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Trash is Cash: Waste Connections

Trash is Cash: Waste Connections

FromLong Term Investing - With Baskin Wealth Management


Trash is Cash: Waste Connections

FromLong Term Investing - With Baskin Wealth Management

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

0:00: Introduction
1:37: discussion about capital gains changes in Canada and how it could affect your portfolio.
3:52: should you own a dividend payer stock vs. a growth stock given changes in capital gains rates in Canada
7:10: do these tax changes make Canada less competitive?
10:22: Feature discussion on Waste Connections
10:46: A quick discussion about the Halloween Surprise taxation of income trusts in Canada
14:00: a history of Baskin’s purchase of BFI Garbage Trust which eventually became Waste Connections
14:35: Waste Connections and waste business overview
21:50: Waste Connections’ secret sauce
23:23: Servant Leadership Culture at Waste Connections
29:55: Future catalysts for the stock
31:25: RNG potential upside for Waste Connections
33:52: Robotics and AI use in the Waste industry
35:40: Risks to consider when investing in Waste Connections

In our opinion, successful long-term investments are found in companies that focus exclusively on culture. Waste Connections fits this bill. Under the tutelage of its founder, Ronald Mittelstaedt, Waste Connections has collected a compounder status by turning trash into cash with its unique Servant Leadership model. Barry and Ernest discuss Baskin's history of owning Waste Connections as well potential rewards and risks they see going forward. If you love compouders, you will love this episode!
Released:
Apr 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

Join Barry Schwartz, Chief Investment Officer at Baskin Wealth Management, and other members of the Baskin Wealth Management team as they explore what it means to invest and think long term. Each week, we will talk markets, the economy, individual stocks, great businesses and their allocators and lots of book recommendations.