| DON'T BUY | 22.740 | Vinny Catalano | In general, financials on a medium and longer-term basis is a place you don't want to be. You should be aware what banks are exposed to. | 2008-08-07 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 43.830 | Richard Croft | (A Top Pick July 11/07. Down 16%.) Financials have a ways to go before they tune around. 3.5% yield so you can continue to Hold. Believes in the financials, but it could be a while. | 2008-07-02 | |
| Comment | 50.450 | Som Seif | Based on the Canadian S&P/TSX Financial sub index, which is a quarterly rebalance and market cap weighted. If you believe in the financial market place in Canada, this is a good place to be. | 2008-05-02 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 50.120 | Kenneth P. Norquay, CMT | (A Top Pick Dec 15/06. Down 6.7%.) Sold his holdings in Feb 07 when banks were not moving as well as the rest of the market. | 2008-01-04 | |
| BUY | 43.450 | Richard Croft | (Straight up EFT on financial) Take a shot at it right now. Yield is very good, about 2.5%. This is the area that will really lead the market. As good a time as any | 2007-10-19 | |
| TOP PICK | 54.450 | Richard Croft | 40% is in the financial services. Have been hurt quite a bit recently because interest rates are moving up. Expect it will outperform the Canadian market over the next six months. | 2007-07-11 | |
| Comment | 55.210 | Som Seif | Real estate and financials, Canadian exposure only. | 2007-06-18 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 56.280 | Kenneth P. Norquay, CMT | Then 53.68
Sold
Likes to stay with the leaders, the financials are fading back.
He worries that the Canadians are going to follow the Americans. | 2007-06-01 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 55.740 | Kenneth P. Norquay, CMT | (A Top Pick Dec 15/06. Up 3.8%.) Slow and steady. | 2007-04-17 | |
| TOP PICK | 53.680 | Kenneth P. Norquay, CMT | Tracks a basket of Canadian financial stocks. Chart shows that it is hardly moving, but it is moving and in an uptrend. | 2006-12-15 | |
| WAIT | 48.400 | Bruce Campbell | Great way for an individual to get exposure to the whole financial sector. You would get about 2 third banks and a third insurance. Can see a return in the low double digits in the next year, which would be better than the market. As an entry point, wait for a seasonal bottom in the next three weeks. | 2006-09-11 | |
| HOLD | 46.750 | Bruce Campbell | Likes the sector. It is now back to break even for the year. In a melt down, to break even is not a bad thing. | 2006-06-08 | |
| BUY | 45.390 | Richard Croft | Would look at this as an investor. | 2005-11-22 | |
| WEAK BUY | 39.400 | Don Vialoux | A good way to be in the financial services sector. Two periods of seasonal strength for this sector. End of September to end of December and the end of February to end of May. Earnings picture has some concerns. Bank of Nova Scotia is good but other banks are less attractive. Loan losses may rise and narrowing interest rate spreads. | 2005-02-10 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 38.080 | Richard Croft | (A Top Pick June 7/04. Option Call on the stock and was up 70%.) | 2004-12-14 | |
| BUY | 36.440 | Peter Grandich | A good way for a small investor to be in the golds. To own bullion, consider the Central Fund of Canada. | 2004-10-01 | |
| DON'T BUY | 36.160 | Gordon Higgins, CA, MBA, CFA | Prefers buying individual securities rather than indexes. Favourites are Canadian Bank of Commerce and Bank of Nova Scotia. | 2004-09-30 | |
| BUY | 35.100 | Matt Baillie | The banks have outperformed the TSX index for every decade since the war. Beaten down to 11 1/2 X next year's earnings. Should a decent growth and dividend growth. | 2004-05-03 | |
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