Berkshire Hathaway cash holdings hit $347 Billion

Warren Buffett spoke while perched atop piles of cash at Berkshire Hathaway. The company’s cash balance increased from $334.02 billion at the end of 2024 to approximately $347 billion. Buffett stated that although it won’t happen anytime soon, Berkshire will eventually find investments for its money. “It is extremely unlikely to occur tomorrow,” he stated. It’s not implausible that it will occur in five years. “We have made a lot of money by not being fully invested at all times.” We don’t think it’s wrong for passive investors to make small investments and then sit back and enjoy their lives. However, since we decided to enter the industry, we believe that by acting in a highly erratic manner, we can perform a bit better than that. He mentioned how crucial it is to refrain from making rash financial decisions. “It would be the most foolish thing in the world to invest that way,” Buffett stated. “Let’s say we had about $40 billion coming in each year. If you told me we had to invest $50 billion every year, we got down to $50 billion, that would be the dumbest thing in the world.”. Berkshire Hathaway holds significant stakes in five major companies: Apple , Coca-Cola, Bank of America, American Express, and Chevron. Notably, a substantial part of Berkshire Hathaway’s investment value is linked to Apple, which, as reported in Berkshire’s third-quarter earnings for 2024, was valued at nearly $70 billion by the end of September.