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

Manulife Financial (MFC.TO)

62.10

+0.60 (0.98%)

as of Sep 25, 2026, 8:00:00 pm Market Open.

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BUY

Holding it. Thinks stock markets will be recovering and interest rates will be going up. Dividend is safe; They are expanding their business globally so it is a good long-term hold.

DON'T BUY

MFC is his least favourite. Prefers Great West and Sun Life. New management is not tested. Probably the most volatile of the three.

COMMENT

10-year bonds went up from 2 to 2.3 but he thinks it was short covering today that drove the price up so much. He has SLF.

HOLD

He is not sure what to do with it. Prefers to GWL as it has more torque as markets improve. They will get to release all these reserves they have taken if the markets go up.

BUY

(Market Call Minute) It is the right place to be long term,

HOLD

Prefers banks. She has been using it as a source of funds for other investments.

HOLD

(Market Call Minute.) In transition. They are trying to de-risk. They're doing the right thing, but it would take a couple of years to show up.

DON'T BUY

If you are looking at this space, there are a lot better names. $10 seems to attract interest but if you get below that, you have a big problem. This one has a lot of legacy costs from guaranteed products they did for many years. Lifecos are really skewed to higher interest rates.

DON'T BUY

Doesn't like the life insurance industry at this point. Prefers the banks, which give better dividends, better growth and better core operations.

DON'T BUY

This one depends on where interest rates are going in the next 1-2 years. Their chart is almost directly correlated to the level of interest rates. All the lifecos are struggling with low interest rates and how long they will stay low.

DON'T BUY

The entire life insurance space is been a very difficult one in the last couple of years. It wreaks havoc on their bond portfolio when the US Fed says rates are going to be kept low.

PAST TOP PICK

(Top Pick Oct 14/11, Down 1.9%) Don’t buy right now. Largest shorted stock in Toronto.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Jan 13/11. Down 28.49%.) Got stopped out at $14. The announcement that interest rates will continue to 2014 is a negative for life insurers.

DON'T BUY

It’s cheap for a good reason. Interest rates over the next couple of years could stall its recovery. Dividend is stable. If you had a 5-year view you would be ok.

WAIT

Before the crisis people thought they would be the out performers and then in 2008 they became the poster child for not performing. Assuming a better year, that will be positive for them. Reasonable value here. Will be buying it back.

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