| not my downvote, but Realistically his cash liquidity has been dramatically rising but has not ever topped $150 billion: https://ycharts.com/companies/BRK.A/cash_on_hand So you're about $100 billion off-target in paper value, but what's $100 billion betwen friends? OTOH your perception could be quite accurate as to how powerful an effect he may be able to enjoy with so much cash. Probably could get more accomplished than someone having "only" $250 billion worth of credit. Of course one is parking lots full of 18-wheelers full of hundred-dollar bills, and the other is a promissory note. A convoy like that coming in to any city could initiate changes that could not be stopped. Look at what drug cartels are doing and they usually don't even fill one semi-trailer with cash. Buffet's huge stake in America itself puts him at an order of magnitude not often seen, not much differently than when the dollars were backed by gold, and for him his position in the US does not come under threat even as the currency becomes devalued. He can stll afford to build cash reserves faster than they are being devalued internationally. For the Saudis and their convoys of world currencies, there would be pressure to sell the lowest performing one(s) so they could buy more of the notes having a more positive outlook. |