Warren Buffett is one of the greatest and most respected investors of all time. Most investors would like to emulate Buffett’s investing style in their portfolios, which is not easy, but we can certainly learn from his strategies.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)  has increased in value by more than 5,600,000% since Buffett took control of the company in 1965, which is an unbelievable 20% annually and double the S&9 500 over that time.

The legendary investor favors companies with “economic moats,” which are like “economic castles protected by unbreachable moats.” In simple terms, a moat is a unique competitive advantage that enables a company to outperform others in the same industry over time.

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• Warren Buffett is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors achieving an average annual growth of 20%, doubling the S&P 500’s performance.
• Buffett’s strategy often focuses on companies with “economic moats,” which are unique competitive advantages that allow companies to sustain superior performance within their industries.
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VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF

The VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) invests in attractively priced companies with sustainable competitive advantages. The ETF aims to track the performance of wide moat companies in the United States. The fund uses Morningstar equity analysts to select companies with long-term competitive advantages relative to their fair market value.

Since its inception in 2012, MOAT is up 380% compared to the S&P 500’s 454% gains.

Here are the current top 15 holdings in the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF:

Ticker	Holdings Name	Shares	% of Net Assets	Market Value
CRM	Salesforce.Com	1,510,981	3.19%	$516,347,537.13
GILD	Gilead Sciences	5,136,134	3.08%	$498,359,082.02
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb	8,175,897	3.02%	$489,082,158.54
ADSK	Autodesk	1,529,241	2.97%	$480,013,457.49
TRU	Transunion	4,319,969	2.85%	$461,243,090.13
EMR	Emerson Electric	3,541,518	2.83%	$457,564,125.60
BIO	Bio-Rad Laboratories	1,237,487	2.80%	$452,858,367.65
USB	Us Bancorp	8,815,473	2.78%	$449,941,741.92
MKTX	Marketaxess Holdings	1,639,388	2.78%	$449,585,765.12
KVUE	Kenvue	18,140,045	2.66%	$431,370,270.10
VEEV	Veeva Systems	1,784,312	2.61%	$422,649,983.44
ALLE	Allegion	2,862,541	2.54%	$410,574,255.63
MO	Altria Group	7,528,464	2.51%	$406,010,063.52
CTVA	Corteva	6,894,686	2.49%	$403,477,024.72
DIS	Walt Disney	3,932,868	2.45%	$396,669,066.48
ZBH	Zimmer Biomet Holdings	3,468,175	2.34%	$379,626,435.50

SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF (QUS)

In the past, Buffett invested in undervalued companies with great potential, which he called “cigar butts.” However, his thinking later evolved to “it’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”

The SPDR MSCI USA StrategicFactors ETF aims to invest in high-quality firms with durable balance sheets and stable cash flows, trading at reasonable valuations.

The SPDR StrategicFactors ETF closely followed the performance of the S&P 500 since inception in 2015 but the broad market index outperformed the ETF.

As of the time of this writing, these are the top 15 stocks in the QUS ETF.

Ticker	Holdings Name	Shares	Weight
AAPL	APPLE	205,881	3.16%
NVDA	NVIDIA	277,738	2.76%
MSFT	MICROSOFT	92,970	2.66%
META	META PLATFORMS	59,759	2.38%
UNH	UNITEDHEALTH GROUP	53,431	2.28%
LLY	ELI LILLY	36,864	2.10%
V	VISA INC CLASS A SHARES	88,050	1.87%
MA	MASTERCARD INC	46,257	1.68%
JNJ	JOHNSON + JOHNSON	152,658	1.62%
CSCO	CISCO SYSTEMS INC	33,3650	1.34%
COST	COSTCO	20,625	1.32%
GOOGL	ALPHABET INC	99,780	1.23%
ACN	ACCENTURE PLC	47,615	1.16%
GOOG	ALPHABET INC	91,878	1.14%
TXN	TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC	75,105	1.11%
BRK.B	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY	33,533	1.07%

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPLG)

Buffett has long recommended that most investors should stick with low-cost index funds. The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF IVV and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO charge just 0.03% each, but SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF SPLG‘s new fee of 0.02% makes it the cheapest in the space.

The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF offers broad exposure and aims to replicate the S&P 500 total returns and contains exposure to 80% of the U.S. stock market.

As you can see in the chart above, the total returns for all three ETFs mentioned track the S&P 500 very closely, and with a slightly less expense ratio of SPLG, the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF is our selected ETF for broad market exposure.

Currently, here are the top 15 stocks in SPLG:

Ticker	Holdings Name	Shares	% of Net Assets
NVDA	NVIDIA	24,932,135.00	7.03%
AAPL	APPLE	15,409,480.00	6.71%
MSFT	MICROSOFT	7,533,485.00	6.11%
AMZN	AMAZON.COM	9,467,733.00	3.80%
META	META PLATFORMS INC	2,214,518.00	2.51%
GOOGL	ALPHABET INC	5,939,093.00	2.08%
TSLA	TESLA	2,812,712.00	1.91%
GOOG	ALPHABET INC	4,869,007.00	1.72%
BRK.B	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY	1,856,943.00	1.69%
AVGO	BROADCOM	4,718,797.00	1.64%
JPM	JPMORGAN CHASE	2,884,448.00	1.34%
LLY	ELI LILLY	799,109.00	1.29%
UNH	UNITEDHEALTH GROUP	935,812.00	1.14%
XOM	EXXON MOBIL	4,502,512.00	1.05%
V	VISA INC	1,693,029.00	1.02%
MA	MASTERCARD	836,005.00	0.86%

 

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