Why Warren Buffett Is Sitting on $55 Billion in Cash

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images With the recent revelation that Warren Buffett's firm, Berkshire Hathaway, is sitting on a $55 billion pile of cash, financial analysts, pundits and talking heads have had a field day theorizing what the Oracle of Omaha will do with it. However, there are seven reasons that he might not do anything -- at least in the near term. 1. Passive Income