Golden Finance reported that Berkshire Hathaway, under Warren Buffett, disclosed a $4.3 billion Holdings in Alphabet shares while reducing its stake in Apple. This Holdings ranks as the tenth largest in its Position. This may be one of the last batches of new stock positions for Berkshire before Buffett retires at the end of this year. This action somewhat deviates from Buffett's philosophy of choosing to buy and hold value stocks for the long term instead of high-growth companies. Meanwhile, Buffett sold approximately $11 billion worth of Apple shares in the third quarter. Aside from Apple and now Alphabet, Berkshire Hathaway's largest stocks do not include investments in major tech companies. Its other largest Positions include American Express, Bank of America, and Coca-Cola, which remained largely unchanged in the third quarter.