Re:On the death of my family's dairy farm
by badpun on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @01:35PM
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> I went and bought rail stocks in anticipation for the inevitable outcome where individual farmers would pay more for access.
Tangent - I don't know any other country in the world where the public is actively picking stocks like this. Given that, it's probably bad for the majority of people, I wonder if, at some point of US history, it was pushed upon people by some PR campaign (for example, by the finance companies who profit from it).
Re:On the death of my family's dairy farm
by dleslie on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @02:34PM
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Buying rail is a bit of a tradition in Canada, given how immensely important the rail lines are to our country. They're traditionally somewhat of a safe bet, with reasonable dividends.
Tangent - I don't know any other country in the world where the public is actively picking stocks like this. Given that, it's probably bad for the majority of people, I wonder if, at some point of US history, it was pushed upon people by some PR campaign (for example, by the finance companies who profit from it).