What will Warren Buffet buy with 125B cash?

One would hope he'll bail out the airlines that he owns part of... unless of course our government decides to do that for him.

I don't know why people are asking this again.

This 125b cash is from BH, not from himself. He doesn't decide it all alone. If you want you can buy BH stock and follow along and be one of the shareholders.

It also isn't 125b cash, but 125b not in stocks, in possibly very liquid investments and well diversified.

I doubt it matters what he does with this money, unless you want to do the same. He completely missed the boat on the last ~10 years and I doubt he's the best example nowadays, his company is just very rich because for many decades he got the fundamentals right. You can as well invest like him if you learn what he knows, but I doubt you can get as rich as he did, because he did it in a different time.

He'll likely invest in businesses he knows, just like anybody investing should. Possibly brands, he's a big fan of businesses with a good brand and margins, who isn't? :-)

That's a great question. Although he has made some really bad investments, his overall record is astonishing if his main objective is maximum return. Some of us have other objectives besides profit, such as investing in renewable energy companies that care about mitigating climate change. I suspect that Buffett doesn't think about that sort of thing too much.

I think the question is: "What CAN he buy with that amount of cash?"

Look at the Occidental deal (a few months ago) or the Goldman Sachs deal (2008) for a template. Preferred stock with a fat dividend plus options (warrants) to buy stock in the future.

FWIF he's pledged to donate 99% of his wealth upon death. Given that he's 90 years old, I imagine his primary goal with this capital is preservation, not achieving returns in excess of the market.

Does he really have 125B in cash ?

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