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What Warren Buffett Is Buying Now...By
Thursday, May 9, 2013
"Europe is going to be around," Warren Buffett explained on CNBC earlier this week.
He's right. Europe isn't going anywhere. And it's cheap...
"Europe's economic problems present a buying opportunity," he said. "We've been buying some European stocks and companies in the past year."
Since 1964, Warren Buffett has increased the book value of his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, by 587,000%. That's enough to turn a $10,000 investment into nearly $60 million. The guy knows how to make money in the markets.
And right now, he's looking to make money in European stocks.
You might not be ready to buy Europe. But you can make some real money here... so you need to understand this opportunity.
Over the past year, a certain group of European stocks have outperformed their U.S. counterparts. What's more... even after that run, they are still a better value than U.S. stocks today.
So based on history, we still have an excellent opportunity to get in this trade.
Let me explain...
Last April, when I updated DailyWealth readers on this opportunity, Europe was a mess. Greece was in the process of yet another bailout. And several European countries were already in recession. In short, there were plenty of reasons to be afraid of Europe. But that is often the best time to buy...
Since then, the group of European blue chips I discussed – the Euro Stoxx 50 Index – actually outperformed the S&P 500. Take a look...
 The Euro Stoxx 50 Index is up 26% in just over a year. You won't read about it in the news, but that beats the 22% return in the S&P 500 over the same period. And importantly, we still have a great opportunity to buy today.
Right now, the Euro Stoxx 50 trades for just 12 times this year's earnings. That's 20% cheaper than the S&P 500...
These European blue chips are also cheaper than the U.S. and other major world stock markets based on just about every measure. Take a look...
The easiest way to buy European blue chips is with the SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 Fund (NYSE: FEZ). Importantly, this fund doesn't hold fly-by-night companies. It holds the largest multinational blue-chip companies in Europe... Top holdings include Sanofi, a $146 billion health care giant based in France... Total, a $121 billion oil & gas giant, also based in France... and Siemens, a $93 billion multinational based in Germany.
The companies in this fund will still do business and make money, no matter what. They're cheap – a much better deal than U.S. stocks. And even with Europe's troubles, they've soared. We have an uptrend here.
So what are you waiting for?
If you don't own them already, it's time to join one of the greatest investors in history and buy European stocks.
Good investing,
Brett Eversole
Further Reading:
In August, Brett urged readers to take advantage of "a possible 55% gain in 19 months with European stocks." If you took his advice, you're about halfway there in just eight months.
If you still can't stand the thought of owning European stocks, Dr. David Eifrig shows you another super-safe way to diversify. "For folks worried about diversifying their assets out of U.S. dollars, this is one of the greatest ideas in the world…" Get the details here. Market NotesA KEY AMERICAN STOCK JUST HIT A NEW HIGH Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) just reached a new two-year high. And that's good for America…
Regular readers know we keep tabs on big financial stocks like Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America. These companies rise and fall with America's ability to earn money, save money, service debts, start new businesses, and generally just "get along." So their profits and share prices are excellent gauges of what's going on in America.
With a market cap of around $200 billion, Wells Fargo is America's largest bank. It's also the nation's largest issuer of mortgages. It's a favorite holding of superinvestor Warren Buffett. Like most every financial company, Wells Fargo was hammered in the 2008/2009 credit crisis. But since bottoming in 2009, it's been all recovery for Wells Fargo. It has "digested" the bad debts of years past, and it's now increasing earnings. Things are going so well that the stock has reached a new two-year high… which is also its all-time high. Things can't be all that bad in America!  |
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