u/Strix780
I know, it's not personal finance per se, but I think everyone here's interested in the economy. Anyway, this is a news analysis from Bloomberg, quoting a few different economists. If you're bummed out by griefers moaning about the supposed recession, this may cheer you up a bit. Yeah, I know the uptick won't reach everyone in the Canadian demographic, but it sounds like things are going in the right direction. Fingers crossed everybody.
You're assembling a bike. Which threads do you torque:
(i) dry (ungreased)
(ii) greased
(iii) secured with blue Loctite or other thread adhesive?
I was just looking at my Morningstar portfolio. Looks like my accounts (diversified, mostly ETFs) are back to their all-time high-- for the first time since the end of 2021. (For what it's worth, the low point was October 2022, when my accounts were down 16.2% from their peak.)
Is everyone else finding the same thing? I guess bonds were a bit of a drag in a period of rising rates, but things seem to be turning around, at least in the short term. I'm an optimist anyway. 2024 may well be a pretty tumultuous year.
Some years ago we bought this lamp from a Canadian IKEA. I don't know the model name.
I want to replace the shade (one side is stained) but it has a weird fitting as shown here. It's weird because the spider fitting is deep, and it's held onto the frame by a 3/8" thumbscrew. (It looks like 3/8" and not 10mm.)
Does anybody know where I can get a shade like that, or what that fitting is called? It's different from all the other shades in our nearest IKEA, which have European-type UNO fittings.
OK, so I had 300 shares of BAM.A in my taxable account at the beginning of the month. That's metamorphosed into 300 shares of BN, and I assume I also have 100 shares of 'New BAM.A', although I can't see it yet.
Now, suppose I sell my shares of 'New BAM.A', either in 2022 or 2023. Does anyone know what my ACB will be for that sale? SP/DJ says they're treating it as a 'zero-cost' spinoff. Does that mean my ACB will be zero, and I'll be taxed on the entire proceeds? Or do I just estimate it using a quarter of my original ACB?
I suppose all will become clear as the dust settles, and maybe I'm making it too complicated. But I bet this will be leave a lot of people mumbling and counting
Sound like anyone you know?
