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Today is Valentine's Day and this is part one of a two-part discussion of the Brookfield Asset Management Family of Companies.

I'm your host Nick Saipel and today I'm joined by Molly Fulke. discussion of the Brookfield Asset Management Family of Companies.

I'm your host Nick Saiple, and today I'm joined by Motley

full contributor Matt Delalow via Skype.

How you doing, Matt.

Doing great.

How are you?

You know, I'm doing great.

You know, I'm excited for Valentine's Day tomorrow love is in the air and

we're talking about a company that you really love today. Brookfield Asset Management and

the whole family of companies we were talking about before the show that this is your

number one holding when you net

together all all of the underlying businesses so can you just talk about off the

top of the show what really makes you like this business and this family of

businesses so much? I like them because they've really done

well for me over the years. I think I've held Brookfield for maybe 15 years and

I've learned so much through this holding.

Brookfield, their CEO, Bruce Flatt, is just so smart.

He's like the Warren Buffett of Canada.

And his shareholder letters are right up there with Buffett in my mind is something that should be read every quarter.

So it's just been a great learning experience for me as well as an enriching holding.

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