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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: RAMc ✭  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: ROE_Cash & YEY Blend
Date: 01/15/24 10:20 AM
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Mark19: “That's interesting to hear. I thought that most people on here had
not beaten the market.”

Judging by the number of people that left the board over the years and the way so
many screens that underperformed post discovery it seems obvious that most
people using MI did not do well. Somehow perhaps by a combination of using MI in
the earlier years and just by pure random luck I’ve managed to come out significantly
ahead over the long term. But my outperformance was almost all in earlier years,
my MI has lagged the market since 2008 to the point that I’ve been almost entirely
in Tactical Asset Allocations for the last few years. But interestingly the smaller portion
I’ve kept in screens have been doing well again recently.

RAM
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