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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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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: InParadise ⎊☼  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: WARREN BUFFETT WATCH
Date: 04/18/26 6:23 AM
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Optimism that the U.S. conflict with Iran is approaching a resolution helped lift the S&P 500 index to its first close above 7100.
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But while the overall market was soaring, Berkshire wasn't doing much of anything, as its A and B shares slipped to month-to-date drops of just under 1%.


And the news from Iran via the BBC this morning is that the Strait is again closed after accusations of US "piracy." At some point, investors might actually wait for more than than manipulations of the market before throwing down their bets on FOMO.

I feel confident that BRK will be fine long term, and supremely disappointed if they hop on the current knee jerk high fashion of "investing."

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