The Value of Cash
With indices touching new highs every day, many investors start thinking that they should be 100% invested in equity markets. No one wants to hold cash as there is high opportunity cost. Instead of holding cash in the portfolio, investors want to own a stock, any stock. This is perhaps the best time to remind ourselves of the value of cash. Let us remind ourselves of how successful investors look at it.
“I think it’s [cash] actually an aggressive strategic asset because it’s one of the few things that rises in value as the market plunges. Its value is inversely proportional to how challenging the environment is” Ken Shubin Stein
“Holding cash is uncomfortable, but not as uncomfortable as doing something stupid” Warren Buffett
“I have found it wise, in fact, to periodically turn into cash most of my holdings and virtually retire from the market. No general keeps his troops fighting all the time, nor does he go into battle without some of his forces held back in reserve” Bernard Baruch
“Naysayers argue that holding a large amount of cas
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