Every year, in the neighborhood of 40,000 people flock to Omaha for a chance to hear Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A -0.39% ) ( BRK.B -0.56% ) CEO Warren Buffett speak about stocks and the U.S. economy. This mecca for investors has been driven by the Oracle of Omaha's vast outperformance of the benchmark S&P 500 ( ^GSPC -1.11% ) since taking over as CEO six decades ago. Whereas the S&P 500 has delivered an impressive total return, including dividends, of around 40,000% through the closing bell on Dec. 26, Buffett has steered his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) to a cumulative gain of 5,515,517% over the same span. Using Berkshire Hathaway's quarterly filed Form 13Fs to mirror Buffett's trading activity has been a path to riches for decades. But as we prepare to enter the new year, Wall Street's "Oracle" has given investors 166 billion reasons to be fearful. Buffett has been a persistent net seller of stocks for two years Perhaps the most famous of all Warren Buffett quotes is "Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful." Even though Warren Buffett has reminded investors not to bet against America throughout the years, he's an unabashed value investor who isn't afraid to sit on his hands and wait for price dislocations to crop up. Based on Buffett's actions over the last two years, through the end of September, he's clearly fearful of what may be to come for Wall Street . Specifically, he and his team have sold more stock than they've purchased for eight consecutive quarters (Oct. 1, 2022 through Sept. 30, 2024): Q4 2022 : $14.64 billion in net-equity sales Q1 2023 : $10.41 billion Q2 2023 : $7.981 billion Q3 2023 : $5.253 billion Q4 2023 : $0.525 billion Q1 2024 : $17.281 billion Q2 2024 : $75.536 billion Q3 2024 : $34.592 billion Collectively, this works out to $166.22 billion in net stocks sales over two years , and it's increased Berkshire Hathaway's cash balance, including U.S. Treasuries, to north of $325 billion. It's certainly not something you'd expect to see from one of Wall Street's most revered long-term optimists. Stocks are historically pricey, and the Oracle of Omaha is struggling to find a good deal During Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in early May, he intimated that some of his recent selling activity may be for tax purposes . With his company sitting on sizable unrealized gains from Apple and Bank of America ( BAC -0.47% ) , and the corporate income tax rate at its lowest level since 1939, he opined that locking in some gains would, in hindsight, be viewed as a smart move by Berkshire's shareholders. But there may be more to this selling than just minimizing Berkshire Hathaway's tax bill. Namely, stocks are historically pricey, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for Buffett to find a good deal. In an interview with Fortune magazine back in 2001, the Oracle of Omaha referred to the market cap-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio as "probably the best single measure of where valuations stand at any given moment." This ratio quickly became known on the Street as the "Buffett Indicator" -- and it's been making history of late . Since 1970, the aggregate value of all publicly traded companies divided into U.S. GDP has averaged around 85% (0.85). In October 2024, it crested 200% for the first time ever and hit an all-time high above 209% in December, as measured by dividing the Wilshire 5000 Index into U.S. GDP. Although the Buffett Indicator isn't particularly helpful in determining when downturns will take place in the S&P 500 and other broad-market indexes, it has acted as a warning of eventual downside in the stock market . The Buffett Indicator peaked at 144% prior to the dot-com bubble bursting, 107% before the financial crisis, 166% immediately ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 195% prior to the 2022 bear market taking shape. These events were respectively followed by S&P 500 declines of 49%, 57%, 34%, and 28%, on a peak-to-trough basis. The tea leaves couldn't be clearer that Buffett is locking in gains ahead of 2025 and being fearful when others are being greedy in a historically pricey market. Buffett also has more than 5.5 million reasons for investors to be optimistic Based on Berkshire Hathaway's 13Fs over the previous eight quarters, it's evident that Buffett and his top advisors, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler, aren't finding much in the way of value. However, this doesn't change the Oracle of Omaha's long-term thesis of not betting against America and expecting wonderful businesses to increase in value over time. Even though Buffett's short-term actions may not always line up with the long-term ethos he preaches, the greater than 5,500,000% cumulative gain in his company's Class A shares since he took over as CEO isn't an accident. It's the result of Berkshire's chief staying true to his roots and remaining a value-focused investor who pounces during periods of Wall Street fear and turbulence. Shortly after the financial crisis, Buffett invested $5 billion in Bank of America (BofA) to shore up its balance sheet. While the preferred stock Berkshire received provided a healthy 6% yield ($300 million in annual dividend income), it's the warrants to purchase up to 700 million shares of BofA stock at $7.14 per share that proved far more valuable. When these stock warrants were fully exercised in mid-2017, it instantly made Buffett's company a small fortune. Warren Buffett has been taking advantage of price dislocations like this for decades. Though one may not exist right now, it's just a matter of time before he and his team put some of Berkshire's growing cash hoard to work. To quote the Oracle of Omaha's letter to shareholders in 2009 following the height of the financial crisis, "Big opportunities come infrequently. When it's raining gold, reach for a bucket, not a thimble."
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"I have returned," he declared, his words ringing with a sense of determination and purpose. "The road may have been long and arduous, but I stand before you today with renewed vigor and enthusiasm. The challenges we face may be great, but so too are the opportunities that lie ahead."Mount Washington is known for having the worst weather in the world, so the week before Christmas, most people would expect the summit to be consumed by snowy conditions. But on Dec. 17-19, 2023, precipitation on the mountain fell as rain. The precipitation and snowmelt from this rain-on-snow (ROS) event caused a flood the severity of which is expected only once every 800 years in the Mount Washington Valley, according to the Mount Washington Observatory. In the aftermath of this storm, weather observer Charlie Peachey recognized that it could serve as a prime example of the devastation ROS events can cause. As a staff member at the Mount Washington Observatory, he has been studying these weather phenomena for the past few years. ROS events are instances when a measurable amount of rain falls onto an already existing snowpack. They tend to be most common in the late fall and early winter, and also in the early spring. This is because the weather is cold enough to maintain a layer of snow, but also still warm enough for rain to fall. ROS events like the one of December 2023 can cause major floods due to a combination of rain and melting snow. “These are really impactful rain events or flooding events because no one can really predict the magnitude of them,” Peachey said. The goal of Peachey’s research is to figure out if ROS events have increased in recent history, and if their seasonality, or when they occur during the year, is changing. This could help predict future flooding and allow residents of the Mount Washington Valley time to prepare. The Mount Washington Observatory’s weather data set is unique. Their staff stay at the summit with someone there to collect hourly and six-hourly temperature and precipitation data year-round. Consistent human intervention with weather equipment means that the observatory’s data is high quality. “When we’re going outside to take our observations ... we’re also going outside to knock all the ice off of these anemometers (a device that measures wind speed and direction),” Peachey said. Observatory staff also differentiate between types of precipitation while they’re out collecting other data, while previous studies on ROS events have used temperature as a proxy for precipitation type. “If it’s below freezing, they’re going to consider it solid,” Peachey said. “If it’s above freezing, they’re going to consider it liquid. But there’s a whole lot of nuances in there.” The observatory’s real-time monitoring improves the accuracy of their data. The observatory has been in its current location since 1980. Peachey used the data from 1980 to 2020 to create two distinct climatologies, or 30-year periods of average weather conditions (1981 to 2010, and 1991 to 2020). This is the standard in the field of climatology, said Peachey. “This extensive temporal coverage allows for a comprehensive analysis of rain-on-snow events and facilitates the investigation of trends and patterns over time,” said Dr. Dae Il Jeong, a physical sciences specialist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. To avoid the data being skewed by months with no likelihood of ROS events and to better study seasonality, Peachey focused on the “winter year” (October through May) instead of the calendar year (January through December). Peachey compared the winter year climatologies of 1981-2010 and 1991-2020 to identify any differences in the frequency and seasonality of ROS days. ROS days increased 17 percent between 1981-2010 and 1991-2020, Peachey found. Even more telling is that ROS days in December increased 46 percent between the two climatologies. In the earlier climatology, ROS days peaked in April with a smaller peak in November. But in the later climatology, the smaller peak occurred in December instead. This increase in ROS events and the change in their seasonality is explained by the increasing temperatures at the summit of Mount Washington, and one of the months that’s warming the fastest on the mountain is December, according to a 2021 study published in Northeastern Naturalist. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that since the beginning of the 19th century, New Hampshire’s temperature has increased more than 3 degrees Fahrenheit. They also project an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme precipitation events, along with an overall rise in the amount of precipitation in the state. Although Peachey doesn’t want to confirm any results until his study is peer-reviewed, he said, “In general, it most likely is a climate change-related issue, just causing things to become a little more variable and also ... making the winter warmer at the beginning ... and at the end.” Ultimately, these results mean that the winter season in New Hampshire is shortening. As N.H. Public Radio has reported, the mountains have lost one to two weeks of snow since the 1970s. This has a huge impact on ski resorts, which are the backbone of the state’s tourism industry. Peachey said that due to warming temperatures, “a lot of ski areas ... can’t start building a snowpack until later in the year. ... And most of their money honestly is made during the week of Christmas. So, if they’re able to get a lot of snow in by then they’ll probably pretty much be able to survive the year. If they aren’t, then there’s a lot of tourism hits that happen here in the North Country.” Peachey and intern Laura Wilson’s case study on the December 2023 ROS event illustrates how devastating these storms can be to the ski industry. Tuckerman Ravine, a popular area for those who want to test their backcountry skiing prowess, is located on the east side of Mount Washington and had a healthy snowpack of up to 83 inches on Dec. 15, 2023. When the Mount Washington Avalanche Center checked the area again on Dec. 21, it was virtually un-skiable due to exposed rocks and rushing water under the remaining snow. The summit’s snowpack also fared poorly, reduced from 5 inches to 1 inch by this ROS event. Unstable snow like this poses an avalanche risk to skiers and hikers alike. The 2021 Northeastern Naturalist study reported a downward trend of snow-covered days both on the summit of Mount Washington and in Pinkham Notch. This storm and others like it could contribute to a continuation of this trend. Floods like the one of December 2023 don’t just wipe out precious powder, they also cause critical destruction to communities in the Mount Washington Valley. Gov. Chris Sununu reported more than $4 million in damages in the state from the December 2023 storm. If temperatures continue to rise due to climate change, resulting in an increase in ROS events, the risk for major floods will also grow. ROS events are difficult to forecast, Peachey said. To address this, he’s currently working on another project to pair with his existing work that he hopes will help “create a usable product for (estimations) here at the summit.” Jeong, the Environment and Climate Change Canada scientist, said that predictive models and informed management practices are “increasingly important in the context of climate change.” Peachey hopes that the data from his studies will help improve this technology. NOAA reports that climate change will continue to alter our winters, and research like that from the Mount Washington Observatory may help adaptation to its consequences.
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Woman who shot dead superstar Selena seeking parole after 30 years behind barsI'M A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! fans have blasted hosts Ant and Dec following Tulisa's tricky Bushtucker Trial. Tulisa, 36, was picked by the public to take part in the latest trial and found herself spinning around a giant clock face as critters fell on her. To win stars, the N-Dubz star had to answer a string of general knowledge questions that each required 12 correct answers. As Shock Around The Clock got underway, Tulisa was asked to name all 12 of her campmates. Tulisa failed after forgetting Coleen Rooney and Melvin Odoom. But as the trial continued, Ant and Dec began shouting out hints and clues to help her. When quizzed with naming 12 elements from the periodic table, Dec shouted: "Think of metals! What about a balloon that floats away?" Tulisa correctly answered 'helium', as Dec continued: "How do you take the creases out of your clothes?" This led to Tulisa correctly answering "iron". She also named "fluoride" after being given a hint about toothpaste. Ant and Dec carried on helping Tulisa as the Bushtucker Trial went on. When admitting she did not know the phonetic alphabet, Ant suggested: "When you get pulled over by the police..." Giving away "golf", Dec asked: "Sport; when you use clubs and a ball." Ant gave her the answer "November" by simply saying: "This month." The pair even helped Tulisa name one of 12 American States by asking: "What does the K stand for in Fried Chicken?" Tulisa replied: "Kentucky." Fans were furious by the scenes, as they felt it wasn't fair for Ant and Dec to step in and help Tulisa so much. Complaining to X, formerly known as Twitter, one wrote: "Why are Ant and Dec trying to help Tulisa?!" Another added: "Who's answering the questions in this trial Ant and Dec or Tulisa?" A third said: "Ant and Dec definitely like Tulisa, so much help this trial." And someone else chimed in: "These trials are hard bloody work to watch this year!" But despite Ant and Dec's help, Tulisa only managed to walk away with five meal stars for camp. i'm A Celebrity is back for its 24th series, with a batch of famous faces living in the Aussie jungle. The Sun's Jake Penkethman takes a look at the stars on the show this year.. Coleen Rooney - Arguably the most famous name in the camp, the leading WAG, known for her marriage to Wayne Rooney , has made a grand return to TV as she looks to put the Wagatha Christie scandal behind her. The Sun revealed the mum-of-four had bagged an eye-watering deal worth over £1.5million to be on the show this year making her the highest-paid contestant ever. Tulisa - The popstar and former X Factor judge has made her triumphant TV comeback by signing up to this year's I'm A Celeb after shunning TV shows for many years. Known for being a member of the trio, N-Dubz, Tulisa became a household name back in 2011 when she signed on to replace Cheryl on ITV show The X Factor in a multi-million pound deal. Alan Halsall - The actor, known for playing the long-running role of Tyrone Dobbs on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, was originally signed up to head Down Under last year but an operation threw his scheduled appearance off-course. Now he has become the latest Corrie star to win over both the viewers and his fellow celebrities. Melvin Odoom - The Radio DJ has become a regular face on TV screens after rising to fame with presenting roles on Kiss FM, BBC Radio 1 and 4Music. Melvin has already been for a spin on the Strictly dancefloor and co-hosted The Xtra Factor with Rochelle Humes in 2015 but now he is facing up to his biggest challenge yet - the Aussie jungle . GK Barry - The UK's biggest social media personality, GK, whose real name is Grace Keeling, has transformed her TikTok stardom into a lucrative career. Aside from her popular social media channels, she hosts the weekly podcast, Saving Grace, and regularly appears on ITV talk show, Loose Women. She has even gone on to endorse popular brands such as PrettyLittleThing, KFC and Ann Summers. Dean McCullough - A rising star amongst this year's bunch of celebs , Dean first achieved notability through his radio appearances on Gaydio and BBC Radio 1. He was chosen to join the BBC station permanently in 2021 and has featured prominently ever since. He has enjoyed a crossover to ITV over the past year thanks to his guest slots on Big Brother spin-off show, Late & Live. Oti Mabuse - The pro dancer has signed up to her latest TV show after making her way through the biggest programmes on the box. She originally found fame on Strictly Come Dancing but has since branched out into the world of TV judging with appearances on former BBC show The Greatest Dancer as well as her current role on ITV's Dancing On Ice . Danny Jones - The McFly star was drafted into the programme last minute as a replacement for Tommy Fury. Danny is the second member of McFly to enter the jungle , after Dougie Poynter won the show in 2011. He is also considered a rising star on ITV as he's now one of the mentors on their Saturday night talent show, The Voice , along with bandmate Tom Fletcher. Jane Moore - The Loose Women star and The Sun columnist is braving the creepy crawlies this year. The star is ready for a new challenge - having recently split from her husband . It will be Jane's first foray into reality TV with the telly favourite having always said no to reality shows in the past. Barry McGuigan - Former pro boxer Barry is the latest fighting champ to head Down Under following in the footsteps of Tony Bellew and Amir Khan. It comes after a tough few years for Irish star Barry, who lost his daughter Danika to bowel cancer . He told The Late Late Show in 2021: "She was such an intrinsic part of the family that every day we ache." Maura Higgins - The Irish TV beauty first found fame on Love Island where she found a brief connection with dancer Curtis Pritchard . Since then, she has competed on Dancing On Ice as well as hosting the Irish version of the beauty contest, Glow Up. Since last year, she has been working on building up her career in the US by being the social media correspondent and host of Aftersun to accompany Love Island USA. She even guest hosted an episode of the spin-off, Love Island Games, in place of Maya Jama last year. Rev. Richard Coles - Former BBC radio host the Rev Richard Coles is a late arrival on I’m A Celebrity , and he's ready to spill the beans on his former employer. The former Communards and Strictly star , said the BBC did not know its a**e from its elbow last year. An insider said: "Rev Coles will have a variety of tales to tell from his wild days as a pop star in the Eighties, through to performing on Strictly and his later life as a man of the cloth." Before heading back to break the news, she said: "They're going to be devastated. They're not going to tell me they're devastated. "My mind just went blank. I was just trying to survive. I'm really disappointed in myself, really disappointed." Arriving in camp, Tulisa told her fellow celebs: "It's not great news. They asked me who my campmates are. I forgot two names, my mind went blank."
Despite Mary Lou McDonald’s confidence around shaping a coalition without Fine Gael and Fianna Fail – the two parties that have dominated the landscape of Irish politics for a century – the pathway to government for Sinn Fein still appears challenging. With counting following Friday’s election still in the relatively early stages – after an exit poll that showed the main three parties effectively neck-and-neck – there is some way to go before the final picture emerges and the options for government formation crystalise. Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris, has dismissed talk of a Sinn Fein surge and said he was “cautiously optimistic” about where his party will stand after all the votes are counted. Meanwhile, Ireland’s deputy premier and Fianna Fail leader, Micheal Martin, insisted his party has a “very clear route back to government” as he predicted seat gains. The counting process could last days because of Ireland’s complex system of proportional representation with a single transferable vote (PR-STV), where candidates are ranked by preference. The early indications have turned the focus to the tricky arithmetic of government formation, as the country’s several smaller parties and many independents potentially jockey for a place in government. Ms McDonald told reporters at the RDS count centre in Dublin that she would be “very, very actively pursuing” the potential to form a government with other parties on the left of the political spectrum. The smaller, left-leaning parties in Ireland include the Social Democrats, the Irish Labour Party, the Green Party and People Before Profit-Solidarity. Ms McDonald said her party had delivered an “incredible performance” in the election. “I think it’s fair to say that we have now confirmed that we have broken the political mould here in this state,” she said. “Two party politics is now gone. It’s consigned to the dustbin of history and that, in itself, is very significant.” She added: “I am looking to bring about a government of change, and I’m going to go and look at all formulations. “If you want my bottom line, the idea of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael for another five years, in our strong opinion, is not a good outcome for Irish society. “Obviously, I want to talk to other parties of the left and those that we share very significant policy objectives with. So I’m going to do that first and just hear their mind, hear their thinking. But be very clear, we will be very, very actively pursuing entrance into government.” In Friday night’s exit poll, Sinn Fein was predicted to take 21.1% of first-preference votes, narrowly ahead of outgoing coalition partners Fine Gael and Fianna Fail at 21% and 19.5% respectively. Prior to the election, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael both ruled out entering government with Sinn Fein. Fine Gael leader Mr Harris rejected suggestions Sinn Fein had broken new ground. He told reporters in his count centre in Greystones, Co Wicklow: “Certainly we haven’t seen a Sinn Fein surge or anything like it. “I mean, it looks likely, on the figures that we’ve seen now, fewer people, many fewer people would have voted Sinn Fein in this election than the last one. “In fact, I think they’re down by around 5% and actually the parties, particularly the two parties, the two larger parties in government, are likely to receive significant support from the electorate. So definitely, politics in Ireland has gotten much more fragmented.” He said it was too early to tell what the next government would look like. “I think anybody who makes any suggestion about who is going to be the largest party or the construct of the next government, they’re a braver person than I am,” he said. “Our electoral system dictates that there’ll be many, many transfers that will go on for hours, if not days, before we know the final computations at all. “But what I am very confident about is that my party will have a very significant role to play in the years ahead, and I’m cautiously optimistic and excited.” Fianna Fail’s Mr Martin told reporters at a count centre in Cork he was confident that the numbers exist to form a government with parties that shared his political viewpoint. Mr Martin said it “remains to be seen” whether he would return to the role of Taoiseach – a position he held between 2020 and 2022 – but he expressed confidence his party would outperform the exit poll prediction. “It’s a bit too early yet to call the exact type of government that will be formed or the composition of the next government,” he said. “But I think there are, there will be a sufficiency of seats, it seems to me, that aligns with the core principles that I articulated at the outset of this campaign and throughout the campaign, around the pro-enterprise economy, around a positively pro-European position, a government that will strongly push for home ownership and around parties that are transparently democratic in how they conduct their affairs.” Asked if it would be in a coalition with Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Social Democrats, he said that would be “racing a bit too far ahead”. The final result may dictate that if Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are to return to government, they may need more than one junior partner, or potentially the buy-in of several independent TDs. Mr Martin said it was unclear how quickly a government can be formed, as he predicted his party would gain new seats. “It will be challenging. This is not easy,” he added. The junior partner in the outgoing government – the Green Party – looks set for a bruising set of results. Green leader Roderic O’Gorman is in a fight to hold onto his seat, as are a number of party colleagues, including Media Minister Catherine Martin. “It’s clear the Green Party has not had a good day,” he said. The early counting also suggested potential trouble for Fianna Fail in Wicklow, where the party’s only candidate in the constituency, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, is considered to have a battle ahead, with the risk of losing his seat. Meanwhile, there is significant focus on independent candidate Gerard Hutch who, on Saturday evening, was sitting in fourth place in the four-seat constituency of Dublin Central. Last spring, Mr Hutch was found not guilty by the non-jury Special Criminal Court of the murder of David Byrne, in one of the first deadly attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland feud. Mr Byrne, 33, died after being shot six times at a crowded boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel in February 2016. A Special Criminal Court judge described Mr Hutch, 61, as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation and said he had engaged in “serious criminal conduct”. The constituency will be closely watched as other hopefuls wait to see if transfers from eliminated candidates may eventually rule him out of contention. In the constituency of Louth, the much-criticised selection of John McGahon appeared not to have paid off for Fine Gael. The party’s campaign was beset by questioning over footage entering the public domain of the candidate engaged in a fight outside a pub in 2018. The Social Democrats have a strong chance of emerging as the largest of the smaller parties. The party’s leader, Holly Cairns, was already celebrating before a single vote was counted however, having announced the birth of her baby girl on polling day.Erling Haaland becomes a dad for the first time after partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen gives birth - as Pep Guardiola accidentally reveals the big news! Man City's Erling Haaland has become a first-time father in the past few days Pep Guardiola accidentally revealed the big news in a post-match interview LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off! New formation, some new faces, but the optimism has gone at Old Trafford By YASEEN ZAMAN Published: 18:52, 29 December 2024 | Updated: 19:20, 29 December 2024 e-mail 4 View comments Pep Guardiola accidentally revealed that Erling Haaland has become a first-time father in the past few days. The Man City manager let the news slip after his side's 2-0 victory at Leicester on Sunday. Haaland netted just his second goal in 50 days, as City ended their five-game winless run and earned their first away victory since October 20 against Wolves . The Norwegian announced that his partner, Isabel Haugseng Johansen, was pregnant in October 2024. Celebrating becoming Norway's all-time top scorer after a 3-0 win over Slovenia, the striker was snapped with the match ball under his jersey and with his thumb in his mouth to show that he will soon become a father. Guardiola expressed his sympathy towards his star No 9 amid his struggling form, while highlighting Haaland's big news in the process. Erling Haaland announced in October that his partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen was pregnant Isabel, 20, met Man City's star striker when they both played academy football at Bryne Guardiola accidentally let the news slip that Haaland became a father in a post-match interview 'Sometimes Erling has been judged badly but it's part of football. He's tired, he's played a lot of minutes,' he said. 'He's become a father for the first time in the last few days, a lot of emotions and an exciting few days for him.' Isabel, 20, who is a footballer herself and also works part-time at a fashion store, is believed to have met Haaland at the youth academy at Bryne, who they both played for. Read More Fans are left shocked as Man City star Erling Haaland swears in post-match interview They started dating when he was at Borussia Dortmund, with Isabel making frequent trips to visit him. Haaland joined Bryne at the age of five and spent more than 10 years with the Norwegian side before later having spells at RB Salzburg, Dortmund and now City. Despite a quiet private life and no social media presence, she has been more regularly seen in the public eye during Haaland's time at Man City, celebrating with him during their trophy successes. Isabel was born and brought up in the small city of Bryne - a tiny town with a population of 12,465 - a far cry from the bustling city of Manchester. Erling Haaland Manchester City Pep Guardiola Share or comment on this article: Erling Haaland becomes a dad for the first time after partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen gives birth - as Pep Guardiola accidentally reveals the big news! e-mail Add commentEgyptian Intelligence Chief Meets Libyan Armed Forces Commander in Benghazi
