Warren Buffett's Top 8 Holdings Offering Yields of Over 3%

Warren Buffett is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A). He is also one of the world's legendary investors. In the year 2008, he was #1 in the Forbes’s list of global billionaires. As of March 2011, with his net wealth of $50 billion, he became the world’s third wealthiest person according to Forbes. In his portfolio, there are 26 stocks worth $54 billion, from a range of sectors including financials, consumer goods, healthcare and energy. As an investor, he follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Graham and Philip Fisher. Buffett characterizes himself as such: I’m 15 percent Fisher and 85 percent Benjamin Graham. The basic ideas of investing are to look at stocks as business, use the market's fluctuations to your advantage, and seek a margin of safety. That’s what Ben Graham taught us. A hundred years from now, they will still be the cornerstones of investing.... Read more