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Berkshire added $17 billion of Alphabet shares in Q2
Roughly 60% of the 48.1 million shares added during the quarter were purchased by Berkshire directly from Alphabet in a $10 billion private placement sale announced by the companies in early June.
That suggests Berkshire bought around $7 billion of Alphabet shares on the open market.
Alphabet is, by far, the biggest addition of the quarter but Berkshire also made a significant addition to its bet on Delta Air Lines, increasing…
