If you have $1,000 to invest, one Buffett and Berkshire stock to consider buying and holding on to for the long haul is Visa ( V -1.47%). Visa isn't a large holding in Berkshire's stock portfolio (about 1%), but it's one of the most successful businesses in it.

Berkshire Hathaway didn’t just report earnings this quarter; it sent a clear message. In Q2 2025, Warren Buffett’s timeless investment firm posted $12.37 billion in net earnings to shareholders, down sharply from $30.3 billion in the year-ago period.

Little did they know that days after they had pushed Berkshire’s class A shares to a record, Buffett would announce he planned to step down as chief executive. Since then, the conglomerate’s high-vote A shares have fallen 14 per cent,