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

The Motley Fool

None of these are business capable of producing explosive growth, but they're all businesses capable of producing reliable cash flow regardless of the economic backdrop. And that's mattered more than most investors might imagine. All told, these businesses produced operating earnings of $47.4 Bottom line?

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

The Motley Fool

The dividends Berkshire's collected from the stocks it's holding still don't come close to fully explaining why the fund is doing so well when the stocks it's holding aren't. It's an often-forgotten detail about Berkshire Hathaway, but it's not a mutual fund. Ordinary investors can't make such deals. It's not complicated.