Bombardier Inc. T.BBD.A

BBD Input And Operating Costs Could Soar

[Greenday]

https://youtu.be/jmm5pRl2AUU

[Greenday]

Goldman Sachs - "This is a molecule crisis.  We're out of everything.  I don't care if it's oil, gas, coal, copper, aluminum, you name it we're out of it." One takeaway from the Goldman Sachs global head of commodity research is that higher commodity prices tend to strengthen the Cadadian dollar.  The upside to BBD is that it makes foreign supplied

[Nordico]

I'm fairly certain Bomber sells its jets in, and receives, US dollars, so there's no immediate change to price to purchasers because of currency fluctuations.

[Greenday]

@ Nordico - Lots of things in Canada are priced in USD.  Oil is an example.  It's the cost of production that's relevant to the cost of a jet rather than the currency it's price in.  When the value of a currency rises, so does the cost of production.  It's why many manufacturers have moved their operations to low cost jurisdictions overseas.  Some of

[Nordico]

Okay... my comment was in response to your statement: "One takeaway from the Goldman Sachs global head of commodity research is that higher commodity prices tend to strengthen the Cadadian dollar.  The upside to BBD is that it makes foreign supplied components less expensive.  The downside to BBD is that a stronger Canadain dollar makes their planes more expensive to buyers."