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Buffett wants the credit
Turns out Berkshire’s Alphabet bet wasn’t just some successor-side project. Buffett told CNBC on July 15th that he personally initiated the position, which is the kind of detail value-investing nerds will happily debate over breakfast.
Why this matters
For Alphabet, a Buffett-backed nod is more than a bragging right. It tells the market that one of the most famous stock-pickers alive still sees something appealing in Google’s cash machine — even after all the antitrust drama, AI spending, and “is search doomed?” hand-wringing.
The Berkshire halo effect
This isn’t Berkshire buying a random meme stock because it saw a shiny chart. It’s Berkshire buying a mega-cap with mountains of cash flow, and that usually gets investors leaning in.
- It can reinforce the “quality at a reasonable price” case for Alphabet.
- It may help support sentiment around GOOGL after recent legal noise.
- It also reminds everyone that Buffett isn’t just sitting on the sidelines while AI rewrites the rules.
Big picture: when Buffett says he started the trade, he’s basically telling the market, “Yeah, I wanted this one.” And that tends to get people to take another look.