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Invest Like Warren Buffett: Check Out His Latest Buying Target

Legendary investor Warren Buffett has been busy buying stocks on the market dips – and he's also placed a big bet on one specific industry…

Amid Wednesday's stock market sell-off, which left the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq down 1.4%, 1.3%, and 1.59% respectively on heavy volume (the fifth heaviest of any session this year), the Oracle of Omaha went shopping.

Speaking on CNBC Thursday morning, the billionaire investor declined to share what stocks he bought. But, he did say they are "names you'd recognize."

But here’s one industry we know he’s after: auto dealers…

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The "Painful" Truth About Diversification

Portfolio diversification is one of the most widely advocated concepts in investing. Almost all financial planners recommend it.

But it's also one of the most misunderstood concepts.

Traditional diversification isn't a real-world way to create big wealth.

Warren Buffett certainly understands this, as you'll see.

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The Winning Investment System That Gave Us Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch

So what do Warren Buffett and Peter Lynch have in common?

Aside from being legendary investors, neither one of them has ever used technical analysis to dig up a market-beating stock pick.

In a world bereft of charts, trend lines, and candlesticks, both of these heavy weights have relied entirely on fundamental analysis to earn their famous fortunes.

In fact, their disdain for technical analysis is so complete that Buffett once remarked, "I realized technical analysis didn't work when I turned the charts upside down and didn't get a different answer."

Meanwhile, Lynch once observed, "Charts are great for predicting the past."

Instead of focusing on market momentum, they simply concentrated on finding long-term value. It's called fundamental analysis.

And over time, that singular "system" made both men very wealthy.

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What Warren Buffett Said at the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting

About 35,000 people traveled to Nebraska Saturday to hear what Warren Buffett had to say at Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting for 2013.

One of the most notable guests for the Berkshire (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) chief: the ultimate stock market bear, Doug Kass of Seabreeze Partners.

Referring to his out-of-the-ordinary invite, Kass told The Wall Street Journal Buffett is "self-confident, but he's not afraid of a challenge. I believe he enjoys challenges."

Just hours before the crowd gathered, Berkshire reported a 51% jump in Q1 profits. The conglomerate earned $4.89 billion, or $2,977 per Class A share, up from last year's $3.25 billion, or $1,966 a share. Berkshire's insurance arm was a particular bright spot, as was its BNSF railroad.

The company's diversified portfolio, which runs the gamut from banks to cowboy boots to boats to candy, surged to $1.1 billion from $580 million.

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