Warren Buffett is a very successful stock picker. These five stocks in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio have a lot going for them.

Perhaps that’s one reason stocks are selling off globally this morning. While most indexes in Asia and Europe remain near their all-time highs, there is broad-based but mild selling in all of them.

With Warren Buffett at the helm, Berkshire Hathaway transformed from a struggling textile manufacturer into one of the world’s most successful and diversified holding companies. The “Oracle of Omaha” built his empire through disciplined value investing,