed a fantastic year in 2024, gaining roughly 24% (as of Dec. 30). Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A 0.41%) ( BRK.B 0.25%) performed similarly, depending on which share class you look at.

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,

Together with the 139,930 Verisign shares purchased earlier in December, Buffett has now increased his stake in the business to roughly 13.3 million shares in total. The stock is trading at an attractive forward price-to-earnings (PE) ratio of 22.97, and readers should note that the company’s last quarterly report included a strong earnings beat.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) owns a stock portfolio worth roughly $300 billion with about four dozen individual stocks in it. Legendary stock-picker Warren Buffett himself hand-selected many of them,

Warren Buffett appears to be on track to beat the S&P 500 again in 2024, but not by much. Berkshire Hathaway's shares are up year-to-date only around 3% more than the S&P. Buffett has owned shares of American Express (NYSE: AXP) for decades.

Warren Buffett, the iconic investor and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK), is renowned for his timeless advice on wealth-building. What Happened: With a net worth of approximately $142 billion,

This Warren Buffett Favorite Was 1 of the Top 5 Buys of the Year. Here's How It Could Make You a Millionaire.

Also in the second quarter of this year, Berkshire Hathaway added beauty retailer Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) to its portfolio. However, in the following three months, the fund disposed of almost the entire position by selling 665,903 shares.