The following video is from Friday's Motley Fool Money roundtable discussion with host Chris Hill and analysts Joe Magyer, James Early, and Ron Gross.

In this segment, a bit of an unusual purchase for Warren Buffett. Sunpower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR) has sold a pair of power plants in Southern California to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A), which has the stock up around 60%. The guys discuss what was behind this seemingly out-of-character buy and why it fits with Berkshire's style better than it seems.

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