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Collectively, U.S. banks and insurance companies have performed well over the past year, beating the S&P 500 by a comfortable margin. Canadian financials also produced a strong performance. Still, banks generally have high debt, which occasionally can cause significant share price drops....
Banks and insurance companies have performed strongly over the past year, easily beating the main market indices. However, banks, in particular, use a lot of debt to boost returns, and are prone to volatility when they encounter problems.


We’ve always said most investors should diversify within the finance sector by holding not just banks, but also insurers, fund managers and so on....
When I first met my wife Cecy a couple of decades ago, I was surprised to learn an unusual fact about El Salvador, the Central American nation where she grew up. On January 1, 2001, El Salvador had retired its existing currency, the Colon, and officially switched to the U.S....
We’ve long said that the top five Canadian banks tend to leapfrog each other in investment desirability. That’s why we suggest that most Canadians own two or even three of them—including Bank of Nova Scotia. Its cheap price, prospects for growth and its high yield make it a buy.


BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, $64.99, is a buy. The lender (Toronto symbol BNS; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $79.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.5%; www.scotiabank.com) is Canada’s third-largest bank.


Due to current economic uncertainty as a result of relatively high interest rates and inflation, Bank of Nova Scotia set aside $1.01 billion to cover future loan losses in its fiscal 2024 second quarter, ended April 30, 2024....
Mean reversion strategies anticipate the eventual partial reversal of significant market movements.. Keep reading for more.
A: Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF, $21.04, symbol HCAL on Toronto (Units outstanding: 25.3 million; Market cap: $532.3 million; hamiltonetfs.com), aims to track the Solactive Canadian Bank Mean Reversion Index.

This index invests in the biggest six Canadian banks—Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Royal Bank, TD and National Bank....
BMO COVERED CALL CANADIAN BANKS ETF $17.30 (Toronto symbol ZWB) holds shares of Canada’s six largest banks (CIBC, TD Bank, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank and National Bank).


The fund started up in January 2011....

We’ve long said that the top five Canadian banks tend to leapfrog each other in investment desirability. That’s why we advise that most Canadians own two or even three of them—including Bank of Nova Scotia. Its cheap price, prospects for growth and its high yield make it a buy.


BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, $59.71, is a buy. The lender (Toronto symbol BNS; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $69.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 7.1%; www.scotiabank.com) is Canada’s third-largest bank.


Due to the current economic uncertainty as a result of higher interest rates and inflation, Bank of Nova Scotia set aside $1.26 billion to cover future loan losses in its fiscal 2023 fourth quarter, ended October 31, 2023....