Let’s break down how I can use Buffett’s method to accelerate my quest for financial freedom and turn a £1,000 investment today into over £10,000 in the long run.

The numbers make a compelling case

Let’s start with a simple comparison. If I invest £1,000 right now in a bog-standard, low-cost FTSE 100 index fund, I can reasonably expect to earn a return close to the historical stock market average rate of 8% a year. While that isn’t guaranteed, it does provide a rough guideline of what I can realistically expect.

At this rate of return, after 29 years, my £1,000 would grow into £10,097.63. That’s certainly a solid outcome. But it takes nearly three decades of patience.

By comparison, picking high-quality individual stocks directly, Buffett has averaged an 19.9% annualised return throughout his entire investment journey at Berkshire Hathaway. And at that rate, the journey to £10,000 should only take just shy of 12 years – less than half the time.

So what’s his secret?

What does Buffett actually do?

The principles of Buffett’s strategy are deceptively simple. He invests only in businesses he fully understands. He focuses relentlessly on the long term, ignoring short-term noise and market volatility. He avoids chasing hype or fashionable sectors. And, crucially, he approaches every investment as if he were buying the entire business, asking not ‘will this stock go up’ but rather ‘is this a wonderful company at a fair price?’

The result is a concentrated portfolio of high-quality businesses with durable competitive advantages. And one of the most enduring examples of this in action is Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO).

The investment thesis was straightforward. Coca-Cola’s a globally-recognised brand with pricing power, a product that generates repeat purchases billions of times a day, all supported by a distribution network that competitors cannot replicate easily.

So does that thesis still hold in 2026?

Is Coca-Cola still worth considering?

Buffett’s bull case for Coca-Cola remains remarkably intact. The company continues to generate enormous free cash flow, has raised its dividend for 63 consecutive years, and its Coke, Sprite, and Fanta brands retain dominant global market share across both developed and emerging markets.

At the same time, management’s recent push into premium beverages and energy adds a meaningful growth dimension to what was once seen purely as a defensive income play. But that doesn’t mean the stock’s a guaranteed winner.

Rising health consciousness is applying long-term pressure on sugary drink consumption in Western markets. At the same time, input cost inflation, particularly for sugar, aluminium, and logistics, continues to squeeze margins. And with Coca-Cola’s success story being so well known, the market has priced the shares at a premium valuation that leaves little room for error.

That doesn’t mean the growth story’s over. Coca-Cola’s competitive advantages shouldn’t be overlooked. And even Buffett’s known for paying a premium when the underlying quality is sufficiently high. So for investors looking for a boring but dependable compounder, Coca-Cola shares might indeed still be worth a closer look.

Should you invest £5,000 in Coca-Cola right now?

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Both the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500 are trading near all-time highs, despite a world suffering geopolitical uncertainty, from ongoing Middle East conflict to trade tensions and slowing economic growth. It’s making plenty of investors nervous. And honestly, that’s understandable.

But panic-selling or sitting on the sidelines indefinitely isn’t the answer. So what is?

What does Buffett actually recommend?

The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ has been remarkably consistent on this point over the decades. His advice? Stop trying to time the market and start focusing on the quality of the businesses you own.

To quote Buffett: “It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.”

In other words, record highs shouldn’t change your strategy. What matters is whether the underlying business has a durable competitive advantage, reliable earnings growth, and the kind of staying power that lets compounding do the heavy lifting over time.

The second piece of advice is just as simple: stay invested. Buffett has long warned that missing even a handful of the market’s best days can devastate long-term returns, and those days are almost impossible to predict.

Buffett’s real-life proof

The clearest example of Buffett walking this walk is his purchase of Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) in 1988.

At the time, markets were still rattled from the 1987 Black Monday crash. Sentiment was fragile, and many investors were sitting on the sidelines. Buffett did the opposite. He bought aggressively, acquiring roughly 6.2% of the company.

Today, Berkshire Hathaway is earning a dividend yield on cost of around 63% from that single position! That’s the power of buying quality and doing nothing.

But does the same logic apply to Coca-Cola today?

Is Coca-Cola still worth buying in May 2026?

Today, Coca-Cola operates in almost every country in the world, generating enormous free cash flow, while raising its dividend for over 60 consecutive years. That makes it one of the most historically reliable income compounders on the planet.

However, the business isn’t without its challenges. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue from sugary drinks at a time when consumer health consciousness is accelerating globally. Even governments are stepping in by introducing sugar taxes and tighter advertising restrictions, which could weigh on volumes over the long run.

There’s also the question of currency exposure. A significant portion of Coca-Cola’s earnings is generated in many emerging market currencies. A strengthening US dollar (which has historically followed periods of global uncertainty) can meaningfully erode reported profits, even when the underlying business is performing well.

For income-focused investors seeking stability, I think Coca-Cola still merits consideration. It won’t make you rich overnight. But then again, that’s precisely the point Buffett’s always made.

The key question now is whether management can navigate shifting consumer tastes and currency headwinds without denting that remarkable dividend growth streak. Personally, I think the answer’s ‘yes’.

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However, for many people, retiring in general and especially retiring early involves making smart decisions about building enough wealth to be able to do so.

On that topic, Buffett can certainly provide lots of wisdom.

Risks are risks at any stage

A lot of people think that, closer to retirement, investment portfolios ought to become less risky. The corollary of that way of thinking suggests that, when people are further from retirement and so have longer investing timeframes, they can afford to take more risks.

There’s a logic to that, in my view. But contrast it to Buffett’s approach. The sorts of companies he has been investing in in his later decades are similar to the ones he was buying at a much younger age.

Sure, there are exceptions: Apple was more tech-facing than most of Buffett’s historical large investments. But in general, Buffett’s been buying the same sorts of firms for many years, since he was a young man.

They tend to be long-established, large, have a competitive advantage and a proven business model. He has also stuck to a limited number of business sectors for most of his investments. One lesson I draw from that is risk tolerance. If an investment is too risky, arguably that is not because the investor is at a certain age, it is because it is too risky.

When an investor figures out their personal risk tolerance and sticks to it, they are less likely to lose money by making investments they know do not really suit them, on the pretext that time is on their side.

ABC: always be compounding!

Time can be on their side though. In investment terms, time can be a mixed bag. Depending on what you do, it may either work for you or against you.

Buffett is a big believer in compounding, which is basically reinvesting dividends (or capital gains) to buy more shares. Combined with a long-term approach to investing, that has allowed him to reap serious financial rewards from some of his investments over the course of decades.

The Midas touch in action

An example is his investment in Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO). Buffett started buying shares in the company for his investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway in the 1980s. Indeed, it is over 30 years since he bought the last one.

He has not bought for decades – but he did not sell either. Instead, he just let the dividends roll in year after year.

And roll in they have. Coca-Cola has grown its dividend per share annually since before Buffett owned it. Last year alone, Berkshire’s original $1.3bn investment in Coca-Cola generated well over $700m of dividends.

That was not always guaranteed to happen (nor is it now, at Coca-Cola or any company). Changing diet habits remain a risk to Coca-Cola’s sales.

But it also has the hallmarks of a classic Buffett pick. Its famous brand, global bottling networks and unique recipe are all strong competitive advantages. They give it pricing power, allowing it to make the profits that fund those dividends.

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So, whether with a £20k ISA, a £250k ISA, or simply an ISA with a spare £250 in it, how might someone learn from the Sage of Omaha when it comes to trying to beat the market with their ISA?

Common sense principles apply, no matter the amount

Warren Buffett is pretty clear about some of the basic elements of his investing approach.

For example, for decades he has emphasises not putting all your eggs in one basket, sticking to businesses you feel you understand, building in a margin of safety when valuing a share, and not putting at risk any money you cannot afford to lose (painful though any loss may still be).

Those make sense when investing billions – but they apply equally when putting just a few hundred pounds to work in the stock market.

A few great shares beat lots of merely good ones

Although Buffett diversifies, he does not massively diversify.

Beating the market involves doing better than it. Say you only invest in the 10 shares in the FTSE 100 that do best, by definition you will beat the index. You may even thrash it.

The challenge, of course, is that nobody – not even Warren Buffett – can know in advance how a share will do. Even a brilliant business can run into unforeseen or perhaps unforeseeable problems.

Still, Buffett’s approach has proven successful in beating the market over the long run.

Indeed, between 1965 and 2024, Berkshire Hathaway under his control managed a 5,502,284% change in per-share market value. During that timeframe, even with dividends included, the S&P 500 managed a far more modest (though still impressive) 39,054%.

One thing Warren Buffett always looks for when hunting for great businesses is whether they have an enduring competitive advantage – what he calls a “moat”.

A classic Buffett pick explained

To illustrate that concept, an example is Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). Berkshire bought a stake decades ago and still holds it, earning hundreds of millions of pounds in dividends annually.

Say someone wanted to replicate the distribution system Coke has built worldwide. Could they do it?

I am not sure. Even if they could, it would take decades and be hugely expensive.

What about building a cola brand to rival Coca-Cola?

Many have tried, from PepsiCo to A G Barr (though to be accurate, perhaps Coca-Cola was rivalling the Cumbernauld firm not the other way around, as Barr’s Cola predates the US brand). Yet Coca-Cola remains dominant.

Plus, of course, Coca-Cola has a unique secret recipe.

All of this adds up to a massive moat.

Times change, of course, and Coca-Cola faces business risks today it did not a decade ago, like the rise of weight-loss drugs and geopolitical whiplash against US brands in the current climate of international relations.

Still, Coca-Cola has been raising its dividend per share annually for decades. A strong moat can go a long way!

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And with the cost of living continuing to rise, his previous tips about the need to earn passive income are now more relevant than ever. After all, “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die”, he famously said.

With that in mind, here’s how any investor can immediately start earning a passive income overnight.

The power of dividends

While many investment portfolios tend to be geared towards growth, it’s easy to overlook mature, boring dividend-paying stocks. After all, why would you invest in a dull self-storage enterprise when there are bleeding-edge biotechs curing cancer?

However, despite the lack of excitement and attention, income stocks nonetheless drive the bulk of shareholder returns over the long run. And that’s especially true for UK shares, which offer some of the most generous dividends in the world.

So how do investors tap into all this passive income potential? It’s simple. All they need to do is buy shares in a dividend-paying company, and wait for the money to come rolling in (usually once every quarter).

But is it really that simple?

Risk versus reward

The most lucrative dividend stocks over the long run aren’t necessarily the ones with the highest yields today. Instead, it’s the businesses that generate exorbitant volumes of consistent free cash flow that not only fund shareholder payouts but also enable them to grow over time.

That’s a lesson Buffett has learned firsthand with his investment in Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO). The soft drinks giant has used its consistent and steady cash flows to increase dividends every year for 63 years in a row. And consequently, Buffett’s now earning more than a 60% yield on his original investment in the late 1980s.

Does that make Coca-Cola a no-brainer today?

Sadly, past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. And if investors blindly buy previously successful income stocks without investigating the underlying risks or potential rewards, their passive income could quickly disappoint.

So let’s take a closer look at Coca-Cola.

Still worth considering?

Starting with the positives, Coca-Cola’s latest results show that the company continues to expand sales organically at impressive profit margins. And even after another round of price increases, thanks to the group’s brand driving pricing power, sales volumes have remained robust, indicating that customers are happy to pay a premium.

That all translates into yet more free cash flow, paving the way for its 64th consecutive dividend hike. However, there are some brewing headwinds to keep a close eye on. Rising global sugar taxes and rising economic constraints in key emerging markets undermine the group’s long-term momentum.

As such, even if dividends continue to rise, future payout hikes might be far less impressive. Put simply, there may be other better dividend growth opportunities to explore right now. Nevertheless, for investors seeking reliable passive income, this Buffett-style stock might be worth a closer look.

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The VIX volatility index is up almost 30% since January kicked off, and now sits close to 19. As a quick reminder, anything above 20 can be an early indicator of growing market fear. And if the index breaches 30, as it did in April 2025 following the US tariff announcements, that’s when stock prices can quickly start plummeting.

Obviously, there’s no way of knowing for certain if the US stock market’s on the verge of imploding. But even if it does, while unpleasant in the short term, it could be a phenomenal opportunity for investors to skyrocket their long-term wealth.

In fact, Buffett made some of his most successful investments during times of heighted market volatility. Here’s how.

Focus on the business, not the stock

In the short-term, investor sentiment’s what drives stock prices. But in the long run, it’s the quality and success of the underlying business that ultimately determines the trajectory of share prices. And it’s why the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ almost exclusively focuses on what the company’s doing and not what the share price is doing.

A perfect example of this in action is Buffett’s investment in Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO). Following the Black Monday stock market crash in October 1987, Coca-Cola shares went into free fall, tumbling more than 20% in a single day and continuing to drop thereafter.

But while everyone else was panic selling, Buffett took a look under the hood. He discovered a business with a globally-reaching brand with ample pricing power, generating predictable recession-resistant cash flows, that now traded firmly below its intrinsic value.

In early 1988, he went on to invest roughly $1.3bn at a discounted price. Since then, he’s never sold a single share, and his position’s now worth almost $28bn. And that’s not including the extra $11.7bn Buffett’s earned through dividends along the way.

Is Coca-Cola still a buy in 2026?

Buffett’s core investment thesis continues to be valid even today. The company retains its global dominant status within the soft drinks market. And it’s been steadily branching out into new sales channels through strategic bolt-on acquisitions.

However, like all investments, there are still risks. With consumer health consciousness steadily rising, its flagship full-calorie Coca-Cola soft drink’s seeing a slow and steady volume decline in key markets like the US. And that’s only being compounded by more governments introducing higher sugar taxes.

Coke Zero has been effective at protecting market share. But with soft drink volumes generally contracting among younger generations, the firm’s cash flows may be under long-term pressure.

At a $300bn market-cap, it’s unlikely this beverage business will deliver the same explosive returns that Buffett’s enjoyed. But if the company continues to generate steadily expanding cash flows then, at a discounted valuation, it could be an attractive opportunity for income investors to look at.

After all, if the share price drops, the yield goes up. And with over 60 consecutive years of dividend hikes, a stock market crash could be a golden opportunity to consider locking in some tasty passive income.

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What an era it was!

The compounded annual gain in Berkshire’s per-share market value over the period 1965-2024 was 19.9%.

That might not sound like a very high bar to beat. After all, lots of shares gain more than 20% in value each year.

In fact, though, beating that number is harder than it seems. Doing well in one or two good years can seem deceptively simple. But Warren Buffett’s 19.9% compounded annual gain covered the course of decades, including some very tough years in the stock market, as well as good ones.

But, as Buffett himself has acknowledged, small investors do have an advantage over him. Outperformance is easier when dealing with modest sums compared to when one is investing billions, necessarily reducing the pool of available opportunities.

1. Hunt for long-term business winners

Part of Warren Buffett’s success is down to a change he made in his early career.

He had started by looking at one-off bargains. Borrowing from Ben Graham, he described this as “cigar butt investing” as there may be one good puff still left in the share.

For example, a struggling but cheap company might be taken over at a premium to its previous share price.

Buffett changed his approach to looking for brilliant businesses he felt could compound value over time. For example, Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) has spent decades building instantly recognisable brands that help drive sales year after year, even if advertising spending goes down.

2. Be highly disciplined about choices

The stock market often throws up quite good opportunities.

But it more rarely throws up great opportunities.

Buffett reckons investors should be laser-focussed on waiting for brilliant opportunities and then filling their boots, even if that means waiting for years on end without doing anything.

3. Stick to what you understand

There are a couple of key elements to successful investing, according to Warren Buffett: buying into great businesses is one and doing so only at an attractive price is another.

Other factors can still get in the way, of course. (That is one reason a smart investor keeps their portfolio diversified across different shares).

But it is crucial, in Buffett’s view, to know what you are investing in and be able to determine whether the price seems attractive.

Doing that is already difficult. But it is much harder if you do not understand the businesses in which you invest. Buffett always aimed to stick to what he called his “circle of competence”.

4. Look for compelling business models

One of the reasons Warren Buffett invested in Coca-Cola and still holds the shares decades later is because of its business model.

Selling syrup made with a proprietary recipe to bottlers is a simple business model. It also lets Coca-Cola focus on a key part of its value chain, leaving the potentially lower margin business of distribution to the bottlers.

Can things go wrong? Sure.

As Buffett’s investment in Kraft Heinz has proved, shifting consumer tastes are bad news for sales of highly processed foods. Sugary drinks sales volumes could also fall over time.

Still, Coca-Cola has a cash generative, proven, and powerful yet simple business model.

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Why? Because Buffett’s never sold a single share of Coke since he first invested in the 1980s. Meanwhile, Apple is Berkshire’s single largest holding at 23.7% of the entire investment portfolio. In fact, between the two stocks, Buffett has almost $100bn invested!

So if the world’s most successful investor has such a large amount of money within these two businesses, should other long-term investors consider them as well?

Is Coca-Cola still a good investment?

While a beverages business isn’t the most exciting enterprise, in 1988 the billionaire spotted what most investors were overlooking – a powerful competitive moat protected by an iconic brand driving substantial pricing power.

That’s translated into over 60 years of consecutive dividend hikes. So can this steady compounder continue to deliver similar results in the future?

Even during economic downturns, Coca-Cola has proven to be quite resilient, with consumers still happy to pay up thanks to brand loyalty. And with management using its excessive cash generation to invest in product innovation, the business has been quite skilled at adapting to shifting consumer preferences.

But with Coca-Cola now penetrated into almost every market in the world, is there really much more room for growth?

That’s a question many institutional analysts seem to have about this business. And this concern is only being compounded by the slow but steady decline in soda consumption in developed markets as consumers become increasingly more health-conscious.

What about Apple?

Apple’s another interesting stock pick from Buffett and his team. Rather than viewing Apple as a tech stock, Buffett saw it as a consumer products powerhouse with an ecosystem that locks in users.

Considering Apple shares have climbed over 1,000% since the start of 2016, I think it’s fair to say Buffett was once again spot on. But, like Coca-Cola, is there really much more room for growth?

While Apple’s certainly not delivering massive sales surges in its latest results, it’s hard to ignore the enormous success of its new iPhone 17 launch in September.

Demand for the new device has been significantly higher than what most analysts were expecting. And a total of 247 million devices are expected to be shipped in 2025, compared to the previous record of 236 million in 2021 for the iPhone 16.

The result? Record revenue and profits.

The bottom line

Both businesses enjoy deep global market penetration. But out of the two, Apple seems like it still has a long way to climb.

iPhone sales are ultimately just one part of the equation for this business. Services are the other. And by upselling services to its device users, there remains plenty of untapped value left to explore – an opportunity Coca-Cola doesn’t have.

This growth potential doesn’t come risk-free. The business is already having to navigate the challenges that US tariffs have created. And as one of the largest companies in the world, Apple’s frequently finding itself in the crosshairs of regulators.

However, given the quality of this business, those might be risks worth taking. That’s why I think it’s wise to dig deeper into this Buffett stock.

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That’s nearly twice the annual return of the S&P 500 over that time and much higher than the returns that most other investment managers have delivered in recent decades. It begs the question – how’s he done it?

A focus on quality and compounding

I’ve spent a lot of time studying Buffett’s investment’s strategy. And the way I see it, there are three key things that the investing guru has done differently to most other investors.

First, he’s focused on high-quality businesses. Originally, he was a value investor, seeking out extremely cheap ‘cigar butt’ companies that no one else wanted to invest in. However, over time, he pivoted to a ‘quality’ approach — companies with dominant market positions, wide economic moats, strong balance sheets, and high levels of profitability.

As part of this quality strategy, he’d look for companies that were consistently able to generate a high return on equity (ROE) and continually reinvest their profits for future growth.

This is ‘compounding 101′. If a business is highly profitable and can reinvest a large chunk of its earnings consistently, it’s likely to get much bigger over the long run.

“The primary test of managerial economic performance is the achievement of a high earnings rate on equity capital employed and not the achievement of consistent gains in earnings per share.”
Warren Buffett in the 1970s

He held stocks for decades

That brings me to my next observation. Buffett has often held stocks for decades, allowing the underlying companies to compound their earnings significantly.

A great example here is Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). He first invested in the beverages firm all the way back in 1988.

This is a high-quality company with a strong brand and a dominant market position. It’s also very profitable – over the last five years its ROE has averaged about 43%.

Add the high ROE with Buffett’s multi-decade investment horizon, and we get spectacular results. I calculate that Buffett has made over 20 times his money on this stock and that’s not including dividends!

An unorthodox approach to portfolio construction

There’s one more thing I need to mention though and this is that Buffett has always had an unusual approach to portfolio construction. In short, he hasn’t been afraid to have huge positions in certain stocks.

We can see this with Coca-Cola today. Currently, it’s about 9% of his portfolio.

Ultimately, what he’s done is ride his winners for the long run. Instead of selling out after a share price doubled or tripled, he’s held on for the big gains.

Most investors don’t or can’t do this. For example, compliance departments at investment management firms generally don’t allow fund managers to have huge positions in individual stocks (one reason why many managers underperform).

Now, I’m not saying that investors should consider rushing out and loading up on Coca-Cola shares today. They look a little expensive right now and there are also some risks around consumer spending.

But by following Buffett’s approach, investors may be able to improve their long-term returns significantly.

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Throughout this journey, he’s been quite a vocal teacher, offering powerful advice over the years to guide the next generation of investors. And while the economic landscape’s very different in 2025, Buffett’s method remains a proven strategy for building long-term wealth, even when starting with little-to-no savings.

Focus on the business

In the short term, the stock market can feel a bit like a casino with prices jumping up and down almost randomly. But in the long run, shares ultimately move in the same direction as the underlying business.

So long as the company’s able to grow and create value, the share price will eventually follow. Yet that rarely happens overnight. That’s why Buffett once said: “What we really want to do is buy businesses that we will be happy to hold forever”. And in order to do this confidently, investors need to dive deep into research, or as Buffett puts it, “you have to understand the business”.

Depending on the company, the process can be a lengthy one. And it’s also why the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ strategically only looks at stocks within his circle of competence. But even then, when hunting for the best businesses in the world, Buffett admitted, “we can’t find a lot of them”.

As someone who’s been analysing stocks for over a decade, following these core principles, my research often ends with a ‘not good enough’ conclusion. And it’s why Buffett also advised that investors who lack the stamina to invest in this way should opt for passive index funds.

But “for those willing to put in the required effort”, stock picking can open the door to tremendous long-term wealth.

Practising what he preaches

Perhaps a perfect example to consider is Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO). Buffett first bought its shares in 1988, recognising the soft-drink company’s powerful global brand that granted the business an enduring competitive advantage.

Since then, he’s never sold a single share. And with earnings expanding as the firm entered and captured new markets, dividends have been hiked consistently. The result? His initial investment’s now generating a yield close to 60% a year!

Fast forward to 2025, and Coca-Cola continues to demonstrate the world-class traits Buffett loves to see. Management has been adapting its product range to shifting consumer tastes, most notably with its Coke Zero variant. And with the group’s digital transformation offering new efficiency opportunities, Buffett continues to hold his shares, enjoying consistently and reliable dividends.

Does that make Coca-Cola a no-brainer buy in 2025? Not necessarily. Having reached a $290bn market-cap and worldwide dominant status within the beverages industry, Coke’s future growth is likely to be less impressive moving forward. And while management’s diversifying the product portfolio to tap into new opportunities, the group nonetheless faces rising pressure for both its growth and profit margins.  

It goes to show that even some of the best investments of the past still require careful analysis of both risk and potential reward. Personally, I think there are far more promising Buffett-like opportunities to explore today beyond Coca-Cola.

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