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Warren Buffett Is Piling Up Cash as the Stock Market Wobbles. Here's What That Tells Investors.
View original at nasdaq.comWarren Buffett Is Piling Up Cash as the Stock Market Wobbles. Here's What That Tells Investors. Key Points Berkshire ended the first quarter with a record $397 billion in cash and Treasury bills…
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Cash represents optionality, the ability to move decisively when something cheap comes along.
60% confidencePatience is reasonable when prices are this high, and Berkshire has quietly positioned itself to act if the mood sours.
60% confidenceWhen the most famous value investor of the past century would rather collect a risk-free 3.7% than buy more of what's on offer, that itself says something; it's a quiet comment on valuations.
60% confidenceBuffett has warned against treating his large cash position as a market forecast or crash signal.
60% confidence
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| Berkshire Hathaway · treasury yield | 3.7 percent |
| Berkshire Hathaway · interest income | 12 USD |
| Berkshire Hathaway · stock sales | 24 USD |
| Berkshire Hathaway · stock purchases | 16 USD |