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We highlight some defensive investment strategies for investors amid the ongoing chaos.

Cash is becoming increasingly attractive due to negative equity risk premiums, widening credit spreads, making highly liquid instruments appealing. BIL ETF, with a 0.13% expense ratio and 4.31% yield to maturity, offers a stable, cash-like investment with minimal bid/ask spread. T-bills, once overlooked, might be the “lesser evil” in the market due to economic uncertainties, negative S&P 500 ERP, and risks in long-duration bonds.

It is remarkable how Wall Street was bullish just six short weeks ago, and the major indices were printing all-time highs.

If any investor has stood the test of time, it is Warren Buffett, and with good reason. For years, the “Oracle of Omaha” has had a rock-star-like presence in the investing world, and his annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting draws thousands of loyal fans who are investors. Buffett remains one of the world’s most prominent investors. He is renowned for his long buy-and-hold strategies and massive portfolio of public and private holdings. One thing that changed over is that Buffett was a net seller of stocks for most of 2023 and 2024 and now has a massive stockpile of short-term Treasury bills as he waits for a severe market drop. While Berkshire Hathaway is still heavily invested in stocks, we suspect he is looking for a more significant pullback than the recent correction that took the S&P 500 down 10% from all-time highs in 16 short trading days. 24/7 Wall St. Key Points: Warren Buffett is estimated to have approximately $335 billion in cash and T-bills. Baby bo

During the first week of March, fixed income ETFs gathered more money than equity products. While not rare, this is a sign of uncertainty in the markets.

Heightened volatility raises the appeal for cash-like ETFs. These have attracted more than $16 billion this year.

Tap high-income ETFs to stave off market volatility.

Uncertainty is the market's current buzz word. Concerns about policy, recession risk, inflation, consumer confidence, economic growth, and geopolitics have stock prices on a rollercoaster ride this year.

JPMorgan strategists suggest that if US equity ETFs continue attracting inflows, the current market correction may soon be behind us, per Bloomberg, as quoted on Yahoo Finance.

After a record year for fixed income ETFs in 2024, demand has been even stronger to start 2025. U.S. listed fixed income ETFs pulled in $78 billion in the first two months.