Money, investments, and other financial stuff

[Johnnymac]

So with all this news of AI and data centers and what not there seems to be some great movement towards things like the tech companies, mentals/minerals, and energy companies.  Which all makes sense but there is one sector that hasn't gotten as much attention, that sector is the water sector.  These data centers require a lot of water and I would assume it'll keep expanding at a crazy rate, just for fun I decided to buy some stocks in a water centered stock called CWW, which is basically a Global Water Index ETF.

This will be a long hold type of thing with the hopes that if water becomes some resource that is limited and becomes costly I'll be into the commodity before it truly takes off.

[Revelations]

Water = the new oil. I'd say its a sound investment.

[GreatBigAbyss]

Here's a question.  it's been a long time since I've travelled to the US. 

I'm heading there for 5 days on Friday. 

Is it smarter to just use my Canadian Mastercard for all purchases, and just rely on its default exchange rate?  My card uses the M/C default exchange rate, plus 2.5%. 

Or, should I go to my bank and withdraw some cash in US bills? 

I'm not going to be buying a ton of things, but I'll be spending money on things like groceries, beer, various sundries required when camping, etc.

[Firm]

Just use your Canadian Mastercard, just confirm the fx fee that they're using and compare it to your other cards, it can vary card to card.