Billionaire Warren Buffett Is Stashing Cash, Investors Need To Worry About Doing The Same

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Billionaire Warren Buffett Is Stashing Cash, Investors Need To Worry About Doing The Same

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Key Points:

  • With $325 billion in cash at his Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s cautious approach is clear.
  • Buffett’s lack of major purchases likely signal a major market downturn, up to 20% or more.
  • Boeing (NYSE: BA | BA Price Prediction) could be an acquisition, but is high-risk with so many unforced errors recently.
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[00:00:00] Doug: Up end of the quarter. How much money, how much cash does Buffett have right now? Three 25 billion. And his tendency is clearly to be a seller. Part of that may be his belief of what the tax system is going to look like going forward under the new administration. I am still puzzled why he is not a buyer of anything meaningful.

[00:00:24] Doug: I don’t consider a pizza chain a meaningful purchase.

[00:00:27] Lee: No, but again, like, like, like we thought, or like I was propositioning, I think he thought Kamala Harris would win and capital gain. Trump isn’t going to increase capital gains taxes. He’s not gonna do it. if anything, he may lower them there.

[00:00:44] Lee: There was a better than 100 percent chance that a Democrat administration would raise them. So the only other thing it points to is he thinks a serious correction is coming our way and not just, 5 or 10 percent quick dip and then, back to the races. I think he’s thinking it’s going to be 20, maybe even bigger percent.

[00:01:05] Doug: We’ll see if, if the market crashes sometime over the course of the next three or four months, he’ll look like a genius again.

[00:01:14] Lee: Well, again, I mean, there’s plenty of big, there’s plenty of entities that are right up his alley that, should be attractive at this level. Boeing should be attractive at this level.

[00:01:27] Lee: It’s the, one of the biggest defense companies and aircraft companies in the world, but you know, like their CEO recently said.

[00:01:34] Doug: Listen, I’ve seen companies go out of business that were some, some of the most iconic to me, Boeing is what I call a Sears play. There was a point, well, listen, Sears didn’t happen overnight.

[00:01:50] Doug: It took a long time, but they, eventually they couldn’t cut it.

[00:01:53] Lee: I agree. But I mean, at least with Boeing and even, even their CEO admitted it. They can’t, they can’t have another unforced error. Like the ones they’ve had, or you’re right. They’re in big trouble.

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Austin Smith is a financial publisher with over two decades of experience in the markets. He spent over a decade at The Motley Fool as a senior editor for Fool.com, portfolio advisor for Millionacres, and launched new brands in the personal finance and real estate investing space.

His work has been featured on Fool.com, NPR, CNBC, USA Today, Yahoo Finance, MSN, AOL, Marketwatch, and many other publications. Today he writes for 24/7 Wall St and covers equities, REITs, and ETFs for readers. He is as an advisor to private companies, and co-hosts The AI Investor Podcast.

When not looking for investment opportunities, he can be found skiing, running, or playing soccer with his children. Learn more about me here.

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