There has been something of a cottage industry this year in speculating whether or not Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) were good picks to buy before their respective stock splits. Alphabet's share price is now below the level it was prior to its stock split, while Shopify's price is up somewhat. But those moves don't seem to be related to the splits at all.

We now know that one prominent investor indirectly gained stakes in both stocks earlier this year. Here's how Warren Buffett quietly invested in both Alphabet and Shopify well before their stock splits.

You're not going to find either Alphabet or Shopify on any 13-F filings for Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B), the company in which most of Buffett's net worth resides. You won't find any public comments or disclosures from Buffett himself about purchases of the two growth stocks, either.

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