Pat: Is it better to go with one of the other big banks over Canadian Western? Is it too regionally bound? Thanks.

Canadian Western Bank, $29.23, symbol CWB on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 80.4 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; www.cwbank.com), offers business and personal banking services across the four western provinces. It’s the biggest Canadian bank headquartered in Western Canada and the country’s eighth-largest.

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Pat: I would like to ask for your opinion on the following stock: Canadian Western Bank. Thank you.

Canadian Western Bank, $29.75, symbol CWB on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 75.7 million; Market cap: $2.3 billion; www.cwbank.com), offers business and personal banking services across the four western provinces. It’s the biggest Canadian bank headquartered in western Canada, and the country’s eighth-largest.

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