Why MasterCard and Berkshire Hathaway Are Long-Term Winners

By David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer – Mar 31, 2014 at 1:59PM

NYSE: BRK.B

Berkshire Hathaway

Market Cap

$873B

Today's Change

(-0.42%) -$1.71

Current Price

$403.20

Price as of April 26, 2024, 2:23 p.m. ET

The Motley Fool's newsletter Stock Advisor is one of the many newsletter services the company offers, but how do its picks stand up to scrutiny from the guys on WTMI? Here's a look at Berkshire Hathaway and MasterCard.

On Friday's edition of Where the Money Is, Motley Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson took a look at some of The Motley Fool's newsletter services and the formal stock recommendations made there, to tell investors whether or not they agree with the analysts' picks.

In this segment, a look at the Fool's flagship service, Stock Advisor. They single out two of the services' picks from the financial sector, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B -0.42%) and MasterCard (MA -0.06%), and discuss why the leadership at both of these companies makes them great bets. The guys then take a magnifying glass to these two stocks, to find out if there are any other reasons why they would doubt the investing theses here.

David Hanson owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway. The Motley Fool recommends Berkshire Hathaway and MasterCard. The Motley Fool owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway and MasterCard. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.