Promotion of Corner of Berkshire and Fairfax

[John Hjorth]

Posted by @cwericb in topic :  

 

How Long Have You been a Continuous Shareholder of Fairfax Financial?,

 

and by starting this topic, based on @cwericbs post, branching it out as a separate topic :

 

 

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Here is a thought from out of left field.

 

There are many longtime Fairfax shareholders on this board. But I wonder how many FFH shareholders are NOT on this board and have no idea of its existence? It is not like the board advertises itself.

 

And to follow up, is there some way that we could introduce CBoF to those who might wish to join us?  Would it ever be possible to have an some sort of mention, invitation or something made at a FFH annual meeting or sent to shareholders? Just a thought, but it might be something that would be of value to all concerned. Or just a dumb idea? Just thought I would raise the subject.

 

I have been thinking about exactly this personally also recently, out of being thankful for getting this place on the Web to know, which to me and my family [also, like for many other members of CofB&F,] has been really life condition changing.

 

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I have no idea about how many shareholders hold Fairfax shares, or even know about the existence of the company. I can provide some hard core data about it from my investment bank, where the bank operates in the Nordic countries Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, I will post data later.

Edited Saturday at 03:59 PM by John Hjorth

[cwericb]

Thanks John, I had been debating about starting a separate topic and hope it will attract some ideas. The more people who join our forums the more interesting and informative the board will become and I am sure that the larger the pool of investors that belong to the board, the better it will be for all.

 

One other thought. Should we just be searching for those interested in Fairfax, or should we look for a wider range of participants.  I mean, we have so many different and interesting threads within CBoF. Perhaps someone could get CBoF mentioned on some podcasts or maybe an interview on BNN, etc etc. ?

 

Perhaps Sanjeev will have some input on the subject.

[John Hjorth]

Thanks, Eric [ @cwericb ],

 

I did the branch-out here without even asking you to do it yourself, or discussing it with you in advance, based on that I think it's great topic for discussion.

 

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Here are some hardcore data related to Fairfax from my households investment bank [Swedish & listed Nordnet Bank AB [SAVE.STO], for us, Danish branch] :

 

And :

 

To get a perception of the number of shareholders in those four countries, I can today see the following :

 

Related to FFH.TO :

 

 

Meaning : 248 owners in total over those countries, and for FRFHF:

 

 

Meaning : 4 shareholders.

 

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Link. 

Edited Saturday at 04:37 PM by John Hjorth

[cwericb]

That's interesting. When I think of Fairfax shareholders I tend to think of most being in Canada with some in the US and a few in European countries, but I had never put much thought in it for some reason. So what you are saying that there are roughly 250 Shareholders in the four Nordic Countries, just at your bank alone?

 

I don't know why, but that number is larger than what I would have thought. It really would be interesting to see how FFH/FRFHF shareholders are spread around the world in various countries.

 

I know Fairfax is aware of this board, but I wonder if the company would ever get involved in helping to make their investors aware of this discussion board? I am sure Sanjeev would have thoughts on this.