It's not easy to beat the market. In 2023, 60% of actively managed, large-cap equity funds underperformed the S 500. The last year when a majority of these funds outperformed the market was in 2009.

That's why investors eagerly follow Warren Buffett and pay attention to whatever his holding company Berkshire Hathaway buys. Berkshire Hathaway consistently beats the market, and the way Buffett tells it, it isn't all that hard if you're focused on the right factors.

Berkshire Hathaway owns about 50 stocks at a given time and is diversified across industries and categories. However, it leans toward value stocks and has a high concentration of financial stocks.

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