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BerkshireHathaway has $90 billion in cash, and looking to "buy a big business."


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1 hour ago, siru said:

Warren Buffett told CNBC that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) has $90 billion in cash, and he's looking to "buy a big business."

The billionaire investor has been talking for a while now about wanting to make a large-scale acquisition but said he does not have anything on his radar now.

"I hate cash," Buffett said in an interview that aired Friday on "Squawk Box," one day before Berkshire's annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.

"I mean we are investing," he said. "But [cash] is a holding position until you find something else. But the very fact that interest rates are that low makes it hard for us to buy other things because other people buy things with borrowed money, and borrowed money is so cheap."

He added: "If we are competing with equity money against slim equity plus a lot of debt, we're at a disadvantage."

Buffett said he thought Berkshire was doing well with $90 billion cash until he saw this week that Apple's (AAPL) cash pile swelled to $256.8 billion in its fiscal second-quarter.

"I'm very jealous," he laughed. "I thought I was doing OK until I looked at their balance sheet."

"On the other hand," he said. "We've got ours here in the United States." Apple keeps most of its cash outside the U.S. for tax purposes.

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12 minutes ago, lazybugger said:

I don't find anything inspiring about someone who is rich.

On the other hand, if he created a piece of art, wrote a book, designed an impressive ship, discovered a new element, got a fields medal, etc.. that's another thing.

this thatha is just a rich boring person, who gives pointless investment advice now and then for rookies.

to each of their own man, okadiki gandhi inspiring anipiste inkodiki godse inspiring avvachu

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3 minutes ago, Lukewalker said:

to each of their own man, okadiki gandhi inspiring anipiste inkodiki godse inspiring avvachu

nenu kaadhu analedhu ga.

 

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