The Oracle of Omaha is signaling when Berkshire Hathaway will begin gobbling up stocks as the market pulls back.
In a new CNBC interview, Warren Buffett says he doesn’t think the stock market looks cheap, even though the S&P 500 is down about 5% year-to-date.
According to Buffett, Berkshire is not buying or selling equities under current market conditions.
“Three times since I’ve taken over Berkshire, it’s gone down more than 50%. I mean, if you look at the markets of, oh, the worst probably was the 2007-2008 period, although there was that one Monday when you had 21% in a day. I mean, this is nothing.
This is nothing to make you get excited and think there’s huge valuation drops. If they’re 5 or 6 percent cheaper, we aren’t in it to make 5% or 6%. We’re not a big seller either.”
But Buffett notes that Berkshire will only deploy its massive cash stockpile if the stock market collapses.
“Yeah, if there is a big decline, we will deploy. I mean, we will deploy it because stocks are attractive or businesses are attractive to us. And we are not planning to sell them next week or next month. So we want to be right on them.”
Data shows that, as of December 2025, Berkshire Hathaway has a cash stockpile of more than $373 billion. At the end of 2025, Berkshire holds $61.961 billion in Apple (AAPL) shares, the largest stake in its portfolio, accounting for 22.6% of its holdings.
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