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

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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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Is It Too Late to Buy Berkshire Hathaway Stock?

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Some will be conglomerates and operate in a few lines of business or sectors. Berkshire Hathaway is like a conglomerate on steroids; it operates in the finance, energy, utility, transportation, retail, construction, and manufacturing sectors, among others. Viewed with that lens, there's really no good or bad time to buy the stock.

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Crypto Is the Most-Held Asset Among Gen Z and Millennial Investors: Here's What They Should Buy Next

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In October 2022, the Motley Fool surveyed 1,200 Gen Z and millennial investors to see what they were holding in their portfolios. And younger investors showed a clear preference for holding individual stocks rather than mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The results were somewhat surprising.

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This Magnificent Stock Has Made Many Millionaires, and Could Make More

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Conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway benefits from the long-term business growth that is generated from the collection of companies under the Berkshire Hathaway umbrella. In this way, Berkshire Hathaway can be looked at as something similar to a mutual fund. In fact, the company even has a portfolio of stock investments.

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Warren Buffett Doesn't Own Nvidia. Here's How He's Profited From the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock's Big Gains Anyway

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Buffett's direct ways of profiting from Nvidia Although Buffett doesn't own any shares of Nvidia, Berkshire Hathaway 's portfolio includes two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that do. The conglomerate hasn't sold shares of either ETF since then. of Berkshire's total portfolio. Not entirely.

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Here's Why Berkshire Hathaway Stock Is a Buy Before Nov. 1

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To simplify, it is an enormous, sprawling conglomerate. That's actually a more descriptive statement than it seems because, in some ways, Berkshire Hathaway is more like a mutual fund than an operating company. But the real truth is that the company is the investment vehicle of Buffett.

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Where Will Berkshire Hathaway Be in 10 Years?

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In some ways it is probably better to think of Berkshire Hathaway as a mutual fund. Meanwhile, there is a hugely diverse portfolio of businesses contained within Berkshire Hathaway. Is that portfolio going to stay in place, or will the next CEO look to pare down the conglomerate by selling or spinning off businesses?