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Buffet\u2019s company is basically a conglomerate that has other companies inside it. Buffet has managed to buy many profitably companies which is why, for him anyway, it looks like money is growing on trees. Here are some of the details from Bloomberg Market<\/b>s<\/a>:<\/p>\n Berkshire Hathaway Inc.<\/a>, the conglomerate he\u2019s run for more than five decades, reported Friday that it held just shy of $100 billion in cash at the end of the second quarter. <\/b>While that figure highlights the staggering money-making ability of the businesses he\u2019s collected over the years, it\u2019s also a burden. Because Berkshire doesn\u2019t pay a dividend and rarely buys back its own stock, Buffett is on the hook to find ways to invest those funds. <\/b><\/p>\n \u201cTo put that money to work would be great,\u201d said David Rolfe, chief investment officer at Wedgewood Partners, a money manager overseeing about $6 billion including Berkshire stock. But the \u201clist of companies that he would like to own is very, very small.\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n Well, if he has a problem with what to do with all that cash, I have a few suggestions. He could donate it to my favorite charity, me. Or he could actually pay some taxes for a change. Why he can even send the whole amount to the United States Treasury to help pay down the debt. Of course, that would mean he would actually have to do things he wants other people to do, and won\u2019t do himself.<\/p>\n Buffett, 86, addressed the mounting cash pile at Berkshire\u2019s annual meeting in May, saying he hadn\u2019t put his \u201cfoot to the floor\u201d on an acquisition for a while and shouldn\u2019t keep so much money earning next to nothing for long periods. The war chest includes some cash-like securities, such as Treasuries. <\/b><\/p>\n What Buffett might want to consider is paying a dividend. Many companies pay dividends to their shareholders. Those companies that don\u2019t are either having some cash flow problems, or just like to horde their cash and guard it with dragons or something.<\/p>\n Buffett has been finding a few places to invest. He built<\/a> a holding in Apple Inc. through the beginning of this year. Then, in June, Berkshire made two smaller equity investments. One was a stake in a real estate investment trust and the other propped up Home Capital Group Inc., an embattled Canadian mortgage lender. <\/b><\/p>\n Most significantly, Berkshire\u2019s utility arm struck a deal last month to buy Texas\u2019s largest electric utility for about $9 billion. The transaction its being challenged by Paul Singer\u2019s Elliott Management Corp., but completing it would make a sizable dent in the cash hoard. <\/b><\/p>\n I\u2019m not that familiar with Berkshire Hathaway\u2019s holdings, but it\u2019s possible they might be running into potential anti-trust issues. I\u2019ll let others far more knowledgeable then I am comment on that possibility.<\/p>\n Lots more is bound to pour in. Berkshire posted $4.26 billion in net income for the second quarter. The results were down 15 percent from a year earlier, partly on an underwriting loss<\/a> at insurance businesses. But a number of Berkshire\u2019s other subsidiaries — from railroad BNSF to its collection of manufacturing businesses — posted gains. <\/b><\/p>\n I think the Insurance losses might be due to Obamacare, but I can\u2019t say for certain. Buffett was a big booster of Obamacare when it was in the process of being shoved down our throats. He saw it as a way, like all the other insurance companies that pushed for it, as a direct pipeline into the wallets of the American people. Of course, it didn\u2019t work out that way and Obamacare is collapsing.<\/p>\n As for the railroads, one of the things they do is transship oil products, everything from crude to gasoline. Buffett was big on blocking the construction of pipelines since they would eat into his freight business. Pipelines also tend to be a lot safer.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n