{
  "id": 2571813,
  "title": "Warren Buffett Watch: It's Buffett, not Abel, who appears to be calling the shots on stocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/warren-buffett-watch-its-buffett-not-abel-who-appears-to-be-calling",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-22T12:06:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNBC",
    "slug": "cnbc",
    "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/22/warren-buffett-not-greg-abel-appears-to-still-be-calling-the-shots-on-stocks.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel appears to be letting Warren Buffett and portfolio manager Ted Weschler make decisions on the company's equities, according to CNBC.\n\nAt 95, Warren Buffett has written a letter to shareholders, as reported by Premium Times, although details of its content are not specified.\n\nWarren Buffett has previously expressed concerns about derivatives, describing them as \"financial weapons of mass destruction\" and \"time bombs\" in his 2002 letter, as quoted by The Economic Times - Top News.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times - Top News",
        "title": "Why Indian retail options traders are having a tough time to defuse what Warren Buffett called lethal time bombs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/why-indian-retail-options-traders-are-having-a-tough-time-to-defuse",
        "published": "2026-08-22T05:22:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Finance",
        "title": "When he dies, Warren Buffett wants 90% of wife’s inheritance put into 1 investment. Here’s what it is, and how to get it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/when-he-dies-warren-buffett-wants-90-of-wifes-inheritance-put-into-1",
        "published": "2026-08-22T15:05:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}