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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.

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Top 10 Mechanical Investing posts of the day!

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Rankings for 5Oct2026	elann	37	10/05/26
Re: Benchmark Investing Update Oct 2, 2026	AllTooFoolish	17	10/05/26
Re: ESBD - Minor Bottoms	FlyingCircus	11	10/05/26

Top 50 Mechanical Investing articles of the month!

Author

Rankings for 14Sep2026	elann	40	09/14/26
Rankings for 7Sep2026	elann	39	09/07/26
Rankings for 5Oct2026	elann	37	10/05/26
Rankings for 22Sep2026	elann	36	09/22/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	RAMc	32	09/28/26
Rankings for 21Sep2026	elann	30	09/21/26
Re: return on equity / mungofitch?	mungofitch	26	09/25/26
Trends and Ranks 02-Oct-26	mapg	25	10/02/26
Trends and Ranks 18-Sep-26	mapg	23	09/18/26
Re: new strategy source	algo-catalog	22	10/03/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	musselmant	21	09/28/26
Re: return on equity / mungofitch?	mungofitch	21	09/28/26
s&p500 useful criteria	musselmant	20	09/20/26
Benchmark Investing Update Oct 2, 2026	AllTooFoolish	18	09/28/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	musselmant	18	09/28/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	lizgdal	18	09/27/26
ModernFamily EOM Sep-2026	mapg	17	10/01/26
Re: new strategy source	musselmant	17	10/02/26
Trends and Ranks 25-Sep-26	mapg	17	09/25/26
Re: call for more research	musselmant	11	09/13/26
Re: new strategy source	musselmant	5	10/03/26

SI Pro Rankings 2026-09-04	lohill	52	09/05/26
Rankings for 28Sep2026	elann	47	09/28/26
SI Pro Rankings 2026-09-18	lohill	47	09/19/26
BCC Updated to 10/02/2026	zeelotes	46	10/04/26
Rankings for 14Sep2026	elann	40	09/14/26
SI Pro Rankings 2026-09-11	lohill	40	09/12/26
SI Pro Rankings 2026-09-25	lohill	39	09/26/26
Rankings for 7Sep2026	elann	39	09/07/26
Arezi Ratio for Sep 28	elann	37	09/25/26
Rankings for 5Oct2026	elann	37	10/05/26
Rankings for 22Sep2026	elann	36	09/22/26
Arezi Ratio for Oct 5	elann	36	10/02/26
BCC Updated to 09/11/2026	zeelotes	36	09/12/26
SI Pro Rankings 2026-10-02	lohill	35	10/03/26
Arezi Ratio for Sep 21	elann	35	09/19/26
BCC Updated to 09/18/2026	zeelotes	34	09/19/26
BCC Updated to 09/25/2026	zeelotes	33	09/26/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	RAMc	32	09/28/26
ESBD - Minor Bottoms	platykurtic	30	09/29/26
Rankings for 21Sep2026	elann	30	09/21/26
Arezi Ratio for Sep 7	elann	30	09/07/26
Re: Timing and the 2 year rate	zeelotes	30	09/11/26
BCC Updated to 09/09/2026	zeelotes	30	09/09/26
Re: return on equity / mungofitch?	mungofitch	26	09/25/26
Trends and Ranks 02-Oct-26	mapg	25	10/02/26
Arezi Ratio for Sep 14	elann	23	09/11/26
Re: Arezi Ratio for Sep 7	zeelotes	23	09/07/26
Trends and Ranks 18-Sep-26	mapg	23	09/18/26
Re: new strategy source	algo-catalog	22	10/03/26
Re: call for more research	FlyingCircus	22	09/12/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	musselmant	21	09/28/26
Re: return on equity / mungofitch?	mungofitch	21	09/28/26
Re: return on equity / mungofitch?	mungofitch	21	09/28/26
s&p500 useful criteria	musselmant	20	09/20/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	RAMc	20	09/21/26
Re: Chart: timing with Nas100 RS screen	bankersfate	19	09/30/26
Trend signals on a few asset classes	FlyingCircus	19	09/18/26
new S&P500 screen doubles SPY with under 1/2 m	musselmant	19	09/09/26
Benchmark Investing Update Oct 2, 2026	AllTooFoolish	18	09/28/26
Re: new strategy source	algo-catalog	18	10/02/26
Re: call for more research	lizgdal	18	09/10/26
Re: tqqq	rayvt	18	09/07/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	musselmant	18	09/28/26
Re: MI development of an AI agent	lizgdal	18	09/27/26
Re: Arezi Ratio for Sep 7	elann	18	09/07/26
Re: call for more research	lizgdal	17	09/09/26
Re: Benchmark Investing Update Oct 2, 2026	AllTooFoolish	17	10/05/26
ModernFamily EOM Sep-2026	mapg	17	10/01/26
Re: new strategy source	musselmant	17	10/02/26
IBD's AI	musselmant	17	09/24/26

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