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Berkshire Buys $37.8B Alphabet Stake, Ending Net-Selling Streak

8/16/2026

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Berkshire Hathaway bought about 48.1 million Alphabet shares for $37.8 billion, making the stock its third-largest holding.
Greg Abel ended a 14-quarter net-selling streak by directing a $10 billion private placement that bought $5 billion of each Alphabet class.
Berkshire’s cash fell from $380.2 billion to $364.7 billion after spending $23.5 billion on purchases and $4.5 billion on share repurchases.
Warren Buffett said the Alphabet idea was his.

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Berkshire Hathaway bought about 48.1 million Alphabet shares for $37.8 billion, making the stock its third-largest holding.
Greg Abel ended a 14-quarter net-selling streak by directing a $10 billion private placement that bought $5 billion of each Alphabet class.
Berkshire’s cash fell from $380.2 billion to $364.7 billion after spending $23.5 billion on purchases and $4.5 billion on share repurchases.
Warren Buffett said the Alphabet idea was his.