Q2 13F Disclosures: What Is 'Smart Money' Actually Buying?

13F season, last window. Berkshire disclosed nearly $20bn of net equity purchases in Q2 — ending 14 straight quarters of net selling — roughly $10bn of it Alphabet; the full list lands by week's end. Nvidia's own filing is the other one to watch, given the circular-trading argument. Citi's book crossed $300bn with semiconductor additions including Micron and AMD. Alphabet −0.18% Wednesday, Nvidia +3.03%. Would you follow the institutional playbook — and which side, Buffett's Alphabet bet or Nvidia's supply chain wager?

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08-16
$SoundHound AI Inc(SOUN)$   $NVIDIA(NVDA)$   Monday.  The BLS reported July payrolls: -23,000 jobs. Not a miss. A loss. The first monthly job loss in over two years. They expected +80,000. Then they quietly revised May and June down by 103,000 combined. The headline? "Unemployment fell to 4.1%." It fell because 264,000 people stopped looking. When you stop counting the desperate, the numbers look better. Gold knew. It jumped $102 in one session. Tuesday.  Iran named its price for the Strait of Hormuz: fifty years of U.S. war reparations The strait that carries 20% of the world's oil. Still closed. Tehran is using the world's
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08-16

🧠 Smart Money Can’t Agree on AI. That Might Be the Biggest 13F Signal

Everyone opens the latest 13F filings looking for the same thing: What did smart money buy? I think that misses the more interesting question. What if smart money itself cannot agree? 🤔 The latest Q2 2026 filings show exactly that. Across more than 6,000 institutional filings reviewed by Reuters, there was surprisingly little agreement about where the next big returns in technology will come from. Nearly 44% of institutions reduced exposure to the Magnificent Seven, while about 42% increased or initiated positions. That is almost a coin flip. For me, that might be more useful than any individual billionaire’s purchase. 🧠 Signal #1: The AI trade is splitting into different camps AI is no longer one trade. A year or two ago, the strategy could almost be simplified to: AI spending rises ➡️ ch
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🧠 Smart Money Can’t Agree on AI. That Might Be the Biggest 13F Signal
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08-15
$NVIDIA(NVDA)$   NVIDIA has lined up more than $500 billion in third-party capital from firms like BlackRock and Goldman Sachs to finance GPU capacity through special purpose vehicles. This structure shifts credit risk from NVIDIA's balance sheet to institutional investors while securing future demand and strengthening the company's competitive position against AMD. Analysts reaffirmed Buy or Overweight ratings with high price targets, and a technical breakout could push NVIDIA's stock toward approximately $270 ahead of late-August earnings.
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avatarAm3n_Tao
08-15
Good. Lets see what Abel is Able to do and pivot into what others. Follow Buffett no buffet.
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avatarDemilo
08-14
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avatarFAITHFULLY
08-14
Q2 13F season: Berkshire just ended a 14-quarter selling streak — is "smart money" turning bullish again? Berkshire disclosed roughly $19.8bn in net equity purchases for Q2 — its first net-buying quarter since Q4 2022. The headline piece: a $10bn direct private placement into Alphabet, which now sits among Berkshire's top five holdings alongside Apple, American Express, Bank of America, and Coca-Cola. Apple still anchors the book at ~$58bn, roughly 22% of the portfolio. Cash didn't get torched to do it — reserves dipped from ~$397bn to ~$365bn, still a war chest by any normal standard. Layer in the $6.8bn all-cash acquisition of homebuilder Taylor Morrison and $4.5bn in buybacks (Berkshire's biggest in five years), and this reads less like caution easing and more like Greg Abel — now a ful
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08-13

CPI Came In Bang On. What Rallied Was Nebius, Not Meta

Hello. The figure this market had spent two days sitting still for landed last night, and all four parts of it came in on the nose: July CPI was 3.4 per cent year on year and 0.1 per cent on the month, with the core at 2.5 per cent and 0.2 per cent. Traders trimmed their bets on a September rate rise, with the odds easing to about 33 per cent. The gate opened. The water did not run towards the mega-caps. Of the Magnificent Seven, only $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ rose, up 3.03 per cent. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ fell 3.38 per cent, $Microsoft(MSFT)$ 2.26 per cent, $Amazon.
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CPI Came In Bang On. What Rallied Was Nebius, Not Meta
avatarLanceljx
08-13
I would lean towards Buffett’s Alphabet bet, rather than blindly following the broader institutional semiconductor trade. Berkshire becoming a net equity buyer after 14 straight quarters of selling is significant, with roughly $10bn going into Alphabet. Alphabet gives exposure to AI through cloud, models and advertising monetisation without relying solely on ever-rising infrastructure spending. The Nvidia ecosystem is compelling too. Citi’s increased Micron and AMD positions suggest institutions still see upside across the semiconductor chain. But that trade carries greater cyclicality and raises the question of whether AI capex is creating genuinely independent demand or increasingly circular investment. My choice: Alphabet for risk-adjusted upside; semiconductors for higher-beta exposure
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avatarJC888
08-13

Under Abel, BRK.B outpacing US Market ?

US companies’ quarterly earnings season that started since early-to-mid July 2026, is set to taper off by end August 2026. Overlapping earnings’ time frame is US companies’ 13F filings for Q2 2026, is on target to complete by this Fri, 14 Aug 2026. On Sat, 8 Aug 2026, $Berkshire Hathaway(BRK.B)$ reported stronger-than-expected Q2 2026 results. This, as CEO Greg Abel : Ramped up share buybacks. Invested heavily in other stocks. Began to put a dent in the $380 billion cash hoard built during Buffett’s final years of running the conglomerate. Berkshire reported Q2 earnings of almost $25.7 billion, above Q2 2025’s $12.4 billion, attributing it to higher (a) operating profits & (b) investment portfolio gains. Operating Profits. Operating earnings,
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avatarMarktomarket
08-12

One US$500 Billion Deal: The Fee Collectors Rose, the Payers Fell

Hello. In the last piece Nvidia was out raising up to US$500 billion for AI infrastructure and the market had started asking where the money would come from. Last night we got half an answer: the money is there, but the people putting it up and the people spending it went in opposite directions. The providers all rose: KKR up 6.88 per cent, Apollo 6.26 per cent, Brookfield 4.77 per cent, Blackstone 3.89 per cent and BlackRock 1.54 per cent. The spenders fell for a second day: Alphabet down 3.61 per cent, its fourth decline in five sessions; $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ down 2.09 per cent, $Broadcom(AVGO)$ 1.5 per cent, $Apple(AAP
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One US$500 Billion Deal: The Fee Collectors Rose, the Payers Fell
avatarMrzorro
03-01
For me, I will follow Buffett's lead and sit on  cash.
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avatarcalico
02-24
Amazon going places after buffet's talk
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avatarHa0
02-24
last move by buffett
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avatarAqa
02-23
13F : Never doubt Warren Buffett. His Berkshire Hathaway holds significant, long-term stakes in five major Japanese trading houses—Mitsubishi Corp, Mitsui & Co, Sumitomo, Marubeni, and Itochu—totaling over $30 billion as of late 2025. He purchased them in 2020 at their low. Now they have increased 10% each. These investments have high, stable dividends, diversified business models, and low-cost financing via yen-denominated bonds. Thanks for the invites @Universe宇宙 @icycrystal @Tiger_comments
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avatarLucasOng
02-21
Prepare the warchest to enter the dip
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avatarTimothyX
02-20
With the latest 13F disclosure from Berkshire Hathaway, the legendary Warren Buffett’s final portfolio shift before retiring as CEO has come to light. This $274 billion portfolio is not just the Oracle’s "curtain call"—it serves as a massive question mark
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avatarShyon
02-20
Buffett’s latest move at Berkshire Hathaway feels more like risk management than a full retreat from tech. Trimming positions such as Apple and raising cash reflects his scale and defensive mandate. It doesn’t automatically mean Big Tech’s growth story is over. The pullback in the NASDAQ Composite looks more like sentiment-driven repositioning to me. With institutions underweight and names like NVIDIA and Microsoft now less crowded, the setup feels more selective than broken. Personally, I’m not moving fully to cash. I prefer scaling in when fear rises. This feels less like a bubble bursting and more like the shift from AI hype to disciplined accumulation. For long-term investors, volatility is often the price we pay for outsized returns. I’d rather build positions gradually than wait for
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avatarCadi Poon
02-20
Warren Buffett’s final portfolio adjustment before stepping down as CEO is more than just another 13F filing.
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avatarTheSteadyBull
02-20
Buffett trimming tech looks like risk control, not a crash warning. AI is still strong, but price matters. Buy carefully than just rush in.
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avatarECLC
02-20
Think: good move that the "Oracle of Omaha" retreats to be defensive in uncertain times. Reflect: needs discipline to hold cash as took some profits last quarter but itch to buy on dips depletes funds again.
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