Berkshire Hathaway Hits Record Highs Amid Market Rotation Away from Tech
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) shares reached new all-time highs this week, with Class A and Class B stocks hitting record intraday levels despite a slow overall weekly performance. The company is benefiting from a market rotation as investors move away from high-flying AI and technology stocks toward 'back-to-basics' value plays, allowing Berkshire to outperform both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite for the month of October. However, this rotation has negatively impacted one of Berkshire's major holdings: Alphabet (GOOGL). Following a disappointing third-quarter earnings report that highlighted massive AI infrastructure spending and negative free cash flow, Alphabet's market value plummeted. This decline has significantly reduced the value of Berkshire's substantial stake in Google, which fell from a high of $40 billion to approximately $29.6 billion.
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