🔍 Berkshire trims Apple 49%; hedge funds add $2.3B to semiconductor positions
Published Mar 14, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway reduced its Apple holdings by 49% in Q4 2025, selling 305 million shares valued at approximately $67 billion — the conglomerate's largest single-quarter disposal by dollar value in at least a decade. The move cut Apple from 47% of Berkshire's equity portfolio to 23%, though it remains the firm's top holding. Separately, a cluster of institutional investors disclosed new or expanded positions in semiconductor names totaling $2.3 billion in aggregate market value, concentrated in foundry and equipment suppliers rather than fabless designers. The divergence suggests differing conviction around concentration risk in mega-cap tech versus targeted exposure to infrastructure benefiting from compute scaling.