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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: DTB ✶  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: BHE profitability
Date: 08/05/24 11:16 AM
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DTB - How do you buy BRK prior to the market opening ?


Just like any other limit transaction - on Interactive Brokers you just check ‘Allow transaction outside of market hours’, or some such. On TD WebBroker which still feels like 1995, I never do this but apparently it’s possible: td.com - After hours trading


BTW I used the gambit for currency conversion again and it works a lot faster with the 1 day settlements now in effect. Also, this time I was able to journal shares from U.S. side to CDN side using WebBroker without contacting them for assistance.


Yes, that is a nice recent improvement. It was always a little awkward doing it over the phone, as it must be pretty obvious to them that you are just skipping out on paying them $1000 in slippage from their awful exchange rates. It even surprises me that they allow this at all, but I guess they figure they may as well tolerate us since they can still rip off 95% of their customers who are not even aware that they are getting ripped off.
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