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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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Author: hclasvegas   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: 13F Financial Stock still a mystery
Date: 02/15/24 9:09 AM
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So, the financial reporting imbeciles continue to report, " Buffett has trimmed his apple holdings "". It's making me nuts so I google it, "" trim
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verb
ˈtrim
trimmed; trimming
Synonyms of trim
transitive verb

1
a
: to remove by or as if by cutting
trimmed thousands from federal payrolls
—Grit
b
: to make trim and neat especially by cutting or clipping
trim the hedges
c
: to free of excess or extraneous matter by or as if by cutting
trim a budget
trim down the inventory "" lol. Is 1 percent a TRIM, or is 1 percent a non material trade that should not generate a headline, that Buffett " TRIMMED" his apple holdings ? What an industry.
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