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Q: From the answers I have gleaned over those 3 insurers you seem to be favoring SLF over the other two, from a volatility & performance perspective (over 1 and 5 years) it would appear that SLF is worse. Can you give your reasons why as you obviously see SLF of better quality fundamentally going forward.
Read Answer Asked by simon on April 10, 2026
Q: Hello,
I wish to reduce my number of holdings in my financial sector.  Feeling what I have has some overlapping.  Which 2 or more of my lists would you recommend to trim?  I do plan to hold the rest for growth and stability for more than 5 years.
Many thanks,
Roger
Read Answer Asked by Roger on April 10, 2026
Q: Please confirm as I could be misremembering: stock market drifting lower is not good for insurance companies. Please provide some context if I am correct. Which insurance company would be less impacted ?
Read Answer Asked by JR on March 20, 2026
Q: Any thoughts on this ETF for income? Nice yield and low fees.
Read Answer Asked by Samir on March 19, 2026
Q: Of these three, can you rank them in order of your preferred investment (ignoring other broader portfolio aspects). Feel free to say "none"...or "I'd wait if I were you" if that's your assessment.
Read Answer Asked by Doug on February 17, 2026
Q: I'm thinking to rotate some profits in BNS, MFC, POW & TD into GSY for a long term value/income and BANK or HMAX to add some extra income.

What do you think of the move and how would you rank BNS, MFC, POW & TD, are all worth keeping a position in?

Of BANK/ HMAX which would you prefer or is there a better name for a banking & insurance extra yield ETF.
Read Answer Asked by Robert on January 12, 2026
Q: GWO has done extremely well this year, up over 40%, while MFC is up over 11%. SLF, though, has lagged, down about 1.5% over the past year. What explains the wide gulf in their stock performance?
Read Answer Asked by John on December 18, 2025
Q: My financial holdings are TD, BNS, BMO, MFC and SLF. With the recent surge in the banks I am looking to rebalance back to a 50/50 split between banks and insurance companies. If you were to add a third insurance company, which would it be? Or should I add a non-bank/insurance company like BAM or X which is still classified as financial? I am only interested in large cap, dividend-paying stocks.
Read Answer Asked by David on December 08, 2025
Q: I have to trim some of my holdings. Please rank the following in order of which you would trim first. Positions are roughly equal and this is an account focused on long-term investments. Thanks

ARX
ATZ
BAM
BN
CNR
CVE
EMA
ENB
FTS
GLXY
L
LMN
MFC
NVDA
SHOP
TOI
TRI
PPL

Read Answer Asked by Lauren on November 19, 2025
Q: For a dividend account, in what order would you acquire and at what price. Thanks
Read Answer Asked by David on November 06, 2025
Q: Building TFSA for my 25 year old daughter. I now want to add an insurer. Which would you most recommend today based on valuation, momentum, and growth, while also considering the benefits of the companies with decent dividends.
Thank you!
Read Answer Asked by Neil on November 05, 2025
Q: I am gradually repositioning my portfolio towards more asset light companies with growing international business.
I am looking at specifically the pacific nations operations of these two companies. Who has the larger operations there ? Which company is more impacted by these operations? Who has better growth potential from the pacific ? Any other light you can provide would be appreciated.
Thanks. Derek.
Read Answer Asked by Derek on October 10, 2025
Q: I hold SLF and MFC for income and a little growth. Do you see the need to also own POW for the same mandate? Can you help explain the significant outperformance with POW this last year compared to SLF and MFC?
Read Answer Asked by Ian on October 08, 2025
Q: I have the above listed Canadian Stocks in my stock portfolio. Please rate each one as a Buy, Sell or Hold and the your reasons for your rating.
Read Answer Asked by ALNOOR on September 24, 2025
Q: Hi Peter and 5i Team,

I need to raise some cash and plan to sell/reduce in a non-registered account to accomplish this. Of the stocks and ETFs addressed in this question, please rank them in the order that YOU would sell/reduce, starting with the ones to sell/reduce first. If any holdings are an outright sell, please indicate. For example, we've held BYD for a long time and have a decent gain, but it's short-term performance has faltered somewhat.

As always, thanks for your insight.
Read Answer Asked by Jerry on August 21, 2025
Q: Hi Folks,
I would like to invest in one of SLF, MFC or GWO. May I have your opinion as to which one you feel would be best today? This would be for my RRSP account.
Thanks
Read Answer Asked by JOHN on August 20, 2025
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