If you include stocks that trade on foreign exchanges, as well as situations where more than one class of the same stock is owned, Berkshire Hathaway owns 54 stocks in its portfolio, as of the latest information. To be fair, there's a strong investment case to be made for quite a few of them, even after the recent stock market rally.

Berkshire's CEO Warren Buffett -- who is responsible for most of the stock portfolio -- is a big fan of banking as a business. Therefore, it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the company owns five bank stocks in its portfolio. And while all five look like great long-term investments, Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) is the one I'm most excited about.

Ally specializes in auto lending and high-yield deposit accounts. The bank offers other types of loans and banking products, as well, but this is where the bulk of its loan portfolio and customer base is concentrated.

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