Recent content by jeff2

Latest news out of China showing big declines. Still pumping them out in Sub-Saharan Africa but declines expected even there going forward. Canada's fertility rate hit a record low of 1.25 children per woman in 2024, continuing a 15-year downward trend and marking a shift toward "lowest-low"...

Regarding kids, from what I have read and seen, before the 1980s couples would plan on having less. After that period, there are less and less couples to even make that decision. And sperm banks are not really filing in the gap. So, off we go into extinction.

Wow. Fantastic gain! Congrats. True about the outstanding share price. Some people think a stock split means they make more money. lol

I am considering buying also. Just wish it was lower.

Sometimes I think about this case. Cannot edit my previous response for some reason at the moment. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.5385361/a-canadian-went-to-mexico-to-investigate-her-father-s-disappearance-here-s-what-she-found-1.5385368

I was going to post the same thing.

It is like dealing with China. What is hers is hers and what is yours is hers.

I endorse this comment even if we end up being food for the worms.

Not the most user friendly. Thanks for the input regarding this issue.

Layoffs are not so bad when you have unreduced indexed pensions(and maybe health benefits attached also).

I am not saying I am against it, just that it is nowhere near the same as private sector "layoffs" except for those at the top who get golden parachutes.

The government said it’s trying to boost the rate of attrition and avoid cutting younger workers by offering a voluntary program allowing workers to retire earlier without incurring a pension penalty. La La Land.

Some, like Jim Rogers, would talk about 15 to 20 year commodity supercycles. Others would say they last 10 years. We had a good cycle in the 1970s and after the tech crash. Interesting to see how long it lasts.

Yes, they are both overpriced. XIU mostly because of the big run up in gold and the banks and XSP mostly because of the AI run up. Way back I had XSP and I remember one year the currency hedging tracking error was large.

Not that many there anymore. Could lead to mass layoff of robots. The General Motors (GM) plant in Oshawa, Ontario, has experienced a drastic, long-term decline in its workforce over the past 50 years, falling from a peak of roughly 23,000 to 30,000 workers in the 1980s to approximately...