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Prediction: Buying Berkshire Hathaway Today Will Set You Up for Life

The Motley Fool

Given enough time, shares of this buy-and-hold-minded conglomerate reliably outperform the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) even though they seemingly shouldn't. Some of the conglomerate's biggest holdings at this time still include Apple , Coca-Cola , and Chevron , although it's currently sitting on a few dozen different stocks.

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Berkshire Hathaway's Beating the Market, But Its Biggest Holdings Aren't. What Gives?

The Motley Fool

It's an often-forgotten detail about Berkshire Hathaway, but it's not a mutual fund. It's a conglomerate that just so happens to use much of its idle cash to hold stocks of publicly traded companies. None of these are companies you can directly invest in on your own.