Appearances by star investor and former Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett have become rare. Investors listen even better when the billionaire gives insights into the markets.
• Buffett no longer CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
• Apple investment topic in television interview
• Buffett believes the market is overvalued
Since the end of last year, investor legend Warren Buffett has no longer been CEO of the investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, which the star investor developed over many decades from a former spinning mill into the billion-dollar investment vehicle that it is today.
The now 95-year-old’s public appearances have become rare. Investors pay even more attention to his insights into the markets when he shares them. This recently happened during a television interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” at the end of March 2026.
Apple investment under the microscope
Various things were discussed in the interview, with particular attention being paid to Buffett’s words about what remains Berkshire Hathaway’s largest holding, namely that of the Apple iGroup.
Buffett first joined the smartphone manufacturer in the first quarter of 2016 and then expanded his investment. For a time, the Apple investment accounted for half of Berkshire’s entire portfolio. In the last few quarters, the company repeatedly sold Apple shares, but the iGroup always remained the largest position in the portfolio.
At the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, Berkshire still held 227,917,808 Apple shares, which were worth almost $62 billion as of the reporting date and made up 22.6 percent of the total portfolio.
In the most recent interview, Buffett admitted to Becky Quick that he “sold Apple too early,” even though he bought it “even earlier.” When asked, however, he made it clear that he did not regret parting with Apple shares because no one could predict how a share certificate would develop. However, he could also imagine buying into the iGroup again if the shares fell to an attractive level.
“I’m very happy that this is our largest holding,” said Buffett. “It is not impossible that Apple could reach a price where we would buy a large amount of it,” he added. “But not in this market.”
Overvaluation in the markets
For The Motley Fool’s Bram Berkowitz, the latest addition represents a crucial note for investors that they shouldn’t ignore. Berkowitz interprets these words as confirmation of Wall Street’s fears that the current market is overvalued in the view of Buffett and Berkshire.
On the other hand, this finding should not come as a huge surprise, as Berkshire has been accumulating an ever-increasing mountain of cash for years, which now totals $370 billion. In the past, the star investor had repeatedly emphasized that he would like to access the market if he could identify suitable investments, but had often spoken of overvaluation.
The so-called Buffett indicator, so called because stock market professionals like to use it to evaluate the market, has also been at an all-time high for a long time, according to The Motley Fool. The Buffett Indicator compares the US market capitalization to the country’s GDP using the US Wilshire 5000 index. If the result is over 150 percent, there is an overvaluation. At more than 200 percent there would be a risk of a crash. According to Berkowitz, the ratio was recently at 211 percent. The indicator has not been below 100 percent since 2013.
Although the Iran war has led to strong volatility on the markets in recent weeks, the stock markets quickly recovered after the first signs of relaxation. Buffet himself didn’t find the recent price rollercoaster particularly exciting, telling CNBC: “The price has probably fallen more than 50% three times since I took over. […] “It’s nothing to get upset about,” said the star investor.
In addition, the Oracle of Omaha has repeatedly emphasized in the past to pursue a long investment horizon when investing. If you want to stay invested for a long time anyway, you can better ride out short-term fluctuations, because in the long term the stock market always recovers, as a look at the past shows.
Even though Buffett has now handed over the management of Berkshire to his successor Greg Abel, he continues to come to the office every day and follow developments on the markets. The star investor also continues to make individual investment decisions, but now in consultation with the new Berkshire CEO: “I won’t [Investitionen] make actions that Greg believes are wrong. […] “Greg gets the report every day,” Buffett told CNBC, referring to the company’s regular investment reports.
Buffett also recently made “a tiny purchase,” but did not reveal which stocks these were.
Martina Köhler, editorial team at finanzen.net
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