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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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Author: rnam ✭☼  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: OT mostly: forevers
Date: 02/22/26 5:17 PM
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Many great companies listed by others on this thread. My only suggestion is a drug distributor. They often get overlooked. The three major ones are an oligopoly in US. Much less risk than pharmaceuticals, medical devices, health insurers. May appear at first glance to be an easily disruptable business, but the cold temperature handling requirements for vaccines and some other drugs is fairly complex and even the likes of Amazon and Sysco haven’t tried to take them on.

Of the three, Mckesson is probably the best, the other two are Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen. And they are all reasonably valued at present.

I never understood why Buffett didn’t acquire one of them or bought a significant position.
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