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by 2 yen
24 Jun 2022 14:30
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: COVID-19 • Resumption of travel
Replies: 407
Views: 29734

Re: COVID-19 • Resumption of travel

Even Premium Economy on AC has taken a big jump up in price. Used to be approx. $2000 to fly across the pond. Now it's closer to $3000. Business is approaching the stratosphere.

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by 2 yen
20 Jun 2022 13:22
Forum: Financial News, Policy and Economics
Topic: Inflation
Replies: 1010
Views: 155669

Re: Inflation

I think it is an important subject for those into Dividend Growth investing and/or living off dividends... It is more interesting to me to ensure that the average dividend growth exceeds the average inflation with the expectation that exceptions can happen but will be transitory and can be weathered through expense reduction and/or a buffer of savings. I agree that statistics are not readily handy on the internet. Here is something from RBC Wealth Management: Over the past 25 years, the S&P/TSX Composite Index dividend yield has grown at just over 5% annually, whereas inflation has driven price increases of just over 2% annually .. Compounded over that time period, inflation caused prices to increase by 70%, while dividend income grew ...
by 2 yen
10 Jun 2022 14:05
Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
Topic: Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC vs BIP.UN)
Replies: 10
Views: 22329

Re: Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC vs BIP.UN)

So, BIPC and BIP.UN are doing a 3 for 2 split today. This will reduce the cost base of my shares. Does this mean that splits are generally not a good thing from a capital gains point of view if one sells at some point in the future? Or, does my original purchase price per share also get diluted? Minor brain fog here so a gentle education would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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by 2 yen
28 May 2022 21:00
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Slightly luxurious car recommendations
Replies: 154
Views: 11711

Re: Slightly luxurious car recommendations

This is the real kind of evaluation that is actually useful. Thanks!

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by 2 yen
24 May 2022 16:29
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Are any TV hockey fans left?
Replies: 339
Views: 15279

Re: Are any TV hockey fans left?

Tampa has also impressed with their next man up attitude. A Tampa - Edmonton final would be fun. (or Colorado)

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by 2 yen
16 May 2022 20:46
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology
Replies: 4257
Views: 152448

Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology

Shakespeare wrote: 16 May 2022 14:57 Well, my doctor told me this morning she thinks my current lung infection is a COVID sequella. So my new car looks like this:

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Well, it's fun to drive, anyway. :lol: With luck, my lung infection will clear up over the summer.
To me, that's a fine looking vehicle.

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by 2 yen
27 Apr 2022 18:50
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology
Replies: 4257
Views: 152448

Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology

Shakespeare wrote: 27 Apr 2022 18:03 Thanks for the concern. But I'm fine as long as I'm careful moving. 😊

Added: I posted the info because the infection may or may not have been a COVID follow-on. Anyway I'm feeling better this afternoon. :thumbsup:
:thumbsup:

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by 2 yen
27 Apr 2022 10:25
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology
Replies: 4257
Views: 152448

Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology

The Current on CBC Radio today interviewed Dr Angela Cheung , a University of Toronto med school professor who researches long covid. The interview will likely be online here later today. Cheung said: -- Long covid is real, but still too new for doctors to know much about it -- It affects 10-20% of those infected, but research is hampered by cutbacks in testing -- Patients cover the full age spectrum but thus far the majority have been 40-60 -- Diagnosed more often in women than men -- Most common characteristic is profound fatigue -- There is little knowledge among GPs and diagnosing is difficult because patients often score as normal on standard tests. Brain scans, however, typically show slowed functioning. -- There is no treatment at p...
by 2 yen
21 Apr 2022 18:36
Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
Topic: What are your top 5 holdings?
Replies: 131
Views: 14142

Re: What are your top 5 holdings?

BRIAN5000 wrote: 21 Apr 2022 15:05
2 yen wrote: 20 Apr 2022 20:40
BRIAN5000 wrote: 20 Apr 2022 19:31
The thing about all these stocks is that they are as boring as ditch water. Which means if the percentage of one creeps a bit high it doesn't really matter. I own all these plus 12 more in a similar vein and sleep very well at night. The one thing I would caution against is getting too high in one particular sector other than utilities. I.e. maybe try to keep financials at a total of 20% or so. Looking at this, I think you should just forget about it and check back in 6 months. Best of luck.

2 yen
Thanks, I'm a bit over 20% but ok with that.
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I wouldn't sweat 22%. You're good.

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by 2 yen
21 Apr 2022 18:32
Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
Topic: What are your top 5 holdings?
Replies: 131
Views: 14142

Re: What are your top 5 holdings?

Descartes wrote: 21 Apr 2022 16:32
2 yen wrote: 20 Apr 2022 20:40 The thing about all these stocks is that they are as boring as ditch water...
Indeed, there are a number of us in the ditch water brigade.
Still.. can't help thinking wistfully though: "why didn't I take a reckless, stupid flyer on AAPL back in the day?" :)
Water under the bridge, I say.

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by 2 yen
20 Apr 2022 20:40
Forum: Stocks, Bonds, ETFs, Funds, REITS and More
Topic: What are your top 5 holdings?
Replies: 131
Views: 14142

Re: What are your top 5 holdings?

BRIAN5000 wrote: 20 Apr 2022 19:31 Top 10 Canadian Equity only
1 BCE.TO 6.7%
2 ENB.TO 6.3%
3 BMO.TO 6.3%
4 TRP.TO 6.2%
5 BNS.TO 6.2%
6 EMA.TO 6.2%
7 T.TO 6.1%
8 RY.TO 6.0%
9 NA.TO 6.0%
10 FTS.TO 5.8%


What percentage in the Top 10 is to high?
The thing about all these stocks is that they are as boring as ditch water. Which means if the percentage of one creeps a bit high it doesn't really matter. I own all these plus 12 more in a similar vein and sleep very well at night. The one thing I would caution against is getting too high in one particular sector other than utilities. I.e. maybe try to keep financials at a total of 20% or so. Looking at this, I think you should just forget about it and check back in 6 months. Best of luck.

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by 2 yen
27 Mar 2022 22:18
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: RIP 2022
Replies: 91
Views: 11573

Re: RIP 2022

Wallace wrote: 25 Mar 2022 18:02 Beegie Adair died recently at the age of 84. A great jazz pianist who had the most relaxing style. She has hundreds of recordings on YouTube which are a delight to just sit and listen to. She used all the piano for her arrangements which gives them an expansive, rich flavour. Students of jazz piano study her arrangements to help them understand the fills, intros and endings that she uses in her work. In fact, since going back to jazz in retirement I've been studying her music for the last nine months. Here's my interpretation of her arrangement of "when I fall in love".
Excellent. Very thoughtful playing!

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by 2 yen
17 Mar 2022 15:51
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Cellphones 2022 [and plans]
Replies: 66
Views: 5579

Re: Cellphones 2022 [and plans]

Hey, Bylo. Gifgaf works like a charm. Thanks for the recommendation.

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by 2 yen
16 Mar 2022 15:46
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - community and consumer impacts?
Replies: 1628
Views: 72268

Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - community and consumer impacts?

Bad news for the global supply chain. NYT says omicron is forcing China to lock down manufacturing centres. BEIJING — Several of China’s largest factory cities have ordered a lockdown, halting production of Toyota cars and Apple iPhones. Theaters, cinemas and many restaurants have closed in Shanghai. The northeastern province of Jilin on Monday banned its 24 million residents from leaving the province or traveling between cities. China is grappling with its largest surge of Covid-19 infections since the coronavirus first emerged more than two years ago in central China. Sustained outbreaks in two-thirds of the country’s provinces are proving the toughest test yet of China’s zero-tolerance coronavirus policy. Even as countries in the West a...
by 2 yen
09 Mar 2022 20:17
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology
Replies: 4257
Views: 152448

Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology

like_to_retire wrote: 09 Mar 2022 16:45
2 yen wrote: 09 Mar 2022 16:23I would not be surprised to see some hybrid business models where, for instance, a restaurant might actually advertise that they have a masking section for those who feel the need.
Restaurants is one situation that I haven't understood since they partially re-opened over the last six months. You can't eat with a mask on, so what's the deal? Everyone that is sitting and eating and laughing and having a good time doesn't have a mask on - so how would you have a "restaurant might actually advertise that they have a masking section"?


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Well, for one thing, you wouldn't have to worry about the unvaccinated idiots. And the wait staff would wear masks. These little things make a big difference.

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by 2 yen
09 Mar 2022 16:23
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology
Replies: 4257
Views: 152448

Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology

Canada's Ontario to drop COVID curbs, including mask mandate https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canadas-ontario-to-drop-covid-curbs-including-mask-mandate/ar-AAUQCft?ocid=uxbndlbing Ontario, Canada's most populous province, said on Wednesday it would end masking requirements for most indoor spaces later this month, and scrap virtually all COVID-19-related public health measures by end-April, citing the reduced threat of the pandemic. The province also said it would end strict inoculation rules on hospitals, colleges and universities next week. The broad mask mandate ends on March 21, though masks will still be required in healthcare settings and on public transit until April 27. Federal vaccine mandates will continue to cover a number o...
by 2 yen
23 Feb 2022 20:21
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology
Replies: 4257
Views: 152448

Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) - stats and amateur epidemiology

Cheering news from the NYT: Got a Covid Booster? You Probably Won’t Need Another for a Long Time The Omicron variant can dodge antibodies — immune molecules that prevent the virus from infecting cells — produced after two doses of a Covid vaccine. But a third shot of the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech or by Moderna prompts the body to make a much wider variety of antibodies, which would be difficult for any variant of the virus to evade, according to the most recent study, posted online on Tuesday. The diverse repertoire of antibodies produced should be able to protect people from new variants, even those that differ significantly from the original version of the virus, the study suggests. “If people are exposed to another variant l...
by 2 yen
21 Feb 2022 13:33
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Covid and the immunocompromised.
Replies: 74
Views: 6152

Re: Covid and the immunocompromised.

Perhaps I'm missing the point(s) (and I'm definitively not a wordsmith, medical expert, limited insightfulness/knowledge, etc.). I don't have any stats (or time/expertise to do detailed research), but personally I sense there's a slice of the population (include me) that have been battered down, again and again, by conflicting reactions (by governments, health boards, media) with each successive wave of variants. There's another slice of society who have an alternate sense of (diminished) self-responsibility (and it looks like over-represented in our circle of "family" and "friends"). Although not asking really that much, perhaps I expect ed too much. I realize I can only deal with the things I can control, yet there ha...
by 2 yen
19 Feb 2022 22:34
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Covid and the immunocompromised.
Replies: 74
Views: 6152

Re: Covid and the immunocompromised.

I just wanted to comment to say that I appreciate the thought-out position of Opsty Eagle on this matter. Thank you for that. I actually felt that my post would probably have been received like I just announced that I personally hated children or puppies. lol. Of course that's not correct, nor my purpose. Personally, I think the main thing we need to get over now is how much the unvaccinated have let us down. I know we did not ask too much of them and still they refused their help, and consequently caused us incredible amounts of hardship. But at this stage of the pandemic we really need to move on. An example I might make is in WWll there would have been many capable men who decided, for one reason or another, to NOT contribute to the fig...
by 2 yen
19 Feb 2022 21:40
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Electric Cars
Replies: 601
Views: 39601

Re: Electric Cars

One template does not fit all - despite how much the west coasters think it might. 2 yen I don't know where/how you come to that conclusion, i.e. I have not read anything remotely well written based on substance that would suggest one template fits all. There is certainly thousands of stupid and ignorant comments made in social media about EVs, mostly against them rather than cheer leading them, but that is what trolls do on both sides. Yeah, but even on this site, some would indirectly suggest that their situation somehow applies to the whole country. Just scroll though the last few posts to see this. Who has actually acknowledged that Atlantic Canada may be different than other provinces. In ones idealism, reality may be forgotten or los...
by 2 yen
19 Feb 2022 20:58
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Electric Cars
Replies: 601
Views: 39601

Re: Electric Cars

SQRT wrote: 19 Feb 2022 19:16 I’m still trying to decide if my next car will be electric. Not there yet but getting closer, I think. Hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
Yeah. But try to explain that to those whose personal situation is far removed from reality on the ground for many of us. I.e B.C. vs Atlantic Canada. I'm buying a new Volvo gasoline XC60 because the math totally works vs. an electric version which is 12000 more expensive and would do little to mitigate climate change where we are (50% of our electricity is from coal). One template does not fit all - despite how much the west coasters think it might.

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by 2 yen
19 Feb 2022 18:17
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Electric Cars
Replies: 601
Views: 39601

Re: Electric Cars

This rosy scenario is not reality on the ground in the Atlantic provinces. It seems we are probably more than 5 years behind. It is not easy to go outside the major cities with an EV. Particularly in winter. Hopefully we can soon catch up and join the rest of the country. As stated earlier, one huge issue in N.S. is that more than 50% of electricity is generated from coal. This has to change as well. Emera is trying, but it just seems change comes at a snail's pace. It's frustrating for sure. 2 yen Well, yes, uptake depth and rate of change is not going to be the same across Canada and especially with Emera's coal plant in NS. To varying degrees, AB and SK have similar issues though AB has at least made a big swing to subbing out coal for ...
by 2 yen
19 Feb 2022 15:40
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Electric Cars
Replies: 601
Views: 39601

Re: Electric Cars

I disagree. Governments are signalling where they want to be by given dates in the future. That kind of policy direction is important to focus industry and consumer thought towards where the direction has to go anyway. It is not "imposition" of a particular solution, i.e. over driving one's headlights. Technology is advancing so quickly that renewable power sources already are becoming less expensive than fossil fuels in many cases. A step change in battery (energy storage) technology will blast those doors wide open. Suncor is busy adding chargers at Petro-Canada stations in select areas such that, for example, one can drive cross-Canada with an EV without much, if any, inconvenience. The new Esso truck stop near Hope, BC has a ...
by 2 yen
19 Feb 2022 15:04
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Covid and the immunocompromised.
Replies: 74
Views: 6152

Re: Covid and the immunocompromised.

Once we move past that, and at some point I feel we all must, we should be able to see these important realities: 1) Vaccine passports and mandates are not likely to change many of the minds of the remaining unvaccinated holdouts. 2) Maintaining vaccine passports gives a false and dangerous message that an immuno compromised, or someone just as vulnerable, is safe if they just surround themselves with vaccinated people. That is not only wrong, but very dangerous. Your point 2 is mis-understood by many, even those who are in the medical community. We need to get over the idea that everyone can be saved if everyone follows all rules. It isn't going to happen, humans we are fallible and mistakes happen. There is no barrier that can be created...
by 2 yen
19 Feb 2022 08:57
Forum: Community Centre
Topic: Electric Cars
Replies: 601
Views: 39601

Re: Electric Cars

The math makes no sense with our limited driving... and don't even get me started on the lack of charging stations. So much of buying an electric vehicle is about false virtue signaling. We have to get there, but right now it's just not in the cards for much of Canada. But for certain parts of Canada and certain demographics it makes a lot of sense. Consider a two-car family in a large city. One (or the only) car is used for commuting, perhaps 100km or more per day. The annual mileage makes the difference in fuel costs quite large, especially in light of recent oil price increases. Charging stations aren't an issue because the car can be recharged at home every night. Increasingly employers are adding recharging stations at work parking lo...