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Shetland Police Department better get on the case of “vanishing” cables

Worry not folks. We, Canada, are on it. You just wait and see. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7260649 Trudeau says Canada can meet NATO's military spending benchmark by 2032

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You are bold sir. I recall your portfolio's largest component was Berkshire at 40% (if i am not remembering wrong.) with the rest being ETFs (i think) Now the largest is MSTR at 50%

@Viking if you have any take on TheHub it would interesting. They are an insurance broker. https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/hub-intl-to-sell-subsidiaries-to-fairfax/ @dealraker brought it up couple of times.

From the article on Walter Schloss " .... On December 12, 1941, immediately after Pearl Harbor, Schloss enlisted in the US Army and served as a code clerk in the 833rd Signal Company. He was then transferred to the Persian Gulf Command in Iran, which constructed Studebaker trucks in an Iranian truck factory. These trucks were loaded up with supplies and driven north to the border, where they were turned over to the Russian army for use in the siege of Stalingrad. ...." I hope he liked the kebab when he was in Iran

Yes. In fact Apple 7-1 share split some decade ago was to get to DOW as a candidate.

Berkshire ‘ case might be due to its very high class A shares given Dow’ unique methodology.

Amazing !!

QXO Doesn’t Have Enough Stock - Bloomberg

cool. I am guessing you dumped HEICO

100%. Thank you !

you rock ! I love this part “no stock sales since the end of last century,”

Jardine, Matheson & Co The legal heir to the opium business in East Asia ! Love it

Two years later i started and finished reading the book. The Porsche–Piëch family dynasty is only one of the four or five dynasties it covers. The book covers the Quandt, the Flick, the von Finck, the Porsche–Piëch and the Oetker. In the later chapters is also touches on JAB Holdings (owner of Dr Pepper). Of these families the Flick and the von Finck are no more. Admittingly, it was hard to keep track of Flick and the von Finck through the book as they both starts with a "F". To confuse the matter, there is also a Funk, who was a minister of something, but not a industralist. The books starts off in the 1930s, when the different industrialists start to build their empire and expand through the war. It covers the aryanisation of some companies taken over by the Germany Inc. The most informative part of the book though is in the post-war era, as some of the dynasties disintegrates (family quarrel) while some others endures. Of note, The Quandt were interesting. One branch of Quandt family put most of their post-war wealth into BMW (and in fact engineer a turnaround at the automaker). Today they own about less than half of BMW and are worth tens of billions of dollars. This led me to buy this book on BMW => Driven: Inside BMW, the Most Admired Car Company in the World: Kiley, David: 9780471269205: Books - Amazon.ca Another branch of the Quandt and Flick at one point become the largest shareholders in Daimler Mercedes post-war era, but as both families scramble for liquidity they offload their shares to Kuwaiti Investment Authority and Deutsche Bank, respectively. I have known that KIA was a very large shareholder of Daimler Mercedes, but did not know how they came to own it until this book. Also interestingly, the wife of the Quandt patriarch in 1930s separates from him and becomes engaged to Dr. Goebbels and was the First Lady of Reich until her death in 1945. Decades later, her granddaughter marries (or start dating) a Jewish man, not knowing that she was the grand daughter of the First Lady of Reich. Long story short, she later converts to Judaism. Or something along those lines. ------------------------------ Interestingly, while the book talks about the Krupp dynasty, there is not much dedication to it. I did however read this book about the Krupp few years ago. It is big one. The Arms of Krupp: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War: Manchester, William: 9780316529402: Books - Amazon.ca

Do Americans actually think in Canada we say “Eh” all the time, non stop, 24/7

Boomers had it easy

https://www.motilaloswal.com/site/rreports/635542588369519988.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/x8yezLUNHTocw59c/?mibextid=w8EBqM funny

“It is a GE” A now forgotten statement dating back to the glory days “it is John Malone”. Another useless statement.

The next 10 years will be different than the last 10 years.

My portfolio has not changed. Rarely it does. but I am currently have a listen-to-list of AGMs: - Brown & and Brown - SNC Lavalin - Thompson Reuters - KKR - Graham Holdings (per @Dinar suggestion) i think I am missing one more

saw this in the AW. left column where I am pointing. 8 batteries in total. it is fortress Poland indeed.

Graham Holdings