Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) recently released its latest 13F filings, unveiling its recent positions, and telling investors which stocks it bought and sold since the last quarter.

So it’s tougher to forecast economic and political trends, and to model investment and business risk based on those expectations, at a time that seems more of a major upheaval than a momentary shift.

After a decade of stability, the housing market became more volatile when inflation and mortgage rates started surging in 2022. Rising housing prices and mortgage rates have raised the cost of homeownership,