My Favourite of the Big SixFirst started buying RBC shares in 1981. Actually the first shares I ever owned. This stock, all the stock splits and its dividends have been VERY good to me. It has rankled among the very best run banks in the word, and the best run Canadian Bank for over 150 years, and it continues to outpace it's competitors. I have recently had extensive dealings with TD and BNS, both are a nightmare to deal with, their online cpabilites are truly stone tablet compared to RBC. I have always said, buy the very best managed company in each industry, over the long haul it will far out perform its peers. RBC has proven this true in spades. Compare 20 years invested in RBC to BNS and you will easily see that play out.