With as impressive of an investing track record as Warren Buffett has achieved, you'd expect his Berkshire Hathaway portfolio would be loaded with great stocks. And you'd be right. The good news is that you don't need a huge amount of cash to buy many of those stocks.

S&P 500 investors are playing it safer in 2025 — so Warren Buffett's careful stock-picking is in style again.

Warren Buffett once famously stated that his "favorite holding period was forever." However, even a cursory examination of Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) portfolio changes through the years will show that Buffett doesn't hold most stocks as long as he said he prefers.