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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: Control Panel: Dawn or false dawn?
Date: 04/12/26 9:26 PM
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We are treating them as such and are going into survival mode with investing.

I'm content to sit in utilities and consumer non-durables, that throw off a nice divi. Only things that could be deemed "cyclical" are an S&P 500 index fund, which was trimmed a bit, and my position in USian big oil. POTUS brags, repeatedly, about all the tankers heading for the US to load up. Those ships will be picking up for customers who are bidding against USians, for that US produced oil.

Right now, bubblevision is showing WTI at $104.30, up $7.73.

CENTCOM says the blockade starts at 10am, EDT tomorrow.

As Tim used to say, "stand by for heavy rolling".

Steve
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