3 Great Stocks Warren Buffett Probably Can't Buy, But You Can
Buffett sees big opportunities in small stocks, but he can't buy most of them.
Warren Buffett has a big problem. Literally.
Buffett's problem is that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) is too big to take advantage of many of the opportunities in the stock market. This isn't a new problem for Buffett, either. He told investors in his 1995 letter to shareholders, "The giant disadvantage we face is size: In the early years, we needed only good ideas, but now we need good big ideas."
It's only gotten worse in the last 30 years, as Buffett manages over $600 billion in investable assets for Berkshire Hathaway. (That was just $26 billion in 1995.) Last year Buffett noted, "There remain only a handful of companies in this country capable of truly moving the needle at Berkshire."