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3 Stocks That Could Be Like Buying Berkshire Hathaway In the 1980s

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Berkshire Hathaway has produced amazing returns for long-term investors under Warren Buffett .

At a more than $1 trillion valuation, its ability to consistently generate outsize returns from here is somewhat limited.

But there are a few companies that have some of the right components in place to grow into a much larger value-creation machine like Berkshire .

Buffett has said many times that his biggest obstacle to finding great targets is Berkshire 's massive size.

Kinsale hasn't expressed interest in building a true conglomerate with non-insurance subsidiaries.

Management had said that as the company scales and its investment portfolio grows, the team is comfortable taking on more exposure to equities.

I don't think these three will turn a few thousand dollars into millions of dollars , but I think all three are excellent businesses.

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