Buffett

Financial markets are living A moment of maximum turbulence causing the value of the actions in all markets in the world to collapse from its opening. According to Bloombergsince Thursday, the 500 greatest fortunes in the world already They have lost more than 536,000 million dollarswhile its companies record falls valued by more than 5.4 billion dollars, As he pointed out Reuters. However, meanwhile chaos and justifying the nickname of “Oracle of Omaha”, Warren Buffett seems to have anticipated the collapse taking the appropriate measures to minimize losses. Buffett is the only one whose fortune is not written in red numbers. The devil knows more by old … When Warren Buffett began to get rid of his positions in Some of the main technological ones They were shot in the stock market, many thought that the veteran investor had lost their heads. They continued without understanding anything when the veteran investor accumulated the more than 325,000 million dollars that he obtained from their sales, and He preferred to pay taxes for them to invest again. Today, those who laughed, don’t laugh so much. As stock indices such as S&P 500 are minced– With a collapse of 17% since its February peak, and the Nasdaq falling more than 20% – Buffett’s decision to bet on liquidity and low -risk assets demonstrates its ability to Read the market with enviable precision. His movement has not only allowed him to protect the capital of Berkshire Hathaway, but also increase your own fortune In a context where the vast majority of Milmillonarios is registering losses in the assessment of their assets. As a good veteran In this investmentBuffett’s recipe for these moments of uncertainty is not very different from the one that applied in previous stock market crises: “There is simply no way of knowing how much actions can fall in a short period. However, when important falls occur, they offer extraordinary opportunities for those who are not limited by debts.” In a Opinion article for The New York Times In 2008, the millionaire gave another track about How to anticipate and act before moments like the one we are living: “A simple rule dictates my way of buying: being afraid when others are greedy and being greedy when others are afraid.” After capitalizing a good part of his actions, Warren Buffett now You have the portfolio to overflow with cash and ready to take advantage of generalized falls to buy the best bargains. Therefore, now all eyes are put in the next Buffett movements. The big fortunes lose, but buffett resists The main fortunes record losses so far this year except Warren Buffett. Source: Bloomberg The impact that the announcement of The commercial war that has begun USA has especially hit The technological magnateslike Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, whose fortunes have been reduced in 130,000 million and 45.200 million Of dollars, respectively, in what we have been in 2025. Larry Ellison, meanwhile, has left 42.1 billion dollars after the last falls and Mark Zuckerberg has lost 28.8 billion so far from 2025. Faced with this scenario, Warren Buffett’s fortune has remained out of generalized losses. Berkshire Hathaway class B actions even They have risen 7.7% this yeardespite suffering a slight correction in the last week, the result of the widespread fall of international bags. But it keeps its green counter so far this year. While others suffer the impact of the international exhibition of their portfolios and the fall of technological ones, Buffett did the homework in 2024diversified their investments to focus on sectors less exposed to imports and with a strong presence in the United States, such as insurance, energy and transport. Buffett not only withdrew a good part of the money from Berkshire Hathaway investors, but also chose to invest that liquidity in short -term treasure bonds, whose profitability has recently increased, thus raffling the collapse of the markets. In his Annual letter to shareholders February, Buffett explained that these bonds offer a “predictable gain” and one effective volatility protection of the market. This approach allowed him to avoid the generalized losses that have affected investors exposed to sectors such as technology, where Apple – one of the old jewels of their portfolio – dropped 28% since its peak, due to their high dependence on China. “Berkshire’s shareholders may be sure that we will always display a substantial part of their money in shares,” he said in his letter, although he adds that, as always, his goal is Companies with good foundations. In Xataka | In January, a group of millionaires supported the US president: they have already lost 209,000 million dollars in their mandate In Xataka | In 2000 Amazon fell 80% in the stock market. Bezos’ response leaves a clear lesson: we must not trust the markets Image | Unspash (Maxim Hopman), Flickr (Fortune Live Media)