Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK.B) has continued to offload Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) shares, with the latest stake sale worth around US$550 million (£423 million).
Some 14 million shares in the Wall Street bank were sold between Thursday and Monday, according to a securities filing, at an average price of US$39.50.
This comes after Berkshire offloaded Bank of America shares over the 12 consecutive trading days to August 1 but appeared to pause after a global sell-off sent stocks spiralling early in the month.
Following a recovery since, Berkshire looks to have picked up where it left off, with the latest sale taking the total number of Bank of America shares offloaded to around 100 million.
This has left Berkshire’s stake in Bank of America at 12%, which is still the firm’s third largest behind Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, ETR:APC) and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP, ETR:AEC1).
Bank of America’s share price has subsequently fallen off a peak of over US$44 in July when Berkshire started to offload the stock, slipping 10% to US$39.67.
Buffett and Berkshire’s strategy is often observed by other investors, with Bank of America having lagged against the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM, ETR:CMC) since the sales began.
Bank of America was down 0.3% in pre-market trading on Tuesday.