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Apparently Fairfax effectively owns 61.5% of Farmers Edge which was recently listed in Toronto. Anyone else buying or done any analysis on this stock?

Red Notice is a must read in order to understand Putin and Russia today, imo. As a follow up, I then read Collusion by Luke Harding; he also wrote Mafia State (Russia), A Very Expensive Poison, and Murder in Benghazi.

Still sticking to mostly cash, 80-90%. What are others doing?

My best idea is to have lots of cash ready.

Anyone else follow CRH Medical (crh.to)? down 16-17% today. Haven't seen or heard any news to account for the drop. Any news or rumours out there?

KCLarkin You may be correct; I don't track stocks in the detail that you may. But I know it's at least a triple.

atd.b on TSE. up about 90% with 7-8 years holding period.

Wall St Journal today had a headline comparing health care programs and costs around the world. I'm not a subscriber so can't access it. If anyone has access, care to share?

Cigarbutt - yes I enjoyed reading his winter report too. He's being very cautious now. Me too and am now about 80% cash. Will be very interesting next 6 months or so.

I listen to CNN only occasionally but last nite I tuned into the CBO response to the Republican health care proposal to see what CNN was saying. So, for the first 20 minutes or so, they first presented the Republican Health Secretary pointing out what he thought about the CBO report, then they showed the Democratic response to the report. I thought that was fair and now knew what both sides thought in their initial responses. Yet, on this topic so many times I hear "oh, that's just the CNN report or side" or words to that effect. In other words, CNN only leans one way (ie Democrat) So what was CNN supposed to do in this case - only report one point of view re CBO??

Perhaps, someone more knowledgeable than me, can compare Trumpcare, Obamacare, Canadian health insurance and European health care systems. That would be most revealing imo.

Agree with Cardboard here. No one knows exactly when it will pop, but it will. An uptick in mortgage rates might do it or some other event we haven't anticipated yet.

No buying. Did a little selling to continue raising my cash positions.

And your explanation re why Saudi Arabia was not on the executive order is? I am not interested in debating what your explanation is, but I would appreciate your point of view on this question.

As I read these posts, it looks like America has entered into a period of extreme polarization in recent times. It's like 2 sides of the political spectrum have dug into their positions and will not give an inch. Some posters here who did not agree with some points made were called a "Dem puppet" or "leftist demagogue". If you post actual stories with facts and sources about real people, they say you should know more about the media and how they report news. Re Khizr Khan and the Australian author Mem Fox, these stories have been reported widely. I will name some sources you can check for yourself: CTV news (private, non govt funded Canadian television network, CBC (a public television network), The Independent (British newspaper) and American news outlets like the Boston Globe and ABC. I checked Fox News but didn't see anything (but may have missed it if reported by them; please advise if they did). Personally, here in Canada, I have voted Conservative (leans right), Liberal and NDP (leans left). I vote depending upon the platform and individuals who are running to try and make an educated vote. I was not a fan of Bill Clinton, thought Eisenhower made a brilliant move starting the U.S. interstate system, Abraham Lincoln made very difficult decisions and history has treated him well. And in 2016, I really didn't think much of any of the candidates running for the Republican or Democratic ticket. I am not a card carrying supporter of any particular political party. We all have biases to some degree Cardboard. Travelling from Canada to Europe to work in the 1970's, I learned a great deal about how other societies went about governing their people, what history meant to them and how it shows up in their policies and thinking to this day, how they run their cities and traffic flows which were very different than my own experience back home. I could go on and on re my learning experiences. And from my 3 years overseas, I know it changed how I thought about things and life; and I feel to this day that I am the better for it. I have no desire to change a Republican into a Democrat or vice versa. From the viewpoint of someone not in the U.S., I have tried to point out and am trying to figure out why certain events are occurring. One last thing: I would really like someone to explain to me why Saudi Arabia was not on the list of countries that President Trump signed yesterday. My understanding is that most (all?) of the terrorists re 9/11 were raised in Saudi Arabia. And Bin Laden was too. The last time America was attacked with such ferocity was Pearl Harbour and the U.S. went to war vs the Axis powers.