If you want to know which rare coins are the best to own, examining the collection of one of the world's top coin collectors isn't a bad place to start. Ditto with stocks. You'll find plenty of great ideas among the stocks Warren Buffett has bought for Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) portfolio.

The good news is that you don't need a huge up-front investment to scoop up some of those stocks. Got $1,000? Here are five Buffett stocks to buy and hold forever.

Buffett didn't personally make the call to buy shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) for Berkshire's portfolio. One of the conglomerate's two investment managers initiated the position in Amazon. However, Buffett stated he was "too dumb" to invest in Amazon sooner.

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