Warren Buffett paid tribute to the late Charlie Munger, gifted more than $6 billion to good causes, and sold $133 billion of stocks in nine months.

During the last few weeks of the year, trading volume on Wall Street is typically light as investors celebrate the holidays and take vacations. The common Santa Claus rally didn't materialize in December 2024,

Berkshire Hathaway bought up more VeriSign shares as the final days of 2024 ticked away. Warren Buffett’s company paid $15.6 million from Dec. 26 through Monday for 76,487 more shares of VeriSign, a provider of internet domain-name registry services.

The Berkshire Hathaway chief sticks to a winning investing formula, but he does not sit still.

Buffett has trimmed some stocks more than others. Integrated oil and gas company Chevron (NYSE: CVX), for example, is Berkshire's fifth-largest position, and Buffett only sold small amounts in the first and second quarters of 2024 and didn't sell any in the third quarter.

Through the first nine months of 2024, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway unloaded $133 billion worth of stocks. Buffett reduced Berkshire's massive stake in Apple and sold nearly a quarter of its Bank of America holding.