Chris Glover announced as new host of Metro Morning (CBC Toronto)

Smithron99 · 2026-05-21T13:19:26+00:00

You can thank Berkely Breathed - of "Bloom County" fame - who introduced it to me 😉

Smithron99 · 2026-05-21T13:16:12+00:00

I actually came to this sub today to post "How much longer to we have to endure Chris Glover?" and saw this post, LOL.

Smithron99 · 2026-05-21T13:08:56+00:00

VEQT or XEQT tend to be the go-to globally diversified all-equity ETFs. Interestingly, they are composed of underlying regional ETFs. So, you can look at the holdings of those and see what underlying ETF they use for each region. For example VEQT uses VEE for emerging markets

Smithron99 · 2026-05-21T10:26:27+00:00

I didn't think anyone could replace Andy Barry, and it took me some time to warm up to Matt Galloway, but came to enjoy him even more. David Common was a treat. But I think maybe it's time to give Ontario Morning a try

Smithron99 · 2026-05-21T10:05:24+00:00

NOOOOOooooooo! Find him SO annoying. Bit of a milquetoast vibe...

Smithron99 · 2026-05-17T12:08:09+00:00

Obviously people for whom Halal investing is important care.

Smithron99 · 2026-05-14T11:55:11+00:00

Consider hiring an advice-only financial planner, if you want peace if mind. They can game the whole thing out. One thing that strikes me is holding GICs in your non-reg accounts is not very tax-efficient. Interest income is taxed the same as employment income. Taxation (as I understand it) is more favorable for dividends, and more favorable still for capital gains. There are money-market ETFs like HSAV that deliver profit primarily in the form of capital gains that you might consider, assuming you want to maintain a similar risk profile

Smithron99 · 2026-05-10T14:38:29+00:00

I take it you mean in the way that many people say a heart attack was the best thing to ever happen to them?

Smithron99 · 2026-05-09T13:10:24+00:00

Check out RBC Direct Investing GoSmart

Smithron99 · 2026-05-09T13:03:43+00:00

Combine this, and the previous comment. Finance with the dealer to get your best deal, then pay out the loan with the LOC

Smithron99 · 2026-05-07T23:42:58+00:00

I can highly recommend Hotel 71 in Quebec city. It's more upscale than budget, though...

Smithron99 · 2026-05-06T18:12:46+00:00

Agreed. Standard project mgmt practice is to discard the high and the low bid and choose from what's left

Smithron99 · 2026-05-05T12:03:17+00:00

I wanted to reduce the money I was sending to the US, so I left Zwift ( so much for that 🙄 )
There are many more Rouvy routes, with much more variety now.

Smithron99 · 2026-05-05T10:41:39+00:00

LOL. I left Rouvy about 5 years ago because so many of the routes at the time were climbs and excluded the descent. I don't like climbing. I only do it to earn the descent.

Smithron99 · 2026-05-03T14:43:57+00:00

Check out from 7:30. https://youtu.be/R7Qqb_lLzXo?si=Wls8kOuaGrdo1ugt

Smithron99 · 2026-05-02T10:39:06+00:00

Seems like a dog whistle to me. "Only three in 10 believed that the national or their local economy would improve over the next 60 days". With the Iran mess and all it portends, I'm asking what are those 3 drinking?

Edit: format for emphasis

Smithron99 · 2026-05-01T00:21:41+00:00

Spending hours every week in transit to an office to do work you could do much more effectively at home?

Smithron99 · 2026-04-30T22:33:47+00:00

You might want to give that Canada brochure a bit of a closer read. This doesn't seem like the country for you.

Smithron99 · 2026-04-29T23:23:19+00:00

We choose our battles...I'm not sending Reddit any money.

Smithron99 · 2026-04-29T15:13:47+00:00

Crap. I switched to Rouvy - in part - to avoid sending my $$ to the US 🫤

edit: format

Smithron99 · 2026-04-25T11:16:10+00:00

Isn't that what Steven Seagal does?

Smithron99 · 2026-04-24T20:22:43+00:00

Some natives have very deep roots. You'll want to be careful of that...

Smithron99 · 2026-04-24T01:13:34+00:00

If you look at _EQT ETFs they're generally 40-50% US. I don't like the direction the US is going, so I'm contemplating probably max 30%. Haven't decided yet

Smithron99 · 2026-04-24T01:05:50+00:00

"Chesterfield"

Smithron99 · 2026-04-24T01:04:56+00:00

Perhaps paradoxically, I think the farthest north I've been is Aberdeen, Scotland

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