by James Hickman
Schiff Sovereign
Much has been written about Warren Buffett having sold a substantial amount of stocks. And his company, Berkshire Hathaway, is sitting on a record $325 billion cash pile as a result.
Buffett has often said that his preferred holding period for an investment is “forever”. So the fact that he has sold so much stock has many observers proclaiming that “Buffett is predicting an imminent stock market crash.”
Except that he’s not. Buffett is a pretty transparent guy who has never been afraid to speak his mind. If he were predicting a crash, he’d probably say it.
Besides, Buffett has sold plenty of stocks in the past; this is not an anomaly. In 2022 and 2023, for example, he dumped shares of Chevron, Activision Blizzard, Taiwan Semiconductor, and HP.