Author: Keith Speights, The Motley Fool

The biggest Social Security announcement of the year is only a few days away.

It offers an attractive and growing payout… it has a reliable business model with good growth prospects and an attractive valuation… and key insiders own roughly 10% of the company, giving management plenty of skin in the game.

It ranks as Buffett’s fifth-largest position, and it will likely be especially appealing to income investors and value investors.

The Oracle of Omaha has $45 billion invested in these two beaten-down stocks.

They could be great picks for investors today with their attractive valuations and low risk.