Although Buffet did not BUY common stock, he wanted to get some bang while there was no shorting.
This will help the market, but wake me up when shorting comes back, because I am shorting strength in some stock. It will not be Goldman, because I do not and have never traded stocks priced with 3 digits.
Smart guy. Cutthroat. Must have figured how to take it with him. He's already in GS. Wait. Apply to be a bank. Now, he's got a huge piece of the best franchise out there with a window to the Fed. But he won't speak up to help a friend.