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Manulife Financial (MFC.TO)

61.75

+0.25 (0.41%)

as of Sep 25, 2026, 2:08:16 pm Market Open.

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HOLD

Face the dilemma of investing premiums. Over 3% dividend.

COMMENT

Great Asian business. Growth looks decent. Fixed the balance sheet but to do so, alienated a bunch of investors by cutting the dividend in half. Cheap valuation. Doesn't expect an increase in dividends until late next year.

HOLD

Trading at about 8.5X this year's earnings and 7.5X next year’s. 3% dividend yield. Still suffering from having to raise some much capital during the financial crisis of 2009. Also suffering from their tie to the market but it is long-term exposure so he is not concerned about it. Great operation in Asia.

PAST TOP PICK

(A Top Pick Dec 18/09. Down 10.56%.)

DON'T BUY

He has been Short this stock for the last little while. Have a great global franchise but the downside is the concerns that if the market where to get hit, this has a lot of market exposure. Quite a number of their segregated products come due in 2012.

WAIT

Has looked at insurance companies and concluded that MFC is the one they will probably double up on, but not now. If you look out 2 to 3 years then it is an excellent buy.

BUY

Doing poorly this year. Have a lot of leverage to earnings and higher interest rates in a better stock market. Earnings will probably not be very good for 2nd quarter. However, trading at a discount to book value so it is an attractive buy. Good with a 3 to 5 year time horizon.

WAIT

Used to own it. Didn’t because of hedged position. He is concerned with how fast they can build up their hedge to 70%. Then he will look at the stock

DON'T BUY

A really bad looking chart. He doesn’t touch it any more. It is making new lows. It could drop to the $14 point.

PAST TOP PICK

4.896% bonds maturing 6/2/14. (Top Pick Jun 2/09, Up 9.19%) Recently sold.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

Very, very exposed to what happens in the equity markets. Longer term, it will prove to be a good investment, especially from these levels. Don’t look for return if time horizon is less than 2 years.

BUY

Doesn’t know if it is a potential takeover target. Likes the story and international market expansion. They are more covered now than during the recession. Great international expansion opportunities. No new buying interest. Canadian financials are a little more expensive than international.

TOP PICK

Did a ton of equity and debt issues so it was diluted over the last couple of years. Capital ratio (for insurance companies) is about 250%, really high. Have a growth profile in Asia. Really cheap at less than 1X Book. Looking for $30 in 2 years.

COMMENT

Big part of its job is investing its premiums in the stock market that sometimes doesn't work. You could consider holding this on a longer-term basis.

BUY

Manulife (MFC-T) or Power Financial (PWF-T)? If you have a long-term horizon such as 3 years and a higher tolerance of volatility, she would choose Manulife, which has a very attractive valuation of 1.1X Book.

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