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Billionaire Warren Buffett's Genius Tactic to Supercharge His Portfolio

This is one of the keys to Warren Buffett's success.

By Travis Hoium – Jan 23, 2024 at 7:00AM EST

Warren Buffett has built Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A +1.34%) (BRK.B +1.27%) into one of the biggest companies in the world and he's done so using a simple trick in some of his biggest businesses. Buffett gets to use billions of dollars in float to invest in stocks, where he's one of the best investors in history.

Travis Hoium shows what float is in Buffett's own words in this video.

*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of Jan. 19, 2024. The video was published on Jan. 21, 2024.

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Travis Hoium
Travis Hoium is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering solar energy, technology, and growth stocks. Before The Motley Fool, Travis was a mechanical engineer at 3M and founded a virtual reality company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.
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Stocks Mentioned

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Quote
Berkshire Hathaway
NYSE: BRKA
$730,707.01
(+1.34%)+$9,662.12
Berkshire Hathaway Stock Quote
Berkshire Hathaway
NYSE: BRKB
$487.23
(+1.22%)+$5.87
Apple Stock Quote
Apple
NASDAQ: AAPL
$262.73
(-0.39%)-$1.02
American Express Stock Quote
American Express
NYSE: AXP
$311.21
(+1.10%)+$3.39
Bank of America Stock Quote
Bank of America
NYSE: BAC
$50.33
(+0.71%)+$0.36
Coca-Cola Stock Quote
Coca-Cola
NYSE: KO
$78.10
(-1.56%)-$1.24
Chevron Stock Quote
Chevron
NYSE: CVX
$186.09
(-1.42%)-$2.68
Occidental Petroleum Stock Quote
Occidental Petroleum
NYSE: OXY
$53.61
(-0.13%)-$0.07

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