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<channel><title><![CDATA[Blog4Change.org - Comments for article: The Intelligent child]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.blog4change.org]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>webmaster@blog4change.org</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:29:12 UTC</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[The Intelligent child]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/2704/1/The-Intelligent-child/Page1.html#Comment4734</link><description><![CDATA[Mathew, I didn't carefully read the whole thing, but I gacelnd through them. I think Manulife will be flourishing when Fed rate/bond rate starts to rise; however, it won't be soon (i guess the fed rate will be the same for the rest of the year because unemployment rate is still high in the US). For the hedging problem, MFC hedged 51% of the Seg. fund; it's the same as last quarter. However, management intends to hedge more when the equity market is going up. We could see that went from 35% by the end of 2009 to 51% in the 1st quarter, and it was flat in the second quarter as the equity market rapidly heading south in the 2nd quarter. One thing I didn't see is about the Reserves for Seg. funds, and i doubt their intention to make the reserve fluctuate wildly from one quarter to another. It was from 1,125M in the 1st quarter to 4,694M in the second quarter; whereas it was from 5783M by the end of 2008 to 1671 in 2009. I believe the need for more reserve as equity market goes down. But I don't like their decision to recognize the earning from the reserve this soon; they should at least wait until the equity market to stable more and more but not this chaotic time. I understand investors like to see earning, but I think investors like to see more consistent earnings as well. Overall, I'm holding MFC; it's still a good company and is selling at an attractive price now. The seg funds is not a lethal hit for MFC.<br/><br/>
Comment posted by Necta at 12:33 pm, Sun 18th Oct 2015]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Necta)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 18 Oct 2015 12:33:21 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/2704/1/The-Intelligent-child/Page1.html#Comment4734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Intelligent child]]></title><link>http://www.blog4change.org/articles/2704/1/The-Intelligent-child/Page1.html#Comment2215</link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it is only a child that tells us what we need to hear.  Wisdom is more than a gathering of information and so the intelligent child is our gift. Let us change that idea of seen and not heard to one of listening and learning.  Thank you for your post<br/><br/>
Comment posted by anita dpacifichi at 12:30 am, Fri 4th Jun 2010]]></description><author>no@spam.com (anita dpacifichi)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:30:04 UTC]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.blog4change.org/articles/2704/1/The-Intelligent-child/Page1.html#Comment2215</guid></item></channel></rss>