Manulife Financial (MFC.TO) Buy, Sell or Hold

Manulife Financial (MFC.TO)

61.99

-1.82 (2.85%)

as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Closed.

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HOLD

Question was, should he sell MFC in order to buy it back cheaper later. Answer: no. He likes MFC in the financial sector. They are less reliant on the market then banks are. If you want to have some money in the financials then MFC is a good place to be.

HOLD

Be wary of this area, there is so much trouble in the financial area. There are better opportunities out there. Would hold if owned. Play financials for dividends. This only has 2.5% dividend.

BUY

Insurance have done better then the banks. Those with more US exposure have been hit more. In 12 months could regain it's old high, of around $44.

SELL

Sell on strength. Thinks long term things are heading down. Sell in stuff that has declining fundamentals and buy in stuff that has improving fundamentals.

BUY

Has some balance sheet risk. Nobody knows what their exposure is to bad credit. Caller was asking for comparison to BCE, he likes this one better, as he thinks it is undervalued.

COMMENT

(Market Call Minute.) If he had to buy a financial today, it would be this one. Not touched by any of the bad stuff.

BUY

Likes their potential growth strategy in Asia. Their John Hancock acquisition went really well. Return on equity is fantastic. Cheaper than they were a year ago. In a lower interest rate environment, insurance companies generally do better.

BUY

Got hit with the group in general. Earnings are relatively well insulated. Growing internationally, which is what you want. Not really cheap compared to the banks anymore and the growth is going to slow down a little bit in the downturn, but he still likes it.

COMMENT

Their Timber Group recently bought 900,000 acres of forestland, which he feels is kind of crazy. US operations are a question mark in terms of exposures. Not as bad as banks, but the risk component has gone up substantially.

HOLD

If you have some confidence in this market (which he doesn't) he would be a buyer. Otherwise a long-term Hold. 2.5% yield.

HOLD

Good blue-chip company. Pensioner had asked if she should sell and buy something else after holding for several years. He suggested to hold rather than playing the stock market. It will do well over the next 5 to 10 years.

DON'T BUY

A great business but is in the space that is being challenged right now, financials. If he had to own an insurance company, it would probably be this. Good international exposure.

WATCH

Insurance companies have not done too badly. They were in an uptrend, but when everybody else went down, they went down to. They went down to about their 06 level. We would expect it to at least stop going down, but will it go back up again. Can't think of any reason unless there is that little reversal pattern. If so, it is great, otherwise stay away.

BUY

His favourite, long-term Canadian financial. The best managed life insurance Company in North America. Have fabulous overseas operations in the far east with great growth potential. As far as is known, it has little or no exposure in this bad subprime area. Good, long-term opportunity.

BUY

If you are willing to take a long-term view, you could buy now. A good defensive stock. Trading at the bottom of its range. Earnings are good. Extremely well run. Good Asian and US exposure.

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