There's one laggard in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio that can turn things around this year. Bonus: It also happens to come with a 4.7% yield.

While many investors poured into the stock market last year, legendary investor Warren Buffett eased on the brakes. Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company Buffett founded and still leads,

Warren Buffett, the renowned investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has recently made significant investments totaling $562 million in three companies: Occidental Petroleum, Sirius XM, and Verisign.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) owns about 45 stocks in its $300 billion portfolio, many of which were hand-selected by CEO and legendary investor Warren Buffett himself. While there's a solid case to be made in favor of pretty much every stock Berkshire owns,

You may want to peruse Warren Buffett's portfolio for ideas. After all, Buffett and his investing colleagues Todd Combs and Ted Wechsler at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) only seek out competitively advantaged,

In a famous Arthur Conan Doyle story, "The Adventure of Silver Blaze," Sherlock Holmes draws the attention of Scotland Yard's Inspector Gregory to the "curious incident of the dog in the night-time." Gregory,

These five companies -- one of which is near and dear to the Oracle of Omaha's heart -- stand out for all the right reasons.

It's been a couple of great years for the U.S. stock market. Historically, investing in the S&P 500 on days when it hits a new all-time high results in slightly above-average returns in the subsequent 12 months,