Canadian bank earnings season has begun with BNS reporting Q4 results. This morning, Rob Wessel was on BNN Bloomberg discussing whether Scotia’s results are as bad as they look and what they could mean for the group. CLICK HERE to view the full interview.
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Video: History Favours the Canadian Banks in 2024
The Canadian banks had a negative return of more than 10% for the 2-year period ending October 31st*. In this 5-minute video, Rob Wessel discusses how rare of an event this has been over the last 20 years, what it has meant in the past, and what this could mean for the Canadian banks in 2024. Tax Loss Switch Ideas: Below we highlight our suite of…
Canadian Banks Q4 Earnings: Does Worse = Better?
Does worse = better for the Canadian banks when they report Q4 earnings later this month? In this 10-minute video, Rob Wessel discusses three ways the banks might “clean-up” fQ4 earnings to try to set the stage for an improved f2024. Tax Loss Switch Ideas: With Canadian banks down over the last two years and trading at depressed valuations, we highlight our suite of Canadian bank ETFs…
Video: Canadian Banks – Further Evidence of Rising Political and Regulatory Risk
With growing political opposition to the RBC/HSBC deal being approved, we provide an 8-minute video with Rob Wessel discussing the implications of rising political and regulatory risk for the Canadian banks, a theme that has been growing over the years. In particular, we talk about the implications to RBC if the deal is not approved, the various forms of regulatory risk, and what this theme means…
Canadian Banks: History Points to a Stronger 2024 (After Two Tough Years)
At the end of August, the S&P/TSX Canadian Diversified Bank Total Return Index (“Canadian bank index”) was lower versus two years earlier – a rare event. In fact, since its inception in May 2002, the Canadian bank index has had a negative rolling two-year return at just 24 month-ends (out of 232 month-ends)[1]. Historically, such an occurrence has represented a buying opportunity. Over the same 20+…
Canadian Banks: Three Ways the Banks Might “Clean Up” fQ4 (and Improve f2024)
The Canadian bank index is at roughly the same level it was two years ago – a very rare event[1]. Coming out of COVID, the sector rallied to a new peak in February 2022 when inflationary concerns took the index down over 20% in the following months, to levels it has remained on and off since. Part of the reason Canadian bank stocks have not risen…
Video: Canadian Banks – Weathering the Storm (15 min)
Watch our latest Q&A video update on the Canadian banks with Rob Wessel. In this 15-minute video, Rob provides our key takeaways from Q2 earnings, thoughts on depressed valuations, and potential risks/catalysts for the sector moving forward. Disclaimer: Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with an investment in exchange traded funds (ETFs) managed by Hamilton ETFs.…
Video: Canadian Banks – What’s Next?
Watch our 15-minute Q&A video below with Rob Wessel on the Canadian banks, where we discuss key issues including macro volatility, depressed valuations, and recent events in the U.S. CLICK HERE for information on HEB, the lowest-fee Canadian bank ETF. Disclaimer: Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with an investment in exchange traded funds (ETFs) managed by Hamilton ETFs. Please read the…
HDIV – Adding HMAX, Selling ZWB for Higher Yield and Lower Fees
Our overall goal for the Hamilton Enhanced Multi-Sector Covered Call ETF (HDIV) and the Hamilton Enhanced U.S. Covered Call ETF (HYLD, HYLD.U) is to create higher income ETF versions of the S&P/TSX 60 and S&P 500, respectively. As part of these two funds, we have modest cash leverage of 25%, the purpose of which is to help mitigate the yield/return trade-off inherent in covered call strategies,…
Canadian Banks: Opportunities and Risks in 2023
The Canadian banks had a very tough 2022 falling 8.9% – just the 5th decline in the last 20 years, which includes financial crisis years of 2007 and 2008[1] (the sector even rose 3.8% in 2020, despite COVID). The main reason for the decline last year was falling price-to-earnings multiples caused by the market’s concern that global central banks could cause a recession by aggressively raising…
Hamilton ETFs Launches Hamilton Canadian Financials Yield Maximizer ETF
TORONTO, January 20, 2023 – Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (“Hamilton ETFs“) is pleased to announce the launch of the Hamilton Canadian Financials Yield Maximizer ETF (“HMAX“). HMAX seeks to deliver attractive monthly income, while providing exposure to a market cap-weighted portfolio of Canadian financial services equity securities with an active covered call strategy. HMAX has closed the offering of its initial Class E units. Units of…