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Q: Please your opinion on Q results announced on Mar 2 & going forward.It is involved in the capital market especially in cybercurrency & cannabis lately.,plus wealth management.What do you think of rumour that its wealth man. business maybe taken over as BNS recently did one.Is it buyable here? Txs for u normal great services & views.
Read Answer Asked by Peter on March 06, 2018
Q: Question about INSR- BMO Global Insurance ETF.
Surprised no one has asked out this one, I do not hold any Canadian Insurers directly but good exposure to Canadian and US banks.

This ETF has 10% exposure to Berkshire/ Buffett who has proven the long term benefits of owning insurance companies. What do you think about owning a product like this for long term growth is it worth it or better to put capital elsewhere-add to ZUB?

My main concerns with the space are: interest rates- how long/ high will they go, geography of the fund is it really better to have exposure to some of these countries, over complicating things in the portfolio- too many ETFs overlapping exposures, over exposure to 'financials' already etc...

Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Kyle on March 05, 2018
Q: I own BNS, and TD, and would like to add one more Canadian Bank. Which other bank has the highest US exposure. Which other bank has the best dividend growth, and lastly which one would you recommend for a 3rd position.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by Darcy on March 05, 2018
Q: Hello: I currently own BMO, CM and BNS. I’m thinking of switching BMO for TD as BMO did not increase its dividend as TD did. Also I believe TD has more US exposure which should show better growth. Your opinion please.
Read Answer Asked by Valdis on March 05, 2018
Q: Good morning:
I own a 3.5% position in Fiera, primarily for the dividend and non-bank financial exposure. I'm puzzled that Fiera has not declared its quarterly dividend yet. As the last dividend was declared in November, I was expecting the next one to come in February. Understanding dividends are at the discretion of the board, I wonder if there is a reason why we don't have the dividend advice, or is this is "just a Fiera thing?"
Thank you and have a fine day!
Geoff
Read Answer Asked by Geoffrey on March 05, 2018
Q: I have been reading and general feeling i believe is the feds are going to raise rates in 2018, do you feel that is right?, if so, to what affect will that have on bank stocks and IF, you were going to pick 2 in each of canada usa which would you pick, in the order you like them
thanks
Read Answer Asked by eddie on February 28, 2018
Q: Over the past few years, we regularly heard that insurance companies' share prices could not perform well in a "low-rate" environment, or more particularly in an environment where the difference between long-term and short-term government bond rates is small. However, over the past year, rates have markedly increased, and the difference between the 10yr and 1mo rates is now at or near a multi-year high.
Quite logically, I expected my Canadian insurance holdings to show a significant increase in share price. However, this did not happen (or, at best, only very weakly). Why?
Thanks!
Read Answer Asked by Gregory on February 28, 2018
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