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It’s bank earnings time. Since I own a good number of them and many were (and are again) Canadian Dividend Aristocrats, I stay tuned to their earnings.
- BMO earnings were on February 28 and their new U.S. purchase, Marshall & Ilsley, appear to have done well helping them increase their profits by 34%. Still no dividend increase though …
- RY earnings were on March 1 and although they rewarded investors with a 6% dividend increase, their net income was lower than last year.
- TD earnings were also on March 1 and they also generously increased their dividends by 6% amid mixed numbers.
- NA earnings were also on March 1 and they reported excellent results. No dividend increase as of yet but considering they rewarded investors twice last year, there is still hope.
- BNS earnings will be on March 6. What do you think is in store? A dividend raise?
- CM earnings will be on March 8. What about CIBC, they did increase their dividends last year. We might see them getting back on the annual increase.
Worthy Readings
- Globe & Mail with ‘Dividend Growth Machine‘
- Bank Nerd with ‘Quicken Home and Business 2012 Review‘
- Beating The Index with ‘Portfolio Update: February 2012‘
- Canadian Finance Blog with ‘What is Income Investing?‘
- Dividend Guy Blog with ‘Performing Stocks, When It’s Time To Move On‘
- Dividend Ninja with ‘Using Dividends For Passive Income In Retirement‘
- Dividend Monk with ‘4 Dividend Growth Businesses with Natural Monopolies‘
- Finance Fox with ‘Do You Budget?‘
- Invest It Wisely with ‘Why You Need Spare Cash to Cover Emergencies‘
- My Own Advisor with ’My Favourite Takeaways – The Wealthy Barber Returns (Part 1 of 2)‘
- My Own Advisor with ’My Favourite Takeaways – The Wealthy Barber Returns (Part 2 of 2)‘
- Retire Happy Blog with ‘Financial Advisor or Salesperson‘
- Sustainable Personal Finance with ‘Canada Education Savings Program (CESP) Basics‘
- Vix Money with ‘Pay down debt vs. Invest in RRSP‘
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Have a nice weekend!
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Thats a greta list of reading material, thanks!
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Thanks VERY much for the double mention!
Dang, don’t own TD or RY yet. I find TD too expensive for me right now.
I’ll eventually own it and DRIP it.
BMO, yes, but no dividend increase this year (so far). They haven’t increased their dividend since 2008, they are due, although they are busy buying assets.
As for CIBC and BNS, I really hope increases are on the way; owner of those. I think they are, in the 5% range is my guess.
Have a great weekend and chat soon,
Mark
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Thanks for the mention! Greatly appreciated! Have a wonderful weekend!
Hi PIE!
Thanks for including my article.
Always appreciated.
Have a fab weekend.
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Thank you for the inclusion, PIE!
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Wow! There is a gold mine in this list! Thanks so much!
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