Subject: Barrons on buybacks
"Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B '2.81% repurchased an estimated $1.9 billion of stock during the first two months of 2023.

This is a Barron's estimate based on the share count shown in the Berkshire Hathaway (Ticker BRK/A, BRK/B) proxy statement released late Friday.

The proxy shows the share count of roughly 1.456 million Class A shares outstanding (with Class B stock converted to an equivalent amount of A shares) as of March 8. We compared that figure to the share count on Dec. 31, 2022. Berkshire is on pace to repurchase nearly $3 billion of stock in the current quarter, in line with the $2.6 billion in the fourth quarter."