But he said there’s an opportunity for bank brokerages to retain clients and build relationships as demand for human advisers grows, especially among affluent self-directed investors.

The survey shows nearly half of affluent DIY investors with $250,000 or more in assets say they plan to work with an adviser within the next year.

If someone really feels they need an advisor, they should stay far away from anyone affiliated with a bank. Knowledgeable independents with fiduciary duty like PWL would be better by miles.

Ten years ago we'd never have believed it, but now . . .❗

Dean

I'm a pretty conservative investor, and rarely make trades (i.e. Not a day-trader).

What am I missing (if anything), by not using it ?

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Dean

Do you find it more / less useful / intuitive than traditional Web Broker interface?

Have you encountered any difficulties setting it up to suit your needs?

Stephen

hwyc said

Award Payment: By March 31, 2026

Previously I read the text & "thought" I was DQ'ed. Somehow, TD didn't "execute" it that way & I received the award F25 STEP INTO SPRING ET yesterday!

That said, my TFSA transfers & withdrawals are all within TD between Bank, Direct Investing, Easy Trade.  

Do you mean the reward was credited to your TDDI on Friday, March 28, 2026 (3 days ahead of March 31st)?

Award Payment: By March 31, 2026

Previously I read the text & "thought" I was DQ'ed. Somehow, TD didn't "execute" it that way & I received the award F25 STEP INTO SPRING ET yesterday!

That said, my TFSA transfers & withdrawals are all within TD between Bank, Direct Investing, Easy Trade.

But the other story here, is how well MKP's stock value has done. Since I bought-in a little over a year ago, it's now Up ~ 38% with no sign of letting up.

Like everyone, I've had a loser or two in my day, but this isn't one of them.

Dean

The Board of Directors declared a first quarter regular cash dividend of $0.43 per share (an increase of 5% from our fourth quarter 2025 dividend) to be paid March 31, 2026 to shareholders of record on March 13, 2026.

We issued $9.4 million in new common shares through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“DRIP”) in 2025 compared to $14.8 million in 2024. The DRIP participation rate for 2025 dividends was 15% compared to 22% in 2024.

Under the DRIP, dividends paid to shareholders are automatically reinvested in common shares issued out of treasury at the weighted average trading price for the five days preceding such issue less a discount of 2% until further notice from MCAN. The DRIP participation rate for 2025 dividends was 15% (2024 - 22%).

It is now down ~50% from ATH. Time to sell or buy BTC?

10+ Year Bitcoin Chart ⏩ https://www.google.com/finance.....window=MAX

Dean

Bill said
Nobody lost money say the books? Better tell google AI, which has also read the books: "While it resulted in broken contracts and financial losses for some, recent research suggests it did not cause a widespread, severe economic crisis for the entire Dutch nation."

Apparently lots of people worldwide own crypto (not just btc), about 7% of people, but ownership appears to be concentrated in far fewer holders, e.g. if you own 1/10 of a bitcoin (about CDN $9500) you're in the top 10% of holders. So relatively few would be affected more than mildly if it collapsed to zero. At least according to google AI.  

Evidence for half a dozen people who got into financial trouble but not at all clear if it was specifically because of tulips. Source: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp.....14939.html

No, google AI has no means of reading copyrighted academic books. It's a language model. It's trained on wiki, social media and whatever is freely available.

~ 6.5 million coins held by millions of small fry wallets

BTC is a manipulated perpetual ponzi scheme, where ~20,000 holders with 60% of the circulating coins manipulate the price through coordinated buying and selling at the expense of small frys.

Next bottom ~ $40k USD, before the rise starts again.

Apparently lots of people worldwide own crypto (not just btc), about 7% of people, but ownership appears to be concentrated in far fewer holders, e.g. if you own 1/10 of a bitcoin (about CDN $9500) you're in the top 10% of holders. So relatively few would be affected more than mildly if it collapsed to zero. At least according to google AI.