" Don't you have 25ish shares of BRKA?"
I don't have and As, Bs only.

" I was sick when VRSN, GOOG and META started paying dividends "

Doesn't that prove the point? WHY do you suppose companies like nvda, meta, googl, msft, aapl, etc pay a small dividend, stupid cap management? To repeat, there is huge money that cannot or will not buy a non-div paying stock.

IF Buffett had been a serious buyer of brkb that would be a different issue, he wasn't until the past few years.

Limits of 1.1 xs BV or 1.2 xs BV were done to goose the stock, above BV, nothing more. Can you name 5 public companies that authorized a buyback while stipulating such a tight buyback limit, in the past 50 years? Let's call it a buyback, gimmick, with no intent to actually buyback serious size.

I have brk in taxable accounts as well. I never thought I would be forced to sell calls while I watch my brk paint dry which generates taxable events. IF, IF, I thought Buffett was serious about buybacks I wouldn't have been selling calls or be pounding the table for the 1$$ a B share quarterly div.

It was clear to me at the annual it's still Uncle Warren in control, that was a disappointment to me and I love the guy. Buffett isn't going to change his thinking. At this year's annual did anyone ask Buffett or Greg why they think all these Mag 8 type stocks pay a small div? WHY do msft, aapl, nvda, meta, googl, etc pay a small dividend, that isn't an obvious reasonable question for Greg and Buffett? Thank you.