Warren Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns a mix of about 45 stocks at any given time. Although it's diversified, it leans heavily toward bank stocks and value stocks, with only a smattering of growth stocks and tech stocks. And Buffett loves dividends.

Your individual goals will likely look different from Berkshire Hathaway's, which has certain targets it has to meet and a strategy to grow its billions of funds for clients. Most individuals do well with a fully diversified portfolio by size, industry, and more.

One feature that stands out for most Buffett stocks, and which is also a factor individual investors should consider, is valuation. If a stock's valuation is already too rich, the chance of soaring decreases. The premise behind finding undervalued stocks is that the price will rise to meet the real value of the stock.

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