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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 Berkfan✧Shrewdness 4
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Are we in a selling puts zone?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway108/13/26
Re: Evaluating Berkshire's repurchases
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway108/12/26
Re: Burry Comments on Berkshire
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway808/12/26
Evaluating Berkshire's repurchases
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway208/11/26
Re: Summary of 2Q 2026
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway108/10/26
Re: Buffett's lifetime commitment
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1207/29/26
David Kass tweet
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway107/28/26
Re: 2026 YTD
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway207/27/26
Re: I’m Trimming - Filed @472
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-07/24/26
Re: 2026 YTD
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-07/24/26
Re: Today's Kingswell
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway407/20/26
Re: form 4/ buybacks
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway607/16/26
Upcoming 13F
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway505/11/26
Re: Life Beyond Cash
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway505/10/26
Re: Capital allocation woes
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway405/06/26
Capital allocation woes
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-05/06/26
BNSF
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway705/04/26
Re: Buybacks
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway405/03/26
Interesting quotes
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway105/03/26
Takeaways
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway805/02/26
450 here we come
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway104/22/26
Re: FYI, buybacks
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway104/20/26
Re: Abel first 100 days
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-04/18/26
Re: Below repurchases today
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway103/27/26
Re: Below repurchases today
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway303/19/26
Below repurchases today
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway403/19/26
Re: barrons, the cover is very bullish, msft,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway203/14/26
Re: Buybacks
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway103/14/26
Re: barrons, the cover is very bullish, msft,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway103/14/26
Re: Cnbc interview with Greg at
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway103/05/26
Re: Buybacks have begun
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway303/05/26
Re: Cnbc interview with Greg at
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway203/05/26
Re: Hopes, for Greg’s first letter?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway302/28/26
Re: Hopes, for Greg’s first letter?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway2502/28/26
Abel making moves…
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway402/17/26
Re: brk, and front running shareholder
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway502/04/26
Re: brk, and front running shareholder
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1302/04/26
Re: Owners Manuel
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-02/03/26
Sokol and Abel
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway301/30/26
Re: Fortune magazine article
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway701/25/26
Re: Fortune magazine article
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway301/25/26
Re: 2026 Expected...
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway101/20/26
Greg and BNSF
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway401/04/26
Re: Seth Klarman on Warren
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway612/18/25
Re: Michael Lewis on Pod about Warren
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway912/17/25
Re: Combs to leave
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway812/08/25
Re: Apple
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway312/02/25
Apple
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway312/02/25
Re: Dear Mr Buffett, and your letter next week.
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1311/28/25
Re: Barrons and dividends
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway211/23/25
Re: Barrons and dividends
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway311/23/25
Re: OXY
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway711/16/25
Re: Buffett's holiday message for jerks
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1011/10/25
Re: Brk, it's time to declare a 1$ quarterly
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway411/07/25
Re: Brk, it's time to declare a 1$ quarterly
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1011/05/25
Re: Brk, it's time to declare a 1$ quarterly
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway611/05/25
Re: BRK, results
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-11/01/25
Re: OT but slightly related
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway111/01/25
Re: BRK, results
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway311/01/25
Re: Buffett Previous Buyer at this Book
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway210/30/25
Re: Goals of investing
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway508/17/25
Goals of investing
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway508/17/25
Re: SIRI
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1108/05/25
Re: 15 year comparison - BRK vs S&P
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway908/05/25
Operating Earnings/share
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway108/04/25
This was all predictable
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway408/04/25
A/B ratio/ Buybacks/ Put Sell?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-08/04/25
Re: Can Berkshire Still Be Great Without
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway707/15/25
Re: Trump and the USA
BerkfanUS Policy807/14/25
Trump and the USA
BerkfanUS Policy607/14/25
Current BV on B 303.37
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-07/09/25
Re: Numbers
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway107/03/25
Re: Numbers
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway307/02/25
Re: OT: OXY
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1806/28/25
Re: Numbers
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway506/28/25
Monday’s trading
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway805/07/25
Re: Decker on CNBC
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-05/02/25
Decker on CNBC
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway605/02/25
Re: "Composition of the world..."
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway203/31/25
‘A’ reason for strong price performance
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway803/24/25
Fed model
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway303/22/25
Re: History never repeats
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway403/19/25
Re: History never repeats
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway103/19/25
Re: Ron Olson Stepping Down
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-03/15/25
Re: Price to Book 12/31/2007
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway203/13/25
Price to Book 12/31/2007
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway703/13/25
Re: BRKB vs SPY last 5 years
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-03/12/25
Re: BRKB vs SPY last 5 years
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway603/12/25
BRKB vs SPY last 5 years
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway603/11/25
Interesting quote from 1997
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway603/05/25
Re: OXY
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway203/05/25
Re: WEB
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway503/03/25
Small/consistent buyback
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway102/24/25
GEICO
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway702/22/25
The Board of Directors
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1602/20/25
Re: RW, Staying the Course,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway502/15/25
"Composition of the world..."
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway602/12/25
Re: siri,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway602/05/25
Coattail DVA/SIRI
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway102/03/25
Re: BRK's value post Buffett
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway301/29/25
Re: OT W R Berkley great earnings
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway101/29/25
Re: OT W R Berkley great earnings
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway101/29/25
Re: Brkb, very odd sell off,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-01/22/25
Re: Brkb, very odd sell off,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway101/22/25
A/B ratio as a guide
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway501/10/25
Re: Fair value?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway112/27/24
Fair value?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway412/27/24
Re: Michael Saylor warns Warren Buffett
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway211/20/24
Re: Occidental Petroleum
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-09/26/24
Re: WEB quote (1993)
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway409/25/24
Re: DVA a $5.88B holding now.
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway309/19/24
Re: Prices
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway109/16/24
Loaded up on DLTR today
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway209/11/24
Re: Coat tails 1: Davita, DVA
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway309/06/24
Re: I’m Trimming - Filed @472
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway609/04/24
Berkshire vs. SPX performance
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway208/30/24
Re: $1,000,000,000,000
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-08/30/24
Re: How high will this thing go?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway108/27/24
Re: How high will this thing go?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway708/27/24
Re: Coat tails 1: Davita, DVA
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway408/27/24
Re: OXY @ 56 and change?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway408/26/24
Sold some Stock
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway508/26/24
Re: OXY @ 56 and change?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-08/25/24
Re: OXY @ 56 and change?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-08/25/24
Re: Repurchases of ‘20 & ‘21
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway508/24/24
Repurchases of ‘20 & ‘21
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway308/24/24
Re: OXY @ 56 and change?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway308/21/24
Re: BACk to selling BAC
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway108/19/24
Re: BRK Selling Dilemmas
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway408/19/24
Re: Siri,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-08/15/24
Re: Ted
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway208/15/24
DVA becoming a repurchase machine
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway108/12/24
Re: Will Todd & Ted stay post Warren?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway308/12/24
Re: Will Todd & Ted stay post Warren?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway608/12/24
Re: Buffett, Dimon, what might be up ?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1308/10/24
Re: Japanese trading houses crashing
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway508/05/24
Re: Buffett sold more Apple
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1208/03/24
Re: Did nothing today
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway307/15/24
Re: OT: Volatiility
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway106/21/24
Re: SIRI
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway206/14/24
The love affair continues
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway206/12/24
Re: Melinda Gates interview for those
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-05/19/24
Random contrarian takes
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway405/17/24
Re: 13F out tonight?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-05/16/24
Buffett major stock purchases
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway205/13/24
Re: ANCTF?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway205/08/24
Re: brk, why did Buffett really sell apple ?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway805/08/24
Re: Director votes
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-05/08/24
Director votes
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway205/08/24
Ted and Todd
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway505/08/24
Re: Reuters on life after WB
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway805/06/24
AAPL reduced
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway205/04/24
Q1 Repurchases
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway105/03/24
Re: Warren Looks Good
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway105/03/24
Ted
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway805/02/24
Re: FT Series BRK after Buffett
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1005/02/24
Re: FT Series BRK after Buffett
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway305/01/24
Re: FT Series BRK after Buffett
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway705/01/24
Re: Kraft Heinz
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway104/09/24
Re: Berkshire or RSP
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway804/08/24
Money well spent
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway204/07/24
Re: OT-Guy Spier’s Aquamarine Fund
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway104/07/24
Ted in love w/ LSXMK
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-03/25/24
Maybe unpopular...
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway2003/19/24
Re: 2023 repurchase prices & yearend book value
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway303/04/24
BRK vs SPY chart
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-02/29/24
Re: Why I sold my entire Berkshire stake
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway102/28/24
Trailing 6 months average repurchase price
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway602/27/24
Re: Did nothing today
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway902/27/24
Did nothing today
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway202/26/24
Re: 10% whack today...
BerkfanMarkel302/01/24
LSXMK
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-01/26/24
Re: question on starting position in brk-b
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway901/25/24
OXY ownership on this board
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-01/08/24
Re: More LSXMK
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-01/08/24
Re: More LSXMK
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-01/08/24
Re: Price performance
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway112/22/23
Re: Anyone adding?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway112/21/23
Re: Abel
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway112/20/23
Abel
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway112/18/23
Re: Trailing the index again
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-12/18/23
Re: Rational Walk on retained earnings test
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway311/18/23
Rational Walk on Substack
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway211/08/23
Re: Book Value
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway311/07/23
Whisper number on buyback
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway111/03/23
Re: Gregg Warren's Q3 estimates
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway610/31/23
DVA down 10%
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-10/10/23
Re: BRK Price Drop
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway110/03/23
My DG take
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway209/18/23
Beating the SPX
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway509/17/23
Re: Berkshire's stock price
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1709/14/23
Re: Berkshire's stock price
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway809/14/23
Re: Berkshire's stock price
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway409/14/23
Re: Safer to diversify?
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway306/06/23
Re: BV = 347,932, P/B 1.40x- it's in the zone
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway406/01/23
BV = 347,932, P/B 1.40x- it's in the zone
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway205/31/23
$4 billion bought back
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway204/16/23
Re: Bloomstran Interview
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway104/02/23
Re: Berkshire Proxy: How I voted
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-03/22/23
Abel
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway303/17/23
Re: RationalWalk
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway103/15/23
Repurchases vs. other stocks
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway1203/03/23
Re: Repurchase price
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway902/28/23
GEICO
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-02/25/23
Current P/B
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-02/22/23
Re: Chevron Buyback & Dividend Raise
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway201/30/23
Re: Chevron Buyback & Dividend Raise
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway101/26/23
Re: Post Buffet....
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway501/23/23
Re: Brk and valuation, another opinion,
BerkfanBerkshire Hathaway-01/12/23



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