WIIM_Lethbridge

Providing Insurance and Investment services to Southern Alberta since 2004 -Clayton Wiest [phone]

[NHL @NHL]

Johnny Gaudreau’s wife, Meredith, surprised Sean Monahan with the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. 💙

Watch the #NHLAwards on June 12 at 6p ET on @NHL_On_TNT and @Sportsnet before Game 4 of the #StanleyCup Final.

[Seth Golden @SethCL]

Fact: A bear market is a bulls best friend!

Fact: Bull markets are built on the backs of bear mkts

Fact: Your greatest future returns come from bear mkts

Fact: Average forward $SPX 12-month return from bear
market low is 45.8%.

Fact: I ♥️ bear markets!

$ES_F $SPY $QQQ $NYA $IWM $NVDA $VIX $SMH

[Marc Nixon @MarcNixon24]

How pathetic, Chrystia Freeland was the one that rolled out the new capital gains tax.

Now she’s saying she’s going to scrap it.

Why would Canadians believe someone that changes their mind so easily on every single one of their policies?

[Walmart Battle Orc @ASo1omons]

Todd: Hello. Operator. Listen to me -- I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. We have a situation here. Our plane has been hijacked. Can you understand me?

Lisa: (exhaling a deep breath to herself) I understand. Can the hijackers see you talking on the phone?

Todd: No.

Lisa: Can you tell me how many hijackers are on the plane?

Todd: There are three that we know of.

Lisa: Can you see any weapons? What kind of weapons do they have?

Todd: Yes. They don’t have guns. They have knives – they took over the plane with knives.

Lisa: Do you mean -- like steak knives?

Todd: No, these are razor knives -- like box cutters.

Lisa: Can you tell what country these people are from?

Todd: No -- I don’t know. They sound like they’re from the mid-east.

Lisa: Have they said what they want?

Todd: Someone announced from the cockpit that there was a bomb on board. He said he was the captain and to stay in our seats and stay quiet.
He said that they were meeting these men’s demands and returning to the airport. It was very broken English, and...I’m telling you...it sounded fake!

Lisa: Ok sir, please give me your name.

Todd: My name is Todd Beamer.

Lisa: Ok Todd, my name is Lisa. Do you know your flight number? If you can’t remember, it’s on your ticket.

Todd: It’s United Flight 93.

Lisa: Now Todd, can you try to tell me exactly what happened?

Todd: Two of the hijackers were sitting in first class near the cockpit. A third one was sitting near the back of the coach section. The two up front got into the cockpit somehow; there was shouting. The third hijacker said he had a bomb. It looks like a bomb. He’s got it tied to his waist with a red belt of some kind.

Lisa: So is the door to the cockpit open?

Todd: No, the hijackers shut it behind them.

Lisa: Has anyone been injured?

Todd: Yes, they…they killed one passenger sitting in first class. There’s been lots of shouting. We don’t know if the pilots are dead or alive. A flight attendant told me that the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded.

Lisa: Where is the 3rd hijacker now Todd?

Todd: He’s near the back of the plane. They forced most of the passengers into first class. There are fourteen of us here in the back. Five are flight attendants. He hasn’t noticed that I slipped into this pantry to get the phone. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane...oh Jesus...HELP!

Lisa: Todd, are you ok? Tell me what’s happening!

Todd: Hello. We’re going down. I think we’re going to crash. Wait – wait a minute. No, we’re leveling off...we’re ok. I think we may be turning around. That’s it – we changed directions. Do you hear me? We’re flying east again.

Lisa: Ok Todd, what’s going on with the other passengers?

Todd: Everyone is really scared. A few passengers with cell phones have made calls to relatives. A guy, Jeremy, was talking to his wife just before the hijacking started. She told him that hijackers had crashed two planes into the World Trade Center. Lisa is that true??

Lisa: Todd, I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. The World Trade Center is gone. Both of the towers have been destroyed.

Todd: Oh God -- help us!

Lisa: A third plane was taken over by terrorists. It crashed into the Pentagon in Washington DC. Our country is under attack, and I’m afraid that your plane may be part of their plan.

Todd: Oh dear God. Dear God... Lisa, will you do something for me?

Lisa: I’ll try if I can. Yes.

Todd: I want you to call my wife and my kids for me and tell them what’s happened. Promise me you’ll call..

Lisa: I promise – I’ll call.

[Christopher Robb @chris_robb1]

Incredible!

[Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) @chigrl]

🇨🇦Canada: Taxes have become the most significant item in family budgets, and taxes have grown more rapidly than any other single item

[David Senra @FoundersPodcast]

Larry Ellison on time:

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

If Trudeau’s tax only affects the super rich why not amend his tax law to exempt all middle-class plumbers, carpenters, farmers and others?

Because he’s taxing everyone!

Sign here to fight the Trudeau tax: https://t.co/3024TDPvFj

[Nick Timiraos @NickTimiraos]

The Bank of Canada makes its first rate cut

https://t.co/O4kzH38lzN

[Raj Aryal @rajaryal07]

BIDEN's teleprompter troubles continue 🤦🏽‍♂️

"My theology professor at the Catholic school I went to was a guy named Riley [LAST NAME]..."

[Blake Millard, CFA @BlakeMillardCFA]

Stock market cycles often rhyme throughout history – shaped by monetary policy, interest rates, earnings, consumer spending, & technological innovation.

What's most important though?

Bull markets are greater in magnitude and longer in length than their bear market counterparts.

[WIIM_Lethbridge @WIIM_Lethbridge]

Looking forward to the meet @diodororacing19
👍🐎

[Oaklawn Hot Springs @OaklawnRacing]

We announced the largest purse increase in our 119-yr history. Purse distribution for the upcoming 23-24 season is set for $60 million. That's a $10 million or 20% increase over last season’s record-setting $50 million. Average daily purses will top $900K
https://t.co/mdss5sb2Z7

[Andrew Brown @TheBrownAndrew]

Brilliant from one of the world’s great racecallers, @hkdarren ✈️

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: ‘For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.’”

Michael W Smith

[WIIM_Lethbridge @WIIM_Lethbridge]

At least he’s always good for a Friday funny

[The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 @ColumbiaBugle]

Biden slowly realizing that they’re playing India’s National Anthem and not America’s.

[Tim Pettit @Tim_Pettit_]

Bank governor: Carbon tax boosts inflation rate by nearly half-a-point - National | https://t.co/FpDRfYW8RO https://t.co/xYpQt5C2iV

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

Best thing you’ll see today. Right in the feels.

🎥: mdmotivator/IG https://t.co/MI8Z8bDLyk

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Landon Knack throwing an entire half inning vs. Pedro Báez throwing 1 pitch.

[Century Mile @cntymile]

The finalists for the 2022 Sovereign Awards have been announced and we're excited to see two Century Mile connections - Infinite Patience and Soy Tapatio for Champion Older Main Track Female and Male.

Congratulations to all involved!
For more visit: https://t.co/Oo3Pa2Ivsi

[Ryan Detrick, CMT @RyanDetrick]

The bullish trifecta is even better when the previous year saw stocks in the red.

When the S&P 500 is up during the Santa Claus rally, first 5 days of the year, and January, but lower the previous year ==> really good results.

Higher the full year 9/9 and up 27.1% on avg.