3 Warren Buffett Stocks to Hold Forever

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The extremity of an epoch is astir upon us. After 55 years astatine the helm, astatine the extremity of this year, Warren Buffett volition beryllium stepping down arsenic Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO and main stock-picker.

And erstwhile helium goes, galore members of the concern assemblage could find themselves astatine a loss. Although Berkshire isn't conscionable a communal fund, plentifulness of investors took Buffett's pb by copying Berkshire's trades; present the conglomerate's banal picks won't needfully beryllium Buffett-approved holdings. So, if you privation to cognize for definite that you're pursuing successful his footsteps, you'd amended enactment soon.

To this end, here's a rundown of 3 names presently successful Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio that you not lone cognize the Oracle of Omaha likes good capable to ain them, but each of which could safely beryllium bought and held forever.

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) isn't conscionable 1 of Berkshire's longest-held positions astatine 19 years. It's besides go the conglomerate's third-biggest holding, presently worthy $28 billion. That's 10% of Berkshire's full publically traded portfolio.

It's not hard to spot wherefore Buffett's been specified a semipermanent instrumentality of the beverage giant, either. Not lone is it the biggest and best-known sanction successful the business, but it's a dividend machine! In summation to paying a dividend similar clockwork for decades, The Coca-Cola Company has raised its per-share dividend outgo for 63 consecutive years (and counting). This year, Berkshire's 400 cardinal shares of KO volition supply Buffett and his lieutenants with much than $200 cardinal successful cash. Never adjacent caput the near-200% summation this stock's terms unsocial has produced since Buffett archetypal bought it backmost successful precocious 2006.

It's besides a large "forever" banal for 2 different reasons. One of these is simply that the satellite volition ever request thing to drink. With brands similar Gold Peak tea, Powerade sports drinks, Minute Maid juices, Dasani water, and, of course, its namesake cola, The Coca-Cola Company has thing to connection everyone.

And the different crushed this name's got staying powerfulness worthy buying into? Its sheer size (read "deep pockets") -- the drinks elephantine tin spend to outspend its competitors. For perspective, Coca-Cola spent much than $5 cardinal connected advertizing past twelvemonth alone.