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Berkshire Hathaway Sells Another Piece of Its Wells Fargo Stake

Berkshire Hathaway Sells Another Piece of Its Wells Fargo Stake

Warren Buffett took another step toward the exit on his long-running investment in Wells Fargo & Co.

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. pared its stake in the lender to about 127 million shares at the end of September, according to a regulatory filing Monday. That’s roughly 10 million fewer than in mid-August.

Buffett has repeatedly trimmed the decades-old investment in Wells Fargo this year, reducing what was once Berkshire’s top common stock holding to a stake valued at $3 billion at the end of the third quarter.

He’s been pulling back from the scandal-ridden bank as it prepares to unveil strategic changes. The move is part of a broader retooling of Berkshire’s bets on bank stocks.

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