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Cameron Hurst
Prudential Financial Inc
PRU-N
DON'T BUY
Feb 08, 2018
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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An Asian pure-play in insurance. The overall Asian market was down last year. They achieved all their growth goals in the past year, though. They will benefit from long-term secular trends in Asia. He expects good penetration rates in China where the middle is growing, so PRU is well-positioned. Today, he heard that Sun-Life is taking a trip to China to learn about that market.
BAC-N vs. PRU-N. He leans more toward the banks. You are taking on yield curve and interest rate risk with the banks, however. BAC-N is his preference.