After a Tumultuous Q3, Warren Buffett Holds Onto 2 High Yielding Defensive Stocks

Warren Buffett, one of the most prolific Wall Street investors, is the fifth wealthiest in the world. The CEO and founder of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) boasts a net worth of more than $100 billion. He has also been increasingly philanthropic in his later years, pledging to donate nearly all his wealth to charity.

Buffet has now donated at least $48 billion to charity with much of it going towards the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as well as his children’s foundations, per Forbes.

About three-quarters of Berkshire Hathaway is invested in five positions:

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO)
Chevron (NYSE: CVX)
American Express (NYSE:

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