Many companies have different classes for its common stock, and Berkshire Hathaway is one of them.

Wealth host Brad Smith explains how class A (BRK-A) shares and class B (BRK-B) shares differ and what those looking to invest like Warren Buffett can glean.

Catch Yahoo Finance's latest explainer that differentiates between Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) two share classes.

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This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.