The 3 Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Own if the Stock Market Crashes
Fears of inflation are mounting again, especially with the prospects of steep tariffs on imports to the U.S. Consumer sentiment is plunging the furthest in years. Unemployment claims are rising. The S&P 500 is valued at a historically high level.Perhaps, unsurprisingly, Warren Buffett appears to be battening down the hatches. The multibillionaire investor has been a net seller of stocks for nine consecutive quarters, leading Berkshire Hathaway to amass the largest cash stockpile in the company's history.Buffett isn't one to predict a major market meltdown. However, he wrote in 2001 that investors are "playing with fire" when the ratio of the total U.S. stock market capitalization to gross domestic product (GDP) approaches 200%. This ratio, commonly known as the Buffett indicator, is now above 200%.Continue reading
Fears of inflation are mounting again, especially with the prospects of steep tariffs on imports to the U.S. Consumer sentiment is plunging the furthest in years. Unemployment claims are rising. The S&P 500 is valued at a historically high level.
Perhaps, unsurprisingly, Warren Buffett appears to be battening down the hatches. The multibillionaire investor has been a net seller of stocks for nine consecutive quarters, leading Berkshire Hathaway to amass the largest cash stockpile in the company's history.
Buffett isn't one to predict a major market meltdown. However, he wrote in 2001 that investors are "playing with fire" when the ratio of the total U.S. stock market capitalization to gross domestic product (GDP) approaches 200%. This ratio, commonly known as the Buffett indicator, is now above 200%.
