So was the iPhone-maker. Berkshire, meanwhile, was sitting pretty on a 10% gain—and a pile of cash to make Scrooge McDuck blanch. Converted into $100 bills, its $334bn in liquid assets would ...

In February, Warren Buffett took pains in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders to explain why the conglomerate had a cash pile of $334 billion at the end of 2024. "Despite what ...