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Investing.com -- Billionaire investor Bill Ackman clarified on Saturday that his hedge fund’s decision to fully liquidate its long-held stake in Google parent Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) was driven by portfolio rebalancing rather than negative sentiment.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on ‌Saturday that the sale ‌of Google parent Alphabet's shares was ​not a bet against the company. Ackman on Friday said his firm Pershing Square had built ‌a new ⁠position in tech giant Microsoft after its stock ⁠price dropped recently, and sold his long-owned investment in ​Alphabet to ​help ​pay for it.

Two of Wall Street's most closely watched billionaire stock pickers, both once voluble activist investors, took ‌opposite tacks this year when Bill Ackman bet on Microsoft and exited ‌Google parent Alphabet and Daniel Loeb did the opposite. Ackman said on X his firm Pershing Square ​began building a new position in software giant Microsoft in February after shares dropped, saying investors weren't giving it enough credit for its Microsoft 365 office suite and artificial intelligence investments.

The charity foundation of Microsoft founder Bill Gates no longer owns Microsoft stock. On Friday, the charity’s endowment, the Gates Foundation Trust, disclosed the sale of its remaining 7.7 million shares, a stake worth $3.2 billion at current prices. The sales came during the first quarter, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Hedge fund Appaloosa, run by billionaire David Tepper, took an axe to many of its stock holdings in the first quarter of the year.

Pershing Square Capital Management, the hedge fund run by billionaire Bill Ackman, added Microsoft as a core holding during the first quarter of 2026, betting that the software giant will be a winner in the artificial-intelligence race. Pershing Square held 11 U.S.-listed equity positions with a disclosed market value of about $13.71 billion by the end of the first quarter, according to the fund’s latest 13F filing, which was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The top holding was Brookfield , valued at roughly $2.42 billion; followed by Amazon valued at $2.39 billion; and Uber valued at $2.15 billion.

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Hedge fund Tiger Global Management ‌said it initiated ‌new positions in an ​array of stocks including Intel and Robinhood Markets ‌during the ⁠first quarter of 2026, according ⁠to its most recent 13-F ​filing ​with ​the U.S. ‌Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The hedge fund also said it liquidated ‌stakes in ​companies such ​as ​Circle Internet ‌Group and Workday, ​while ​reducing its holdings of Microsoft ​and ‌Apollo Global Management. (Suzanne ​McGee in Providence, ​Rhode Island)

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Ackman Loads Up on Microsoft Despite Wall Street AI Concerns

Shares of Microsoft rose more than 3% Friday, bucking the trend on a down day for tech stocks. The move followed the announcement from investor Bill Ackman that his Pershing Square has taken a new stake in the software giant in a bet Microsoft's investments in AI aren't reflected in its stock price. Microsoft shares are down 12% this year and have lost about a quarter of their value since they peaked last fall.

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