šØ This company is quietly pulling in $20 BILLION a yearā¦ just by sitting on cash.
is now holding a staggering $397 billion in cash ā an all-time high.
To put that into perspective: thatās more than the entire GDP of countries like Portugal, Finland, or New Zealand. š
With U.S. Treasury yields hovering around 5%, that cash alone is generating roughly $20 billion annually ā with virtually zero effort. š°
Even crazier? The U.S. governmentās own operating cash balance is often under $800 billionā¦ meaning Berkshire is sitting on about half of what the entire U.S. keeps on hand.
š A historic shift just happened:
For the first time in 60 years, Berkshire reported earnings without Warren Buffett at the helm.
Buffettās legacy?
Turned a struggling textile company into a $1 trillion empire
Delivered a mind-blowing 6,100,000% return
Compared to 39,000% from the S&P 500 in the same period
š Now under Greg Abel:
Operating earnings jumped 18% to $11.35B š
Net income more than doubled to $10.1B
Continued selling stocks: $24.1B sold vs $16B bought
š¤ So why is the stock down 11% while the market is up nearly 30%?
Simple: uncertainty.
Investors arenāt doubting the numbers ā theyāre questioning the future.
Everyoneās watching closely to see what Abel does with that massive $397B war chestā¦ money Buffett famously held back from deploying.
āļø Bottom line:
Record cash ā
Profits surging ā
Leadership transition ā ļø
Market confidenceā¦ still loading ā³
Big money isnāt always about action ā sometimes itās about patience. The real question is: what happens next?
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