Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) has been one of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest shareholders in recent years. Buffett originally invested in Apple in late 2016, and by the end of 2023, Buffett's Berkshire held $174 billion ...

Warren Buffett continued to sell Apple during the third quarter, but that wasn't his most surprising move -- not by a long shot.

Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A 0.99%) ( BRK.B 0.95%), which has delivered an annual return of 19.8% since Buffett took the helm in 1965. That could have turned an investment of $1,000 into more than $42 million. The same investment in the S&P 500 index would have grown to just $308,115 over the same period.

The world’s most famous value investor is sitting on an enormous cash pile. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway currently holds more than $325 billion in cash and equivalents, according to the firm’s quarterly financial statements, most of it in U.S. Treasury bills.

Last quarter, Buffett sold shares in three notable companies. Berkshire Hathaway has been one of the biggest owners of Apple ( AAPL) common stock for many years, and Buffett described Apple as one of the company’s “giants” in his 2021 shareholder letter.

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Warren Buffett didn't become one of the world's richest people by selling stocks just to turn a quick profit. Instead, his investing philosophy is built around buying shares of high-quality

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has created tremendous wealth for shareholders, and a key component of those returns stems from buying shares of strong businesses at attractive prices relative to their estimated worth.