How Warren Buffett made $ 13 billion while others bleed

In 2025, Market Chaos destroyed billions of net worth, Warren Buffett quietly added $ 13 billion to his wealth. While tech billionaires like Alon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were watching their portfolio, the buffet sat back – Chair kept sucking Coke – and his cash pile was all working.

But how? What did he do differently? More importantly, what can you learn from it?

Let’s break it.

“How is there a feeling of blood in the market?” A friend accidentally asked.

That is a valid question. With the sharp improvement in markets in 2025, many investors were straying. But those who prepared – like buffet – were just sitting tight.

And if it was time to experience part of the Buffett tribe, this was the same.

Buffett’s secret? Nothing is doing!

While the other was riding a happy height of the Bull Market of 2024, Buffett was quietly exiting. Berkshire Hathaway sells surprise 4 134 billion equity.

And then?

He did not chase the AI ​​wave. Don’t trust the crypto. Beyback has not started or jumped on a hot IPO.

Instead, he took it all the money and him boring but safe. Parked in the Treasury Bill – earning about 5% annually. It is more than $ 14 billion in interest income a year to just sit on the side.

Until now, Berkshire has $ 330 billion in cash with a majority in the short -term treasury. To put it in perspective, it is more than the combined market value of Starbucks, Ford and Zoom.

This was not random. This was a classic buffet.

But why did Buffett sell?

1. The evaluation was too much

Buffett is delusional to buy quality at the right price. Not at any cost. And in 2024, he saw the market moving.

His favorite warning signal – Buffet Indicator (Total Market Cap for GDP) – HAD breached 200%, he called a level “Playing with a fire.”

HIST, such levels were before a large market crash. The last time this ratio was so high, it was before the dot-com bubble torn in 2000 and before the great financial crisis in 2008.

Another red flag? The price-to-book ratio of the S&P 500, which hits the layers seen from the end of the 90s-is a period of excessive evaluation.

2. Rewards of Trump and Tariff

There was talk of tariffs with Trump’s return to power. Again.

Buffett has previously compared tariffs to economic war. Berkshire does not make a bold move when the world is on the edge of a trade war. Instead, the Buffett rule is simple: don’t lose money.

3. Not good deals

Despite all the cash, the buffet acquisition did not go to the spree. Why? Everything was very expensive. The evaluation does not justify the action. Therefore, he remained a patient.

And he paid patience.

This is not the first Rodio of Buffett

Let’s rewind.

• In 1999, Dot-Com Mania rose, Buffett did not join the fierce. He waited for a crash – and then bought.
• In 2008, during the financial crisis, he moved quickly – Goldum Sachs SS and GE by strategic investments.
• In 2020, during the Kovid crash, he was cautious – not because he lacked funds, but because the opportunities were not so juicy.

Buffett has always done against the crowd. When the other is greedy, it becomes afraid. And when others are overwhelmed, they become greedy.

Cash power

Cash is not just security. It is Power.

It gives you:

• Freedom to wait.
• Clarity to ignore the hype.
• Firepower to strike when prices crash.

When the markets were terrified in 2025, the buffet was not crying to sell. If prices fall further, they will buy. If not, he will collect the juice. Win-win.

Also, a huge cash pile of Berkshire may also be part of a subsequent strategy. On 94, Buffett has already rejected Greg Abel. That war chest? It is not just a defensive Ield. It is a load gun for the next leader – ready to strike when the time is right.

Lesson from Omaha’s Oracle

1. Restraint is a superpower
   You do not need billion de dollar lur portfolio to invest like buffet. Just the ability to wait.
2. Don’t pay too much for hype
   “It’s better to buy a great company at the right price than the right company at a great price.” It is the mantra of Buffett.
3. Cash is underrated
   Whether you are keeping an eye on stocks, real estate or mangoes on your subzee mandi, cache gives you options. You can walk when the price is very high and back when it is fair.
4. Work when fear is back
   Buffett is already investing again – this time, in the Japanese stocks evaluated. And will continue to do whatever he always does – the value when others are scared.

Final Think: What can you do?

You don’t have to be Warren Buffet. But you can learn from it.

• Create a little emergency fund – not just for an emergency but for Opportunities.
• Keep calm when markets turn red.
• Tune the hype. Tune in value.
• If nothing looks good then don’t be afraid to sit on cash.
• Be prepared. Because when others are overwhelmed, your time is about to spend.

So, how do you feel blood?

If you are playing it smart, stomach yourself on the back. And if not, now it is a good time to make a chest of war.

Because when the next big chance comes, you want to be ready – not just with

(Chakravahan Kupala Author Q of F Ound No. and Executive Director, Prime Wealth Finn. The views are their own)