Chat Take Coronavirus Poll...see what other members are doing!

[OG_funguy]

I am no expert. Learnt a hard way through Nortel time. I was interested in energy stocks but my FP said very risky and he made the decisions for me to play safe with banks. CM.TO was his choice and went with it . Better be safe than sorry.

Nortel was very painful for many...

Banks are 100x safer than energy stocks, especially the Canadian banks. You're pretty much guaranteed to make money in Canadian banks over the long term.

Unfortunately, I had a lot of money invested in energy stocks, many that are down over 90%. Play with fire and you will get burned eventually I guess...

 

[Jumpin’ Jack Flash]

If you like tech, you should also consider MSFT, GOOGL, AMZN, AVGO, QCOM, TXN as well as a bunch of others.

XOM...the whole energy sector has been decimated, lots of bargains there (but risky). Banks have been beaten down too but are relatively safe.

Even QSR (owner of our beloved Tim Horton's) has gone down a lot...

Basically, there are bargains all over the place...calling the bottom is much tougher though. Things can get much worse before they get better. I've been slowly dipping in during sell-offs but always keeping some dry powder available.

I’ll start nibbling soon but safer to buy when you see a solid bottom and pay a little more during the upswing as real recovery may be a while

 

[Happyman]

I am looking out to buy
BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF (ZEB.TO)
C$ is all time low, I would stay with C$ and banks are safe. The ETF gives about 4% yield.
Be good boy, stay out from trouble and safe money for fun later on when things get back to normal. The virus will be around for at 6 -12 months.

 

[OG_funguy]

Lots of high yield stocks available now.

Just $50K earning 8-10% yield can provide you some nice hobby funds every month once things get better...

 

[Happyman]

Below is a good write up by someone who had it. Got it from going to a party! So if someone in a spa has it, the chance of getting it during a visit is very high.

A Seattle woman who says she had the coronavirus and is recovering has one "big takeaway" to share: Don't panic.
Elizabeth Schneider, 37, believes she contracted the virus at a house party because a few days later, several friends who were at the party became ill at the same time she did.
Three days after the February 22 party, Schneider says, she was at work when she started feeling unwell.
She was "feeling tired, body aches, getting a headache, feeling a little bit feverish," so she decided to go home, Schneider told CNN's Erin Burnett.
What symptoms to be on the lookout for and how to protect yourself from coronavirus.

She woke up from a nap with a 101 degree fever, and "by the time I went to bed, it had soared to 103 degrees," Schneider said.
Schneider said she thought she had a nasty flu. It didn't occur to her that it could be the coronavirus because the symptoms didn't fit -- she didn't have a cough, no shortness of breath, no respiratory symptoms at all.
The "aha" moment didn't come until she found out that about a dozen friends who'd been to the same party got sick "at the exact same day, roughly around the same time in the evening, with very similar symptoms."
The Seattle area is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the US. Of the 1,635 cases reported in the country since the Covid-19 first appeared in January, 457 of them are in Washington, including 41 deaths.

For many Americans, the coronavirus pandemic means a normal life is on hold
Still, Schneider and her friends weren't tested for the coronavirus, she said. Their doctors thought they had the flu, but the flu tests were negative.
"At this point, we were all getting a little frustrated that they weren't allowed to be tested for coronavirus, or the doctor wasn't even suggesting" they be tested for it, Schneider said.
So, one of her friends told her about a Seattle flu study. Participants sign up online and send in a nasal swab from a kit that's part of the study. Recently, she said, they started testing for coronavirus, too, and "that's how I ultimately found out."
Schneider said she recovered after staying home, resting and taking over-the-counter medications.
Worried about coronavirus? If your loved one is over 60, read this
"I think the big takeaway I want to tell everyone is: Please don't panic," Schneider said. "If you are healthy, if you are younger, if you take good care of yourself when you're sick, you will recover, I believe. And I'm living proof of that."
Schneider, though, had age and otherwise good health on her side. For the elderly or people with underlying health conditions, such as heart disease or diabetes, Covid-19 can be -- and has been -- deadly, health officials say.
"The grim reality is that, for the elderly, Covid-19 is almost a perfect killing machine," American Health Care Association President Mark Parkinson told CNN this week.

 

[OG_funguy]

I’ve done 5 Ironman events that this would have been great to have.

That's pretty impressive that you can finish an Ironman event. Just to be clear, we're talking a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.20 km) run, right? That's crazy, there's no way I could do this...

However, just for kicks, I looked up average times for 'normal' Olympic triathlon events. I was surprised to see that my times for all 3 legs are pretty much the same as the average and I just work out for fun...I don't 'train' to compete or anything like that...plus, I'm probably older than those people too

 

[dejavu101]

Nortel was very painful for many...

Banks are 100x safer than energy stocks, especially the Canadian banks. You're pretty much guaranteed to make money in Canadian banks over the long term.

Unfortunately, I had a lot of money invested in energy stocks, many that are down over 90%. Play with fire and you will get burned eventually I guess...

Fuck Nortel. Bought BlackBerry at$11, sold them at 105. Lost it all on Nortel.

 

[Jumpin’ Jack Flash]

That's pretty impressive that you can finish an Ironman event. Just to be clear, we're talking a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.20 km) run, right? There's no way I could do this...

However, just for kicks, I looked up average times for 'normal' Olympic triathlon events. I was surprised to see that my times for all 3 legs are pretty much the same as the average and I just work out for fun...I don't 'train' to compete or anything like that...plus, I'm probably older than those people too

View attachment 112003

Have you tried doing each event back to back to back? It’s gruelling.
I was going to do a 70.3 event this year but probably won’t now. (Basically a half Ironman)
Tie it in with a destination you want to visit and make a vacation out of it
I never made it to the grand daddy of the Ironmans. The Kona in Hawaii which is probably the toughest.

 

[OG_funguy]

Have you tried doing each event back to back to back? It’s gruelling.
I was going to do a 70.3 event this year but probably won’t now. (Basically a half Ironman)
Tie it in with a destination you want to visit and make a vacation out of it
I never made it to the grand daddy of the Ironmans. The Kona in Hawaii which is probably the toughest.

Like I said...that's very impressive, man. Are you in your 30's, 40's?

Which leg are you the strongest in, relatively speaking, i.e. compared to others?

 

[Whitesnake1987]

As for these Owners...like they said in the Godfather II, The Rent Stays the Same!

 

[Ursus]

There have been 300 deaths in America since the Corona virus outbreak started.

From a population of 340,000,000.

You have a better chance of dying from a lightning strike.

Just proves my point - this over-reaction by govts is orchestrated to gain more control over our lives.

 

[Jumpin’ Jack Flash]

Like I said...that's very impressive, man. Are you in your 30's, 40's?

Which leg are you the strongest in, relatively speaking, i.e. compared to others?

Just exiting my 40’s
It’s between the biking and swimming, giving the edge to biking. I don’t like the run.

 

[Jumpin’ Jack Flash]

Races

www.ironman.com

 

[OG_funguy]

There have been 300 deaths in America since the Corona virus outbreak started.

From a population of 340,000,000.

You have a better chance of dying from a lightning strike.

Just proves my point - this over-reaction by govts is orchestrated to gain more control over our lives.

So you believe in the number of deaths but not the number who tested positive...

 

[OG_funguy]

Races

www.ironman.com

Nice...I think I could at least finish a 70.3 event without dying but I would 100% be dead last

I should add to the bucket list...

 

[Jumpin’ Jack Flash]

Nice...I think I could at least finish a 70.3 event without dying but I would 100% be dead last

I should add to the bucket list...

I wouldn’t do the full Ironman anymore. Way too hard on the body. It took weeks to recover

 

[cupcrazy]

Nortel was very painful for many...

Banks are 100x safer than energy stocks, especially the Canadian banks. You're pretty much guaranteed to make money in Canadian banks over the long term.

Unfortunately, I had a lot of money invested in energy stocks, many that are down over 90%. Play with fire and you will get burned eventually I guess...

If you want high returns, you have to tale risks. Technology companies are risky. Look at black berries. At one time everybody want a piece of the company.

 

[OG_funguy]

If you want high returns, you have to tale risks. Technology companies are risky. Look at black berries. At one time everybody want a piece of the company.

So what do you recommend, Warren?

Earlier I mentioned some stocks I will buy when the time is right...your turn.

 

[cupcrazy]

So what do you recommend, Warren?

Earlier I mentioned some stocks I will buy when the time is right...your turn.

It depends on numerous factors. What are your goals, age, etc

 

[OG_funguy]

It depends on numerous factors. What are your goals, age, etc

Ok, I get that...but what are "you" buying? And yes, we understand that what you are buying may not be right for others...