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The week's question
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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All posts by tedthedog⎊Shrewdness 2
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Re: Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway109/11/26
Re: Jim's binned P/B and forward returns
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway108/28/26
Re: Jim's binned P/B and forward returns
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway108/27/26
Jim's binned P/B and forward returns
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-08/27/26
Re: OT: Money Manager Performance Based Fee
tedthedogMechanical Investing106/20/26
Re: OT: Money Manager Performance Based Fee
tedthedogMechanical Investing106/20/26
Re: Annual report
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway103/02/26
Re: OT mostly: forevers
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway302/24/26
Re: Investor AB
tedthedogNon-US Stocks-02/24/26
Investor AB
tedthedogNon-US Stocks602/24/26
Re: OT- foreign stocks - roll your own index
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway601/12/26
Re: That time to lift a glass again!
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1512/13/25
Combs to leave
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway112/08/25
Re: Buffett's holiday message for jerks
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway311/10/25
Re: Diageo
tedthedogFalling Knives210/06/25
Re: OT Canadian Buffett resigns, stock falls 17%
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/03/25
Re: OT Canadian Buffett resigns, stock falls 17%
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/02/25
Re: OT Canadian Buffett resigns, stock falls 17%
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/02/25
Re: OT Canadian Buffett resigns, stock falls 17%
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/02/25
Re: DITM calls and hedging
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-09/17/25
Re: DITM calls and hedging: numerical example
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-09/17/25
Re: DITM calls and hedging
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-09/17/25
DITM calls and hedging: numerical example
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway209/15/25
DITM calls and hedging
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway409/15/25
Re: Buffett's Intangible Moats
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway108/25/25
Re: Bonds
tedthedogIndex Investing208/21/25
Re: 15 year comparison - BRK vs S&P
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway208/05/25
Re: book recommendation
tedthedogMechanical Investing607/12/25
Re: book recommendation
tedthedogMechanical Investing207/11/25
Re: book recommendation
tedthedogMechanical Investing-07/11/25
Re: Value, when to buy
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway407/07/25
Re: Value, when to buy
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-07/05/25
Re: Value, when to buy
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1907/05/25
Re: Capital gains tax
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1206/22/25
Re: Politics
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1706/13/25
Re: Volatility index "investing"
tedthedogIndex Investing305/24/25
Re: Volatility index "investing"
tedthedogIndex Investing705/23/25
Re: Video on DITM calls
tedthedogMechanical Investing305/20/25
Re: Searches in Apples browser fell for the first time
tedthedogAlphabet405/07/25
Re: Investor AB (US ADR IVSBF)
tedthedogNon-US Stocks305/04/25
Re: Way OT: AI is here
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway305/02/25
Re: Way OT: AI is here
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-05/01/25
following up on a BRK thread
tedthedogAI Impacts505/01/25
Re: Timing: Zweig Breadth Thrust indicator
tedthedogMechanical Investing904/25/25
Direct Indexing
tedthedogIndex Investing304/25/25
Re: This is why...
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway204/22/25
Re: This is why...
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway104/22/25
Re: euros
tedthedogNon-US Stocks104/20/25
Cranswick CWK.L
tedthedogNon-US Stocks204/18/25
Re: is there a lot of risk in Treasury bills now?
tedthedogNon-US Stocks104/17/25
Re: is there a lot of risk in Treasury bills now?
tedthedogNon-US Stocks-04/16/25
Re: Tariff exemptions
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-04/13/25
Re: "The Art of The Deal"
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-04/13/25
Re: profitability subsumes beta and value as a factor
tedthedogMechanical Investing-04/13/25
Re: "The Art of The Deal"
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway204/12/25
Re: profitability subsumes beta and value as a factor
tedthedogMechanical Investing204/12/25
Re: put premiums on BRKB
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-04/12/25
Re: profitability subsumes beta and value as a factor
tedthedogMechanical Investing204/12/25
Re: euros
tedthedogNon-US Stocks404/11/25
Re: euros
tedthedogNon-US Stocks104/11/25
Re: AI without advanced chips
tedthedogAlphabet504/10/25
Re: Google & Amazon ...
tedthedogFalling Knives504/09/25
OT: might get "interesting" today
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1304/09/25
Re: Price to sales indicating sale!
tedthedogAlphabet504/08/25
Re: OT: Currency diversification
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway104/08/25
Re: Price to sales indicating sale!
tedthedogAlphabet104/08/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1904/08/25
Re: ex-US Defense Contractors
tedthedogNon-US Stocks304/07/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway404/06/25
ex-US Defense Contractors
tedthedogNon-US Stocks604/06/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway604/06/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway304/05/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway2604/05/25
Re: What Did You Buy Today?
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway104/04/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway504/04/25
Re: VIX up 80% YTD
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway404/04/25
Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway204/03/25
Re: Joanna Stern: I Quit Google Search for AI—
tedthedogAlphabet-04/01/25
Re: Protector Forsikring ASA (PROT.OL)
tedthedogNon-US Stocks203/24/25
Re: Protector Forsikring ASA (PROT.OL)
tedthedogNon-US Stocks203/24/25
Protector Forsikring ASA (PROT.OL)
tedthedogNon-US Stocks503/23/25
Re: OT: Nordic investing
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway203/23/25
Re: OT: Nordic investing
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-03/23/25
Re: OT: Nordic investing
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway303/22/25
OT: Nordic investing
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway2003/22/25
Re: 'Out' thread moved
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-03/21/25
Re: 'Out' thread moved
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway103/21/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad803/21/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad103/21/25
Re: Reduced significantly
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway303/21/25
Re: OT cross post
tedthedogMechanical Investing103/20/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad103/19/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad103/19/25
Re: responding to a post on BRK board
tedthedogUS Policy403/19/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad103/19/25
responding to a post on BRK board
tedthedogUS Policy403/19/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad203/19/25
Re: OT: Meta, Google and other moat ponderings
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway403/18/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad703/18/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad503/18/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad1103/18/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad203/18/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad503/17/25
Re: OT, out
tedthedogLiving Abroad503/17/25
Re: OT also: FT on investment taxes
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway303/15/25
Re: OT also: FT on investment taxes
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway203/14/25
OT: GillianTett Interview on tariffs etc
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1803/14/25
Re: 30 Day Plus Rentals
tedthedogTravel Wanderer303/13/25
Re: GOOG
tedthedogFalling Knives403/13/25
GOOG
tedthedogFalling Knives803/13/25
Re: OT Everyone wants to be the next Berkshire
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway303/06/25
Re: Tarifs effect on markets
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway2003/05/25
Re: OT for Jim: ANCTF
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-03/01/25
Re: FKA: MIcrosoft
tedthedogFalling Knives403/01/25
Re: Crazy idea: leverage up to buy put protection
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-02/28/25
Re: Crazy idea: leverage up to buy put protection
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-02/27/25
Crazy idea: leverage up to buy put protection
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway102/27/25
Re: Hold the damn stock
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway402/26/25
Re: Hold the damn stock
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-02/24/25
Re: OT: T-bills
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-02/24/25
Re: DeepSeek fundamental analysis
tedthedogAI Impacts402/22/25
Re: OT: T-bills
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway902/22/25
DeepSeek fundamental analysis
tedthedogAI Impacts402/20/25
Re: Barron's ... oops. market not that overpriced
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway302/18/25
Re: Software equal weight - XSW
tedthedogIndex Investing302/07/25
Re: Option strategy on Berkshire
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway102/06/25
Re: OT? AI
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway202/04/25
AI impacts
tedthedogAI Impacts1102/04/25
OT? AI
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway402/04/25
Re: OT W R Berkley great earnings
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway501/28/25
Re: DG = DLTR
tedthedogFalling Knives101/25/25
Re: DG = DLTR
tedthedogFalling Knives201/24/25
Re: Using AI to generate backtesting programs
tedthedogMechanical Investing201/07/25
Re: Using AI to generate backtesting programs
tedthedogMechanical Investing1701/06/25
BLK
tedthedogBlackRock301/03/25
Re: Foreign exposure
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway101/03/25
Re: Foreign exposure
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway201/03/25
Re: What to do?
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1601/01/25
Re: ROE_Cash_Defensive
tedthedogMechanical Investing-11/04/24
Re: Small caps vs large caps
tedthedogIndex Investing210/24/24
Re: Small caps vs large caps
tedthedogIndex Investing210/23/24
Re: OT: AI Nobel Prizes
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway810/10/24
Re: OT: AI Nobel Prizes
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1410/10/24
Re: OT: AI Nobel Prizes
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1710/10/24
OT: AI Nobel Prizes
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1310/09/24
Re: Nice Data Graphics
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/09/24
Re: Nice Data Graphics
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1010/09/24
Re: OT: The Future and AI
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1409/30/24
Re: Power usage By AI
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway309/19/24
Re: Power usage By AI
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway709/18/24
Re: OT: Bad day for data moochers
tedthedogMechanical Investing509/08/24
Re: Way, way OT: perplexity.ai
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway108/26/24
Re: Japanese trading houses crashing
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway108/05/24
Re: OT: SPY vs SPX options and IV
tedthedogMechanical Investing307/31/24
Re: ML for MI question
tedthedogMechanical Investing107/31/24
Re: OT: SPY vs SPX options and IV
tedthedogMechanical Investing207/29/24
Re: OT: SPY vs SPX options and IV
tedthedogMechanical Investing-07/29/24
Re: OT: SPY vs SPX options and IV
tedthedogMechanical Investing-07/29/24
Re: OT: SPY vs SPX options and IV
tedthedogMechanical Investing-07/28/24
ML for MI question
tedthedogMechanical Investing507/28/24
OT: SPX vs SPY options
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway107/28/24
OT: SPY vs SPX options and IV
tedthedogMechanical Investing207/28/24
Re: Investing with an eye on rising authoritarianism
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway107/12/24
Re: OT: DEV ex US (IDEV ETF)
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway107/06/24
OT-ish: Japan
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1507/01/24
Re: Boomer Candy
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway506/30/24
Re: Boomer Candy
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-06/29/24
Re: Boomer Candy
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway406/28/24
Re: Boomer Candy
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway106/28/24
Re: semi OT: Jamie Dimon is concerned
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-06/25/24
Re: semi OT: Jamie Dimon is concerned
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway206/25/24
semi OT: Jamie Dimon is concerned
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway506/23/24
Re: OT: Volatiility
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-06/22/24
Re: Smead Capital Mangement
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway906/11/24
Re: OT Mgrs. vs. Index-Hagstrom
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-05/10/24
Re: Bought to close
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway504/15/24
Re: OT VIX, Berkshire & the market
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway103/07/24
Re: Exploding CAPEtown
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-02/10/24
Re: Exploding CAPEtown
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-02/07/24
Re: Exploding CAPEtown
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway402/04/24
Re: Exploding CAPEtown
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway302/02/24
Re: Exploding CAPEtown
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway702/01/24
Exploding CAPEtown
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1102/01/24
Re: OT: CAPE's Predictive Power
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway501/16/24
Re: OT: CAPE's Predictive Power
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway701/16/24
OT: CAPE's Predictive Power
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway2701/16/24
OT: Sleep-tight option position on SPY
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway312/29/23
Re: Anybody read BRK-B.com?
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1512/24/23
John Oliver on Dollar Stores
tedthedogDollar General511/20/23
Re: Buffett's stock selection screen
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway411/09/23
Re: Buffett's stock selection screen
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway311/09/23
Re: Buffett's stock selection screen
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway111/08/23
Re: Operating earnings
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway311/05/23
Re: OT: Hershey
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway111/02/23
OT: Hershey
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway211/02/23
Re: OT: Hershey
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway610/31/23
Re: Bull vs. Bear
tedthedogDollar General910/31/23
Re: OT: Hershey
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway510/30/23
Re: OT: Hershey
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway310/30/23
Re: Calls: end of an era?
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway210/26/23
Re: sorta OT: graphics of company fundamentals
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/26/23
Re: OT: ChatGPT
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway510/24/23
Re: sorta OT: graphics of company fundamentals
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway510/23/23
OT: ChatGPT
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway310/21/23
Re: sorta OT: graphics of company fundamentals
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/21/23
Re: sorta OT: graphics of company fundamentals
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/21/23
sorta OT: graphics of company fundamentals
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway110/21/23
Re: Check Capital Management BRK Options Stragegies
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway610/19/23
Re: Check Capital Management BRK Options Stragegies
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-10/18/23
Re: Check Capital Management BRK Options Stragegies
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway410/16/23
Re: Check Capital Management BRK Options Stragegies
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway810/15/23
Re: Check Capital Management BRK Options Stragegies
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway510/15/23
Check Capital Management BRK Options Stragegies
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway910/14/23
private equity and insurance
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway110/05/23
private equity and insurance
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway910/05/23
Re: eliminating tension on this board
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway709/28/23
Re: A far better DG analysis
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway709/28/23
Re: New downgrade
tedthedogDollar General-09/21/23
Re: My DG take
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-09/19/23
OT: Dollar General
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway209/10/23
interesting video on DG
tedthedogDollar General609/10/23
Re: Where did everyone go?
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway305/17/23
Re: Where did everyone go?
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway305/17/23
Re: "Available for sale, held to maturaity"
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway105/07/23
Re: Value Trend
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway105/03/23
Re: Value Trend
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway205/03/23
Re: Value Trend
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway205/02/23
Re: BOA
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway104/10/23
Re: Coppock Signal
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway104/04/23
Re: Global Tactical - Shorting?!?
tedthedogMechanical Investing803/29/23
Buffett in talks on banks
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway403/19/23
Re: Current Peak Book Value
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-03/15/23
OT: Silicon Valley Bank situation
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1103/12/23
OT: SVB
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway1603/11/23
Re: Possible value metric
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway-02/27/23
Re: KMX
tedthedogFalling Knives312/17/22
Re: Hello
tedthedogBerkshire Hathaway112/15/22



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