If you're looking for your next great all-around stock pick, you can't go wrong borrowing one or two ideas from Warren Buffett. At Hathaway, his investment portfolio regularly outperforms the broad market. Better still, his holdings are chosen for their long-term potential. More often than not, you can buy a stock owned by Berkshire and safely plan on staying in the position for years on end.

To this end, here's a rundown of three stocks Warren Buffett has steered Berkshire Hathaway into that would also be at home in most investors' portfolios.

Credit card company Capital One is planning on acquiring rival Discover. If the merger is allowed to happen, it certainly seems to pose a threat to American Express (NYSE: AXP). But that potential threat may not be anywhere near as dire as it seems to be on the surface.

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