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From continuing to trim his stake in Apple and Bank of America to a surprising new bet on Google-parent Alphabet, here's what Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought and sold during the third quarter of 2025.Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway disclosed their portfolio snapshot at the end of the third quarter late last week, which disclosed a bet on a big tech company, which Buffett has generally stayed away from, while a simultaneous trimming down on some of its largest holdings. Let's look at the buying and selling done by Berkshire in greater detail:Alphabet | Berkshire disclosed new positions in the Google-parent's Class A shares. The stake, now valued at $4.9 billion was acquired through the purchase of 17.8 million shares. Buffett, known for his anti-consensus views on tech stocks, believes that Apple, his largest holding, is a consumer products company. Alphabet shares have risen 51% so far this year.Chubb | Berkshire's second-largest purchase during the quarter was Chubb, a global insurance company providing commercial and personal property and casualty insurance and reinsurance to clients. Berkshire increased its stake in the company by another $1.2 billion, or 15% during the quarter. The stock has remained flat on a year-to-date basis.Domino's Pizza | Buffett's firm also raised its stake in the underperforming Pizza seller by $150 million or 13.2% during the quarter. Shares of the US-listed Domino's Pizza (DPZ) are down 6% so far on a year-to-date basis.Apple | On the flip side, Buffett's Berkshire continues to trim its stake in its largest holding, Apple Inc., the manufacturer and seller of iPhones. From over 915 million shares that Berkshire held at the end of the third quarter of 2023, the stake is now down to 238.2 million shares. Berkshire has sold shares of Apple in six out of the last nine quarters. Yet, Apple remains Berkshire's largest holding at nearly $65 billion, or 21% of the overall portfolio.Bank of America | Buffett also continued to sell stake in the firm's other largest holding, Bank of America, reducing its holding by another 6.1% or close to $2 billion during the quarter. Berkshire has now sold Bank of America shares of five quarters in a row, trimming its stake by close to 50% from 1 billion shares to 568.1 million shares at the end of the September quarter. The remaining stake is now valued at $29.9 billion, making it 10% of the overall portfolio.Berkshire Hathaway also reduced stake in domain name registry service provider Verisign (by $1.2 billion), in D.R. Horton, a construction company (by $252 million), and in kidney care service provider Davita (by $212 million) during the quarter. He did not make any changes to his second-largest portfolio holding, Occidental Petroleum, of which, he continues to hold 264 million shares.Buffett recently announced that he will no longer be writing the annual shareholder letter, a responsibility that will now be taken over by incoming CEO Greg Abel. He will continue to sit on the arena floor with the other directors. But he wrote, “I will continue talking to you and my children about Berkshire via my annual Thanksgiving message.”NewsLive TVMarketPopular CategoriesCalculatorsTrending NowLet's Connect with CNBCTV 18Network 18 Group :©TV18 Broadcast Limited. All rights reserved.