{
  "id": 14304267,
  "title": "2 Financial Stocks to Buy That Berkshire Hathaway Kept While Selling Visa and Mastercard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/2-financial-stocks-to-buy-that-berkshire-hathaway-kept-while-selling",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T21:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/13/2-financial-stocks-to-buy-that-berkshire-hathaway/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has demonstrated time and again his exceptional abilities in navigating the stock market. Over a six-decade-long career, he has consistently outperformed market benchmarks, and his investment strategies have been widely studied and emulated across generations. However, Berkshire Hathaway, under Buffett's leadership and now that of his successor, Greg Abel, has shown a willingness to make substantial changes to its portfolio.\n\nThis year, Berkshire closed its stake in two major players in the credit card industry, Visa and Mastercard. However, the company is not entirely withdrawing from the credit business, as it still maintains significant investments in two other companies that operate within the same sector. These two companies are American Express and Moody's, which Berkshire Hathaway holds with 22% and 14% stakes, respectively.\n\nBoth American Express and Moody's are classic Berkshire Hathaway investments that share several key characteristics. These companies boast reliable earnings, a strong competitive advantage in their respective markets, and have the potential for long-term growth. As such, they represent two of the best financial stocks to consider for investment, especially given Berkshire Hathaway's track record of prudent and successful investments.",
  "summary": "Berkshire trimmed its portfolio this year, but these two financial stocks made the cut.",
  "key_points": [],
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        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "2 Financial Stocks to Buy That Berkshire Hathaway Kept While Selling Visa and Mastercard",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/2-financial-stocks-to-buy-that-berkshire-hathaway-kept-while-selling-14312519",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:50:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}