New York  — Warren Buffett has forcefully defended Berkshire Hathaway's decision to invest heavily in stocks of companies such as Apple as he labours through a four-year drought since his last major acquisition of a company.

Buffett, 89, also used his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders at the weekend to say they should not worry about the future of the company, which is "100% prepared" for when he and 96-year-old vice-chair Charlie Munger are no longer around...

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