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One of his top 10 positions. Financial sector has been performing nicely. Best income, balance sheet, and technicals. Leader in the sector breaking out in 2013, whereas the sector didn't break out until 8 years later. That tells you what investors think about it. Long-term bull market in financials in front of us.
He likes US banks and prefers them to Canadian banks. US household debt is lower than Canada’s. Interest rates are likely to rise faster in the US than in Canada, which is good for US bank stocks. When 10-year bond rates finally rose higher than 3%, US banks started rising again. He owns two regional US banks and is currently looking at a large US bank. Overall, he likes the sector, including JP Morgan, but he is not planning to buy that particular bank.