Subject: Re: Buybacks have begun
. . . the virtue signaling aspect. . .

As someone who was critical of him selling out of BHE and not replacing the full amount into Berkshire, he still bought a very nice amount of Berkshire stock,

And don’t forget, Abel (presumably) voluntarily wrote a nine-figure-personal-check to the IRS as part of that transaction. It seemed crazy to me at the time; a very expensive way to avoid even the appearance of stock-based-compensation.