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by plonk 1211 days ago
But I guess it doesn’t mechanically increase the stock’s price? Unless the buyer is Warren Buffet and it makes the news?
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If the stock would have otherwise been sold off like the others, then it's not really different because the price is higher now than it would have been.

E.g. Allegheny selling AAPL + Berkshire buying AAPL == Berkshire buying Allegheny (Assuming a perfect market, which isn't the case but I don't feel qualified to say what the other effects would be)