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Dave:                                    00:35                     Welcome

to Investing for Beginners podcast, this is episode 91. Andrew and I are going

to take a moment and answer listener questions. We’ve got some that are some great questions that we’ve had in

our bank, and we wanted to take a few

moments and answer those for you guys. So Andrew, why don’t you go ahead and

read it. The first question?

Andrew:                              00:55                     Yes

sir. So this is a great question from Michael B. we’re going to split it up

because there are two different questions

here. So let’s tackle this first one. Hi Andrew. I used your VTI every week. I love it. I’m here in Canada. The

banks are the most common stock to rise steadily

and had decent dividends, but because of their equity, they would never score

well in the VTI. I know you aren’t a big fan of financial institutions, but

Dave is, and I could care less either

way, but based on trends in Canada, most banks are still selling that less than

$100 a share which based on their EPS increasing consistently in the dividends

increasing regularly.

Andrew:                              01:36                     I want to jump on the bandwagon now. Braden mentioned the banks and both of his last interviews with you too. I don’t know which valuations I need to focus on with a company that makes the most money. The higher their debt is. Thirteen of Canada’s dividend aristocrats are financial institutions, nine of which are banks. I’m not sure if I’m chasing my tail here, trying to convince myself they’re a good buy or not, but I do rely heavily on your VTI spreadsheet because it does take a lo...