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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: Lear ✧  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: My God, crypto and options strategy on Berkshire.
Date: 08/03/24 12:43 PM
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Feel a bit unfairly maligned by the comparison here, as a BRK options holder (at times, not now) who is as anti-crypto as they come.

A few of us use deep-in-the-money, long-dated called options as a long-term hold strategy for BRK. Very similar to the BRK enterprise as a whole, which makes hay by investing a float created by its insurance business (nothing inactive about it, as the recent AAPL and BAC sales remind us). In short, not at all incompatible with a Buffet/Munger/BRK inspired view of investing.

I came across the idea on this board's predecessor, mostly via Jim, but also with good input from others (rayvt, I recall).

No other idea has come close to improving my investment returns.
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