Berkshire's Class A shares just set a fresh 52-week high at $798,000, the first new record since the August 10 peak.
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Berkshire's B shares just set a new 52-week high at $532.02, 0.49% above the August 10 peak and the first break out of a range that capped the stock near $518 all year. The $1.1 trillion conglomerate is back in price discovery.
Quick, everybody post your heaviest bags.
707 comments on a single-stock, 10-year hypothetical, and the top-voted reply is a reminder that these threads surface people's biggest existing positions rather than their best ideas. Google dominates the actual picks, with Berkshire as the sleep-at-night alternative.
Ajit Jain, the insurance chief long floated as a Berkshire kingmaker, just cut roughly 59% of his Class B stake. The timing lands as the company finishes handing the chairman role to Howard Buffett.
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