re: Berkshire Hathaway sells 13% of AAPL stock. Now holding $189 Billion in Cash.

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He has held large amounts if cash forever. $189B is a lot. Buffet is probably thinking that $189B ain't what it used to be. Lol.

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That's not true.
In the early/mid 90's, when the market was roaring, he only had around a Billion in cash.
In 1999, right before the market crash, he raised his cash position 10x to $10 Billion.
When the market crashed in 2000/2001 he went on a spending spree and his cash dropped to $2 Billion.
In 2006/2007, right before the financial crisis, he was hoarding cash and his cash stock pile was at a then record high $50+ Billion.
In 2009/2010 his cash position dropped to $25 Billion as he went on a shopping spree when the market crashed.
In 2022 his cash position was $100 Billion
His cash position is now $189 Billion, up over 10 percent from last quarter and up nearly 100 percent in less than 2 years.
He said he expects his cash hoard to continue growing, and that while rates currently provide a nice return, that he wouldn't be deploying his cash even if he were only earning 1 percent on that cash.
He also sold stocks last quarter at the highest rate in years.
People have this misconception that Buffett is just a "buy & hold" guy because he's owned KO (Coca Cola) forever.

Warren obviously thinks that there is a lot more risk than reward currently,
Based on the rate that he is dumping stocks & piling cash makes you wonder if he's not expecting something much worse.
He's not always right, but he is the greatest investor in the last century.