Warren Buffett says he's still making investments for Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett said he's not wholly done with Berkshire Hathaway.

In an interrogation with CNBC's Becky Quick, the 95-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" said he's inactive intimately progressive successful concern decisions astatine the monolithic fiscal conglomerate helium built with his precocious concern spouse Charlie Munger.

The billionaire capitalist officially handed the reins to successor Greg Abel astatine the extremity of past year, pursuing a six-decade tally shaping the textile shaper into the country's astir invaluable fiscal giant.

"I spell successful each time to the office," Buffett said, adding that he's inactive making investments for Berkshire. "I inactive lend a tiny bit."

Buffett said helium precocious made 1 "tiny" caller acquisition without giving much details.

Since Buffett announced successful May that helium would measurement down astatine the extremity of the year, Berkshire banal (BRK-A, BRK-B) has dropped astir 11%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is up implicit 13% during the aforesaid period.

Buffett besides said successful the interrogation that Berkshire bought $17 cardinal worthy of US Treasury bills this week. As of the extremity of 2025, Berkshire had much than $370 cardinal successful currency equivalents connected its equilibrium sheet. The bulk of the heap was held successful US Treasury bills.

In a November 2025 missive to shareholders, Buffett said helium volition nary longer talk astatine Berkshire Hathaway's yearly meeting. Abel, who became CEO connected Jan. 1, wrote the firm's yearly missive to shareholders, which came retired astatine the extremity of February.

During Buffett's last 4th arsenic CEO, Berkshire sold much equities than it bought, further trimming large stakes successful Apple (AAPL) and Bank of America (BAC) and slashing a much humble involvement successful Amazon (AMZN). Apple remains Berkshire's biggest stake, with Berkshire's holdings valued astatine $62 cardinal arsenic of the extremity of past year.

With hindsight, Buffett said helium began trimming Berkshire's Apple presumption excessively soon but that helium doesn't regret his decision. "I sold it excessively soon. But I bought it adjacent sooner, so," helium told CNBC.

Berkshire besides accrued its stakes successful Chevron (CVX) and Chubb (CB) portion taking a new, smaller presumption successful the New York Times (NYT).

Retirement is simply a "move that successful galore ways, I could person done it earlier and Greg would person been amended than I was," Buffett said.

"Greg covers much crushed successful a time than I would successful a week, adjacent erstwhile I was astatine my peak," helium added. "Greg is truthful good, it's benignant of embarrassing."

David Hollerith covers the fiscal sector, ranging from the country's biggest banks to determination lenders, backstage equity firms, and the cryptocurrency space.