"I think there's about 1.7 trillion treasury bills in the world and we own 5% of them" - Warren Buffett
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If you had $100b in cash that you couldn't put to use, would you allocate almost all of that towards short-term treasury bills? Or would you chase some more yield in corp bonds and longer maturities? By not doing any of that, you put an immense premium on liquidity.
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Which I think is worth thinking about if your general instinct is to optimize yield in the portfolio at any given point in time.
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Replying to @gilmourkh
A = average number of years between market crashes/recession B = t-bill yield C = Corp debt yield D = Discount purchase targets trade at during recession/market crash Assuming corporate debt is illiquid during crashes/recession, Buffett mist believe: D > (1+C)^A - (1+B)^A
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If E = the discount corporate debt trades at due to illiquidity during crashes/recessions Then: E*(1+C)^A < (1+B)^A
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