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Offline ?Impact

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« Reply #180 on: March 12, 2020, 05:36:21 pm »
TSX down over 12%.

Petro stocks will not do very well when people are staying home.

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« Reply #181 on: March 12, 2020, 06:07:43 pm »
Petro stocks will not do very well when people are staying home.

Bank stocks are down over 20% in the last month.
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« Reply #182 on: March 12, 2020, 06:15:56 pm »
Bank stocks are down over 20% in the last month.

Canadian banks have a large exposure to energy companies. RBC has the biggest exposure, BMO is next, then National Bank. The others are not far behind.

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« Reply #183 on: March 12, 2020, 06:17:23 pm »
Petro stocks will not do very well when people are staying home.

True.  The Saudis are also flooding the market with oil, , which includes Canada.
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« Reply #184 on: March 12, 2020, 06:35:16 pm »
Canadian banks have a large exposure to energy companies. RBC has the biggest exposure, BMO is next, then National Bank. The others are not far behind.

Maybe you should look at the BNN ticker. It is a sea of red, everything is being hit bigly.
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« Reply #185 on: March 12, 2020, 06:38:04 pm »
Maybe you should look at the BNN ticker. It is a sea of red, everything is being hit bigly.

TSX has consistently been dropping more than the US market.  I'm the difference is the oil.
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« Reply #186 on: March 12, 2020, 07:00:17 pm »
The prime minister is a healthy young man and I am sure he will be fine.

The NHL has put the season on hold.  The Oilers were finally going back to the playoffs, now the season might be toast. :(

I was planning on going to Vancouver in April, but now I am thinking it would be safer to stay home.

I was at a concert on Friday, and now I'm coughing and sneezing.  I started wondering if I picked up coronavirus there.  I'm told the symptoms take 10-14 days to develop, so I guess the answer is no.  Still, the hype is getting me on edge.  I understand that for most people the virus itself isn't that big of a risk, but with my chronic lung issues I'm one of the ones who probably needs to be careful.

I really love being out and around town, so all of this is very depressing.

I thought the Roaring 20's were going to be an exciting new decade full of exuberance and adventure, but so far it's the exact opposite. 2020 really sucks so far.


 -k

It’s best to take precautions, particularly if you are vulnerable.  Avoid crowds until it blows over.
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« Reply #187 on: March 12, 2020, 08:56:10 pm »
Sophie tested positive.

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« Reply #188 on: March 12, 2020, 09:07:24 pm »
Sophie tested positive.

I see that. I imagine Justin will close down his attendance at public events for a couple of weeks just in case.

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« Reply #189 on: March 12, 2020, 09:23:34 pm »
If Trudeau had banned travel to/from Europe she wouldn't have gotten it.   :D I kid, I kid.
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« Reply #190 on: March 12, 2020, 09:27:45 pm »
Trudeau can't even protect his damn wife from the virus, how is he going to protect Canada?

We should have restricted travel over a month ago.  We should have been screening at airports before that.  The only way it spread to other countries is travel. The lock-down thats going on now is way, way too late.  The virus can't be stopped now.
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« Reply #191 on: March 12, 2020, 09:48:00 pm »
Trudeau can't even protect his damn wife from the virus, how is he going to protect Canada?

We should have restricted travel over a month ago.  We should have been screening at airports before that.  The only way it spread to other countries is travel. The lock-down thats going on now is way, way too late.  The virus can't be stopped now.

What would you have him do, tie his "damn wife" to the kitchen table? Sheesh!

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« Reply #192 on: March 12, 2020, 09:54:03 pm »
What would you have him do, tie his "damn wife" to the kitchen table? Sheesh!

Keep her inside Canada maybe?
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« Reply #193 on: March 12, 2020, 10:20:36 pm »
Keep her inside Canada maybe?

She had a prearranged speaking engagement in London.

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« Reply #194 on: March 12, 2020, 11:33:41 pm »
Trump so far says he is not concerned about having been in close proximity to someone with corona and won't bother getting a test. This continues then to confirm his testing positive for arrogant stupidity. So now "the swamp' is not only infested, it is now likely infected. 
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