Warren Buffett is selling a lot stocks late 2023. Should we be worried?
Warren Buffett just updated his portfolio. He sold 13 stocks and bought only 4 stocks. 7 of those 13 sells he completely sold out of. Is Buffett worried about the market?
Here are Buffett’s 4 buys below. Notice none of them are large relative to his portfolio.
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Here are the 13 stock that Buffett sold. The 7 stocks he completely sold out of were: Activision Blizzard, General Motors, Celanese, Johnson & Johnson, Mondelez, Proctor & Gamble & UPS.
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Buffett is left holding quite a lot of cash, $157 billion. Please note that he needs to hold a lot of cash as a safety net for his insurance business. This record amount of cash is in line with his company’s 20 year average relative to his portfolio.
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He’s probably got most of this in short-term treasury bills. Right now 3-month treasury bills yield 5.4%. This shows that he still has faith in the U.S dollar, and let’s just say I don’t think he’ll be switching to bitcoin anytime soon.
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One could argue Buffett does not mind having his money on the sidelines with a safe 5.4% return as opposed to the more volatile stock market.