Prediction: Buying Berkshire Hathaway Today Could Set You Up for Life

As most experienced investors can attest, there's no such thing as a perfect investment. Everything is a trade-off. You're exchanging safety for bigger returns, for instance, or looking for strong near-term returns that won't persist in the long run. That's just the nature of the business, and that's why investors' portfolios need regular updating.There's one arguable exception to this premise, however. That's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). It offers almost everything an investor could reasonably want -- including market-beating performance -- while minimizing the pieces of the stock-picking puzzle we're all trying to avoid.Best of all, Berkshire's one of those prospects that can be bought today and trusted enough to hold for a lifetime, knowing it's built to maintain its market-beating results.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool