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longlake95

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  1. Well...to be honest, I've never tried to buy on an Asia-pac exchange. I'm guessing they can probably do it. But it's a typical Canadian RIP-off.
  2. I can buy London, Paris, Frankfurt exchange companies….but it’s a hefty commission…$200. Crazy. CIBC Investors edge.
  3. I haven't used Bloom. I've been using TIKR and value line. I have a stand alone version of excel not a subscription version,so it won't allow me it import stock prices. I have tinkered with API's, but I'm a computer clutz....So I have migrated over to Google sheets for some basic tracking of prices etc... Also use rocket financial for looking up filings....however TIKR has them too. Probably nothing innovative or new here...lol... but I'm coming around to the idea of paying for a service....as I get tired of the ads and pop-ups and stale data etc.... I'm looking for simple and effective. I think sometimes we get too cute on digging around for data. How have Buffett&Co. sat in an office with no computer...just valueline...and come up with big ideas? I need all the help I can get...lol. I'd pay for TIKR at the right price.
  4. I’ll try Gilbey’s…thanks. Nice info about Fairfax and Sokol re:aviation gin.
  5. Awe..man, some of their flavours are amazing. Try the grapefruit or the lime&yuzu… so good. I never thought I’d drink gin and grapefruit tonic…..seems girly but I got over that….just so good.
  6. Oh geez….you can’t buy a high quality gin then mix it with bubble piss. You gotta find a premium mix. I really does make a difference. I know the Costco’s up here in Canada sell a couple of Fever Tree’s tonic flavours. https://fever-tree.com/en_CA/products/refreshingly-light-indian-tonic-water i like the stuff so much I bought the stock…lol…
  7. Ya...totally. a good quality Gin with a premium tonic like Fever tree is hard to beat on a warm summer day on the dock. Oh..I recently tried Aviation Gin. The one made by an actor guy..Ryan something...I was pleasantly surprised...wonderful botanical notes...very good gin. Ha ha...sounds like I'm a gin snob.... lol. Furthest thing thing from snob. My two favorite wines are....red and free. Lol.
  8. Added to HTL. A gift from the financial gods.
  9. Channeling Dazel - added to my already big position in SNC.
  10. The hypocrisy, regarding ESG and energy, in the general public and some in the investment community is nauseating. Everyone is piling on carbon based energy like it’s a armageddon’s little brother. So the narrative is sell anything energy cuz it’s bad....but those same people generally won’t or haven’t change there own consumption of energy, even though “options” exist. But it’s ok to own anything techy, like an Apple....not willing to admit these devices use a ton of specialty metals, that people dig giant holes in the ground to harvest, sometimes with child labour...think the DRC... Oh but wait.... you have to own anything EV/solar related, that’s the future! Oh but wait, EV’s use 4x the amount of copper that a ICE vehicle uses...wind and solar use a ton of copper...so let’s go dig more holes in the ground cuz we need lots of copper...that’s ok though... The whole thing is whacked. How about we incentivize the private sector through the profit motive, to allow the use of ALL resources (carbon based or not) in a MUCH cleaner sustainable way. It’s arrogant to sit here In Rich Western countries and poo-poo oil and coal. If you were trying to keep your family warm or cool in Bangladesh and have some electricity to educate your children you wouldn’t and shouldn’t give a rats ass about ESG. Poor countries deserve cheap stable energy like we have enjoyed for 200 years. Rant over.
  11. Yes, he was/is shacked up with his current wife - Astrid, to which he didn't marry until several YEARS after Suzy passed. In fact, I read in a book, that Suzy asked Astrid to move in a "look after" him. Remember, WEB can hardly boil water - imagine him adding salt to the water softener? Also, there was nothing shady, shifty or dis-honest about the whole thing - his kids blessed it! So again, WEB really is careful about his reputation.
  12. unfair. your judging with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Buffett didn't know/couldn't control Sokol buying Lubrizol stock then walking into his office to say BRK should buy Lubz... as for Gates, I would like to reserve judgment until we have some facts from reputable sources...that being said, again, I doubt WEB and Gates were sitting on the back deck discussing anyone's extra-curricular activities. I do really think Buffett has proved time and time again that he really operates above the crowd when it comes to authenticity and conduct.
  13. ya, I didn't clarify, I just meant you can buy domestic stocks with little or no commission with several US firms. Just highlighting how far behind we are in Canada - Snow Mexico.
  14. it's really quite sad, considering you can buy stocks with NO commissions if you live in the USA, with Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, etc... We are just so far behind.
  15. Just pray you find a foreign stock that has an ADR...lol In fairness and full disclosure, you can use IKBR, but as previously noted they are limited as to which accounts you can hold foreign stocks. So I guess we are roaring into the 1960's
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