Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway poured a record $68 billion into stocks last year as bargains reemerged
for annual spending on stocks was $43 billion in 2018, or $24 billion on a net basis, according to a Markets Insider analysis of data going back to 1993. It was a net seller of stocks in both 2020 and 2021.
However, they clearly found some deals in 2022, leading them to buy more stocks and repurchase fewer Berkshire shares. After spending $25 billion on stock buybacks in 2020, and a record $27 billion in 2021, they only laid out about $8 billion last year.to buy Alleghany in March last year, and completed the $12 billion acquisition in October.
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