==== 2024-04-27 ====
reading journal
  * https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/irs-considers-expanding-free-tax-filing-program-8f68cc9a?mod=hp_listb_pos3 - Move Over, TurboTax? IRS Considers Expanding Free Tax-Filing Program
    * Direct File website pilot accepted over 140,000 returns
  * https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-allies-federal-reserve-independence-54423c2f?mod=hp_lead_pos6 - Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Fed’s Independence
    * Some Trump advisers argue that the president should be consulted on interest-rate decisions

Notes from https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/berkshire-hathaway-stock-price-warren-buffett-succession-4ab47394
  * Berkshire Hathaway
    * Warren Buffett, 93
    * Vice Chairman Greg Abel, 61
      * oversees non insurance businesses
      * due to become CEO
    * Vice Chairman Ajit Jain, 72
      * oversees insurance businesses
    * Howard Buffett, 69
    * Todd Combs, 53
    * Ted Weschler, 61,
    * 400,000 employees
    * $360 billion equity portfolio
    * $170 billion in cash and equivalents
    * $40 billion of estimated after-tax operating earnings
    * $880 billion market cap
    * 7th largest public company
    * 3 million shareholders