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> I think it's imprudent for the average retail investor to take on and action Buffets advice in most contexts, except for his "just put your money in an index" advice.

Historically, Buffett bought undervalued companies, and sometimes ran them. Generally dull and boring companies with a long, profitable history and low P/E ratios. Or that's what he says in his book. But look at what Berkshire Hathaway owns today.[1] 45% of their portfolio is AAPL. Nothing else is above 10%. The railroads and Acme Brick are gone from the portfolio.

[1] https://money.usnews.com/investing/stock-market-news/article...




Berkshire still owns many boring companies. They are mostly wholly owned and so are not listed under 'stocks'.


Here's the full list of the companies it owns:

https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/subs/sublinks.html


> The railroads and Acme Brick are gone from the portfolio.

They still list ACME bricks [0] unless you're thinking their website isn't accurate. I doubt it's inaccurate though.

[0] https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/subs/sublinks.html


Ah, I missed their outright ownership list. They did sell Union Pacific and BNSF, though.


It bought under or normally valued companies and provided incredibly cheap cost of capital.




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