Prediction: Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Sold $25 Billion in Apple Stock in Q4
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) most profitable and famous investments. However, they've been selling off their shares pretty methodically lately.Berkshire's Apple holding peaked in third-quarter 2023, when it held over 900 million Apple shares, valued at over $150 billion. This made up 50% of its investment portfolio, a significant concentration in one stock. As of Q3 2024, Berkshire owned 300 million shares of Apple stock, valued at just shy of $70 billion. This was a decrease from the 400 million shares Berkshire owned in the second quarter and the 789 million it owned in the first. This pattern is pretty clear, and I think it's safe to assume that Warren Buffett and Berkshire sold another $25 billion worth of stock in the fourth quarter.Continue reading
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) most profitable and famous investments. However, they've been selling off their shares pretty methodically lately.
Berkshire's Apple holding peaked in third-quarter 2023, when it held over 900 million Apple shares, valued at over $150 billion. This made up 50% of its investment portfolio, a significant concentration in one stock. As of Q3 2024, Berkshire owned 300 million shares of Apple stock, valued at just shy of $70 billion.
This was a decrease from the 400 million shares Berkshire owned in the second quarter and the 789 million it owned in the first. This pattern is pretty clear, and I think it's safe to assume that Warren Buffett and Berkshire sold another $25 billion worth of stock in the fourth quarter.