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Today we celebrate 30 years of CBC's squawk box.

The legendary morning show that democratized stocks like no other.

The highs, the lows, the humor, the hammering.

It was all there in one incredible package. Must watch package.

When I say must watch, I mean, I had just started my hedge fund when the show came on CBC

and I couldn't believe it.

But I had to have a television put into my office of television, actual TV.

To be competitive with other hedge funds, I had to watch.

I had to be tuned in to squawk.

So I knew what was going to happen that day with the market.

Television at the office? Who could believe such a thing?

But you needed it because Squawk was indispensable.

Nowadays, it goes without saying that you'll have TVs tuned to see NBC all over the place

and virtually any hedge from, but back then, it was Squawk that made you do it. And you know what's the craziest thing? Not only did we celebrate the show all day, the market celebrated it too. Although you might not be able to tell from the averages, the Dallas slipped 220 points today. It has to be gained point three percent. NASDAQ inched up 0.03%. But you know what? It sure did feel like the old days here.

Yeah, just like the early days of squawk box.

We had big individual stocks soaring,

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