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Bought a little CME and some $6758 (Sony). All the exchanges are getting hammered on the new perpetual futures exchanges presumably. Those to me look like modern day bucket shops.

Good game. Canada is typically an after thought in soccer but they do have some decent players.

nothing that cannot be patched over with a gift of a luxury 747 to the Federal Government.

We tried everything to stop the blue heron--fishing wire to trip it, netting over the pond, etc. but it eventually got all the fish. Upset and frustrated I filled it in Blue Herons are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, so we couldn't harm it. We never had many frogs. But there did not seem to be an issue with the fish. Our Dachshund used to love to swim in the pond, we could not keep her out!

HaHa! I read an article in a Danish news media about it a few days ago, It was almost impossible to get that it wasen't a joke, but real! -And now POTUS needs a bunch of pool guys to work on it every day [+1 one to push Melanias bar wagon! ], and a bunch duck potty trainers, duck sitting the ducks and the ducklings,so they don't poo in the water, because it causes green algee bloom!

Feel free to reach out of you would like so tips in terms of sightseeing and bars/food you should try out!

Agreed! My absolute personal European favorites are probably Lissabon, Prague and Rome. But the list is endless. Just to name a few others I love: Krakau, Budapest, Porto, Siena, Matera, Lecce, Copenhagen, Granada, ... But the list is truly endless and then you don't even mention all the obvious ones. I think we sometimes forget how lucky we are to live here in Europe. --- Anyway, sorry to derail this topic further! I'd say my number is 3-4 million personal NW to feel truly wealthy whilst also having a partner. I'm well over halfway there in my thirties but for a good part that's because of an inheritance that helped kickstart this further. I'm fully motivated to keep doing my own projects and grow opportunities whilst not becoming a slave to my properties / general material wealth. Living the good life is fun but without the other side of the coin, you kinda start taking things for granted and can appreciate those good times less.

Oh yeah, the Sint-Michiels bridge is one of the best and most famous spots here to see the most impressive architectural landmarks all at once! What is crazy is that the Sint Michiels church (it was to your right side when you took the first picture) was meant to have a tower of 134m in height initially in the 1600's. To compare, the Sint Baafs cathedral is "only" 89 meters. Sadly they ran out of money back in the day so it go stuck at 80-something meters and a flat tower roof. I've jokingly posited amongst friends before that they should make a big wooden terrace on the flat surface of the Sint Michiels Tower, ask an entrance fee for what surely would be the best historical landscape view in Belgium and invest it back in the city! In any case, it shows the absolute wealth we also had in the The Netherlands / Flemish regio at the time.

I studied for years in Ghent and it's really beautiful and a very pleasant place to stay. I've visited most of the major cities in Europe and the cities that charmed me most are Barcelona and Prague. Prague is like the exponent of Ghent. It's like entering a medieval fairy tale.

The picture of the bridge, looking at the two cathedrals, it's like an AI image.. it's just too perfect. One of the best pictures I have ever taken. Even when I was there I remember thinking this place is barely real. I went to Bruges in Belgium, it was nice, but I much preferred Ghent.

Thank you. 1. In that case insurance brokers may prove to be a decent investment during hard markets (low stock price due to lower earnings) assuming the cycle will reverse at some point in time, correct? As a simplified approach. 2. Are insurance brokers antagonistic towards insurance companies in general? Also a simplified thought: could you consider insurance brokers as a hedge against an exposure in insurance companies?

Wow, your pond is way bigger and better than mine. Is the heron still an issue are any of those fish still alive? I’ve always wondered, do the fish tolerate frogs in the pond?

Just like his other construction projects: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/the-paint-is-already-peeling-in-trumps-renovated-washington-reflecting-pool-205842336.html The Iranian Regime should make sure Trump and his company aren't the contractor for the Iranian $300B reparation rebuild! Cheers!

Once again thanks @Viking, so much useful information in there. I am going to pitch Fairfax at an investment conference (if all goes well) and your compendium will be a big resource that helps build that.

Will do that next time I'm in Brussels. Was there last October, but didn't have time to go further north. Cheers!

Nah, cut off the shipping of beluga caviar and vodka...the world would crater tomorrow and give Putin $300B plus Melania! Cheers!

Hmmm, Canada handled it pretty well considering they broke one of the key player's leg! Qatar got off lucky considering the mood of the crowd could have gotten rotten after that. Cheers!

Canada-Qatar 6:0 uffff Between RasLaffan incident (hitting the checkbook) and this game (hitting the pride), I don’t think Ottawa is going to get much infrastructure investment from Qatar.

It's Putin, who's refusing to come to the table. Moscow refinery attack was pay-back time for Russia hitting historical monastery in Kyiv a few days ago. Ukraine, please carry on. Next thing is likely POTUS negotiating a MOU with Putin related to the Russian-Ukrainian war without involving Ukraine and Europe, where POTUS accepts that Ukranie and its European supporters shall pay Russia USD 600 billion in war damages, and when Ukraine and European supporters says no, POTUS throws himself on the floor in a hysterical tantrum. There are rumors among observers of what's going on in Russia, that Elvira Nabiullina now hasen't been seen around for a while [is she removed, terminated?], and that Putins paranoia is progressing.

We're dealing with people that I think are very rational people, and they were nice to deal with," Mr. Trump said of Iran's current leadership during an event at the G7 summit in France on Tuesday "They were strong people, smart people. … They're not radicalized and they're looking to help their country." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-goals-iran-war-and-what-hes-saying-now-nuclear-missiles-regime-change/ @cubsfan @73 Reds So Donald says the above...what ya think?....for 40+ years the conventional wisdom on Iran has been that they are ideological nut jobs, irrational and a suicidal death cult who dont care about their own people. Now they are rational, nice, not radicalized and just want to help the people in their country! You guys wanted Trump to shake things up.....he most certainly has re: Iran/US/Israel relations if this is the new party line!

What's the quick pitch on this? If you dont mind sharing. Thanks

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Another big slug of CVRX. Now the 2nd largest position in my portfolio.