{"id":650766,"date":"2026-05-18T18:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650766\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:04:10","slug":"warren-buffett-teased-to-cnbc-a-tiny-purchase-in-march-berkshire-filing-may-have-revealed-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650766\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Buffett teased to CNBC a \u2018tiny purchase\u2019 in March. Berkshire filing may have revealed it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"InlineVideo-videoThumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/108285303-17749595441774959541-44934079383-1080pnbcnews.jpg\" alt=\"Warren Buffett says he&#x2019;s still making calls on investments at Berkshire, flags &#x2018;tiny&#x2019; new buy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Billionaire investor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/warren-buffett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Buffett<\/a> hinted in March that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/BRK.B\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkshire Hathaway<\/a> had made a small addition to its portfolio. A new regulatory filing may have just revealed what he was referring to.<\/p>\n<p>When asked in March whether Berkshire was still putting money to work, Buffett said the conglomerate had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/31\/warren-buffett-says-hes-still-making-calls-on-investments-at-berkshire-flags-tiny-new-buy.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made &#8220;one tiny purchase&#8221;<\/a> but was still struggling to find attractive opportunities. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Got one tiny purchase, but we aren&#8217;t finding things that \u2014 we weren&#8217;t finding them before,&#8221; Buffett said at the time in an interview with CNBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/becky-quick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Becky Quick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A regulatory filing released Friday showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/15\/berkshire-hathaway-returns-to-airlines-with-2point6-billion-stake-in-delta-air-lines.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkshire initiated a roughly $55 million position<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/M\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macy&#8217;s<\/a> during the first quarter \u2014 a sliver of a portfolio valued at more than $300 billion and a size that would fit Buffett&#8217;s description of a &#8220;tiny&#8221; investment.<\/p>\n<p>Stock Chart IconStock chart icon<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\" class=\"Collapsible-dismissButton\" alt=\"hide content\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Macy&#8217;s 5 days<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Berkshire&#8217;s other newly disclosed position during the quarter was far larger: a roughly $2.6 billion stake in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/DAL\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delta Air Lines<\/a>, making it an unlikely candidate for the modest purchase Buffett referenced in March.<\/p>\n<p>Still, investors may not have the full picture. Berkshire&#8217;s quarterly equity filings only capture U.S.-listed positions that meet reporting requirements, leaving open the possibility that Buffett was referring to an international investment or another holding not reflected in Friday&#8217;s disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Buffett, who stepped down as Berkshire&#8217;s chief executive at the start of 2026 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/01\/buffett-successor-greg-abel-faces-first-big-test-as-berkshire-hathaway-ceo-did-he-pass-it.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">handed the role<\/a> to Greg Abel, said earlier this year that he remains deeply involved in overseeing investments and market activity.<\/p>\n<p>The 95-year-old said he still comes into the office daily and works alongside colleagues on trading decisions. Buffett described regularly speaking with Berkshire&#8217;s director of financial assets, Mark Millard, before the opening bell to discuss market developments.<\/p>\n<p>Millard, whose office Buffett said sits about 20 feet away from his own, executes trades based on those conversations, underscoring Buffett&#8217;s continued role in portfolio management despite the leadership transition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I won&#8217;t make any [investments] that Greg thinks are wrong. &#8230; Greg gets the sheet every day,&#8221; Buffett said.<\/p>\n<p>In the first quarter, Berkshire also sold a slew of stocks including Mastercard and Visa in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/20\/greg-abel-is-shaking-up-berkshire-hathaways-portfolio-these-stocks-could-be-affected.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an effort to unwind<\/a>\u00a0positions tied to Todd Combs, the longtime investment manager and Geico chief who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/12\/08\/berkshire-hathaways-todd-combs-investment-lieutenant-to-buffett-and-geico-ceo-is-leaving-for-jpmorgan.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">left for JPMorgan<\/a>\u00a0at the end of 2025. Ted Weschler, the other investment manager, continues to oversee about 6% of the holdings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billionaire investor Warren Buffett hinted in March that Berkshire Hathaway had made a small addition to its portfolio.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[41737,448,1531,116,28,122,5237,113,1534,81584,112,37881,114,31279,918,724],"class_list":["post-650766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-berkshire-hathaway-inc","tag-breaking-news-business","tag-breaking-news-investing","tag-breaking-news-markets","tag-business","tag-business-news","tag-delta-air-lines-inc","tag-investment-strategy","tag-jpmorgan-chase-co","tag-macys-inc","tag-markets","tag-mastercard-inc","tag-stock-markets","tag-visa-inc","tag-wall-street","tag-warren-buffett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}