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Warren Buffett Is Piling Up Cash as the Stock Market Wobbles. Here's What That Tells Investors.

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Warren 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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  • Patience is reasonable when prices are this high, and Berkshire has quietly positioned itself to act if the mood sours.

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  • When 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.

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  • Buffett has warned against treating his large cash position as a market forecast or crash signal.

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  • Cash represents optionality, the ability to move decisively when something cheap comes along.

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