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Buffett is Buying Google. Here's Why I Sold.

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The video explains why an individual investor (“Adri”) decided to sell Alphabet/Google after holding it as a top position, even while praising the strength of Google’s business. Adri also acknowledged that Warren Buffett / Berkshire Hathaway had taken a new stake in Alphabet.

Tickers, Assets, and Instruments Mentioned

  • Alphabet (Google) — discussed as “Google” / “Alphabet”
  • Berkshire Hathaway — referenced in connection with cash and portfolio allocation (no ticker specified)
  • Nvidia — mentioned in the context of GPU chip competition
  • Celsius — Adri said he sold Celsius to buy Google (ticker not specified)
  • Meta — cited as an attractive valuation candidate
  • Amazon — cited as an attractive valuation candidate
  • Salesforce — cited as an attractive valuation candidate
  • Adobe — cited as an attractive valuation candidate
  • Duolingo — mentioned as an example of a company Adri wanted to buy (ticker not specified)

Key Numbers, Valuations, and Performance Targets

Purchase / averaging-in

  • Bought 200 shares of Google 8 months ago
  • Bought an additional 50 shares at $169

Profit cited

  • Approximately $35,000 profit

Sell target

  • Planned to sell around ~$300 (with $299 stated)

Current price vs. target

  • Google was already at $320 after the sell (as stated by the speaker)

Valuation / multiples

  • Previously: forward P/E ~11–12
  • Now: approximately ~20 (according to the speaker’s 5-year projection chart)
  • The speaker claims it is no longer the “cheapest” among “Magnificent 7”

Cash / portfolio allocation comparisons

  • Berkshire Hathaway cash pile referenced as ~$370B
  • Speaker references ~30% of Berkshire’s portfolio in cash as an analogy

Macro / Market Context and Sentiment Framing

The speaker argues that sentiment changed quickly:

  • At the time of buying: the narrative included perceived legal/regulatory pressure on Google (e.g., Department of Justice), including mentions related to Chrome/search (some subtitle text appears unclear).
  • More recently: positive AI/tech news dominated, including:
    • Gemini 3 release praised highly
    • Claims about defending against OpenAI
    • A view that Google could compete with Nvidia GPU chips using Google TPU (speaker implies “challenge Nvidia”)

Investing Stance and Recommendations

Holding stance (earlier period)

  • Adri’s view included the idea of “Hold your winners”
  • He describes Google as having been a major part of his portfolio at one point

Core action described in the video

  • The central decision is to sell Alphabet/Google when:
    • valuation becomes less favorable, and
    • sentiment appears to be shifting/overheating, and
    • cash is needed for redeployment

Preference for liquidity

  • Adri emphasizes being cash-ready and targeting roughly ~30% liquidity to deploy during a potential big correction

Relative value view

  • He suggests that at the time discussed, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft offered better value than Google.

Selling Framework (Step-by-Step Logic)

The seller uses a three-reason framework for selling:

  1. Valuation check

    • Compare current forward P/E (~20) with historically cheaper levels (11–12)
    • Conclude Google is no longer the best value

  2. Sentiment assessment

    • Determine whether newsflow is hype-driven and one-sided
    • Sell when hype is rising and “everybody’s positive”

  3. Capital allocation / liquidity planning

    • Sell to fund purchases of other names
    • Hold a cash buffer in case of a market correction

Disclosures / Disclaimers

  • No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer was visible in the subtitles provided.
  • The speaker frames the content as personal opinion and position management (e.g., “I share my opinion on YouTube…”), but a formal disclaimer is not stated in the provided text.

Presenters / Sources Mentioned

  • Adri — the speaker/investor
  • Warren Buffett
  • Berkshire Hathaway
  • Related mentioned entities/products (not framed as sources): Google/Alphabet, OpenAI, Nvidia

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