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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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Subject: Re: Pabrai on Greg
Date: 04/15/23 2:52 PM
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...optimizing the efficiencies and productivity of our controlled non-insurance businesses.

I'm not concerned, per se, but I am watching through this lens:

a) taken in isolation, the italicized quote could describe any post-Welch CEO of a Fortune 500 company (which is to say, almost all of the current generation), with undue emphasis on quarterly results, targets and the like - and I suspect history will not be kind to Jack Welch.

b) Mohnish's comments, along with the concerns I expressed wrt Greg's comments at the last BRK annual meeting (generic corporatespeak) add to my, um, watchfulness. Greg will hopefully be great...I just hope he won't be New Coke (New Welch?)

c) again, as I've commented earlier: while Warren's capital allocation is of course superb/legendary, he's been a less than perfect judge of character in the past. Just for that reason, right out of the gates I'm more comfortable with an acquired business (Flying J) than with any new face at the table.

I'm not doing a durn thing about it but watching, however. My current overallocation to Berkshire will remain unchanged.

--sutton

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