Wall Street looks to Warren Buffett for guidance on tariffs, economy – but he’s likely to pass

Warren Buffett is finally expected to talk about the tariffs and economic disturbances that have had Wall Street Choking for months.

The 94-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway will face investors at the annual company shareholder meeting at Omaha this Saturday. He said nothing about the chaos that President Donald Trump's tariffs or the trembling markets followed.

Now, after nine quarter of big sellers, people want the answers-and they hope they'll get a few weeks.

The crowd will not be small. More than 30,000 investors fly to Nebraska for what became the strongest financial event of the year. This is the 60th anniversary of Warren that is leading the company. It was also the second meeting without his longtime partner and best friend Charlie Munger, who died in 2023.

The event has been called “Woodstock for capitalists” for years. But at this time, no one shows up to the festival – they want to hear what Warren plans to do in cash and why he is throwing stocks such as selling fire.

Berkshire investors want Warren Buffett to get real with tariffs and Apple Sell-off

This year's event is land at a rough time. Tariffs exploded Trump in imports – the highest in the decades – investors have packed. Some of these were delayed 90 days, but the effect was already felt. Economic reports show signs of a slowdown. Some have warned that a back corner.

Steve Check, Founder of Check Capital Management, Says The mood is tense. “Since Berkshire owns so many businesses, they are really on the front lines of everyone in terms of the economy falling. Is it worse than the numbers show?” He asked. “I hope, more than anything else, that he speaks against the way the tariffs have been made.”

Warren hadn't said it yet, but he was busy. In 2024 alone, Berkshire sold more than $ 134 billion in stock. It made nine quarter in a row of more sale than buying. Most dumps come from the two largest handling – Apple and Bank of America.

David Wagner, who manages the money with Aptus Capital Advisors and owns Berkshire sharing, said the meeting was about timing. “What will Warren do with the cash pile that they sit and, more specifically, when will it deploy?” he said. Wagner added that many people “tend to view Warren as North Star.”

The weekend will start early Saturday. Warren provides some opening comments at 9 am et, then sit for a time to answer the questions. He will be joining the morning of his successor Greg Abel and head of insurance Ajit Jain, then he and Greg in the afternoon.

At last year's meeting, Warren said his sales were tax -related. He said the gains were huge and he was trying to avoid paying more new if the rates were rising to implass federal deficiency. But people are calling BS now.

“You can't use that explanation anymore because it's clear that it doesn't apply,” said David Kass, financially professor at the University of Maryland. He said that if Warren continued to sell, he might mean that Apple was fully priced. Or, more likely, he sees dangers – such as a trade war, more tariffs, or other ugly at stake.

There is the Berkshire Bazaar of Bargains, where companies under Berkshire's umbrella sell their goods. There is also a 5K run, investment of meetups, and other things for most money.

There are several changes to the actual meeting of the meeting. The 2024 shareholder letter confirmed that there would be no film at the beginning, which had previously been highlighting. Warren speaks at 8pm of local time. Q&A ends at 1 pm after just a 30-minute break. The shopping zone stays open until 4pm

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