Post #16163 by DTB on the Berkshire Hathaway board

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the cost basis was around $34.25 per share, so profit of $167.54 per share, tax of $35.18 per share, net proceeds from that sale $166.62 per share. So one might infer that Mr Buffett would rather have $166.62 of cash than a share of Apple today.

I would just add that he preferred to have $166.62 of cash rather than a share of AAPL at $201.80 PLUS a future tax bill of $35.18.

Another interesting question, now that the current share price is $231, is how much Buffett would like to have another $25/share after tax, for the same shares - I guess we'll know in a few months. Given his predilection for round numbers, my guess is that he'll either take it down by another 20m shares to 260m, or by 30m to a nice quarter of a billion shares.

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