In general, ability of the companies to pay dividends depends upon its profitability, cash flows, earnings, prudent money management (think debt!). With the ongoing recession many have started expressing concerns about long term prospects of US economy. Among many issues, one aspect that has been gaining momentum is the strength of dollar and its status as world currency. It is widely discussed (probably rightly so) that the continued infusion of printed dollar will dilute its value. Further the US government’s debt will cause a credibility issue in longer term. All this will reduce the value of the dollar. In one of his recent interviews, even Buffett acknowledged the concern. However, there is not much analysis on how the master investor plans on addressing this issue in BRKs portfolio.

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