Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett is famous for being one of the greatest investors ever. He's also known for his wise thoughts on both life and investing.

One Buffett maxim that applies to investing is that beating the market doesn't require genius-level intelligence. What it does require is the rational selection of businesses poised to benefit from trends -- and the discipline to stand by these decisions in the face of irrational market movements.

Here are two businesses that have outperformed the market in recent years and appear positioned to do the same in the future.

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Source Fool.com