Q: At 62, I purchased MFC as a fairly stable income stock with some growth. Its growth over the past year has surprised me and I have substantial unrealized gains in an unregistered account. Which is all to the good, but the stock has been trending fairly steadily down the last three months. Did it get too expensive or is this sector-related? I note SLF has also done nothing good the last three months. Do you see further downward momentum (especially if inflation worries come back) or a return to stability for MFC? If the former, would you advise a trade to a more stable company/sector and if so which?
5i Research Answer:
Insurance names in general have traded sideways/downwards for the last few months, after having some very strong and steady momentum over the last few years. We wouldn't read too much into the weakness and don't see a reason to change a position at this stage outside of the usual rebalancing/managing of weightings.