via SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page by Insider Monkey on 8/22/11
By Insider Monkey:
Warren Buffett is one of the top investors of the past century. His every move is closely followed by investors and mainstream media. Unfortunately, he doesn't trade very often. When he buys stocks, he holds them for years. So investors who are worried about short-term returns can't really gather much intelligence from Buffett's holdings. His track record for the first 50 years of his investment career is absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, for the past 5-10 years his alpha went down to zero from around 10-12 percent per year.
We compiled Buffett's Berkshire high-dividend 13F holdings at the end of June. We required a minimum dividend yield of 2.7%; yields were obtained from Finviz (see Buffett's portfolio here ). Here are Buffett's favorite high dividend stock picks:
- Sanofi Aventis (SNY): Sanofi-Aventis provides therapeutic solutions to improve the lives of everyone. SNY recently traded at $34.09 and has a 5.3% dividend yield. SNY gained
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