Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio is a great source to find outstanding businesses that have won the approval of one brilliant investor.

Since 1965, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has delivered a phenomenal return of 3,787,464% through 2022. It's an extraordinary record of growth that resulted from a combination of two things: Buffett's purchases of businesses outright and purchases of small pieces of quality companies through the stock market.

At the end of the third quarter, Berkshire's combined investment in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) had a grand total of nearly $173 billion, with Apple making up most of that. Here's why any one of these top stocks would be great places to park some cash to start the new year.

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