Canadian banks enter period of seasonal strength

DON VIALOUX
Special to Globe and Mail Update
Published Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 12:20PM EST
Last updated Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 12:21PM EST
The period of seasonal strength for the Canadian bank sector is approaching. One of the easiest ways to invest in the sector is to own a basket of bank stocks held within an exchange traded fund.
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By David Benoit
The average U.S. banks could double the amount of earnings they are returning to shareholders in dividends and buybacks this year, Credit Suisse analysts say today.
The analysts expect the combined payouts to reach an average of 47% of earnings in 2012, up from 23% last year.
Banks will find out in the coming weeks [...]

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DAVID BERMAN
Globe and Mail Update
Posted on Monday, February 27, 2012 4:12PM EST
It has been some time since U.S. financial stocks have been associated with dividend increases and share buybacks, despite selective boosts last year. But the drought could come to an end this year – and in a big way, according to analysts at Credit [...]

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By Gaurav Ghose, Financial Features EditorPublished: 00:00 February 25, 2012
With companies announcing cash dividends, investors might be wondering if it’s good idea to put the money back into the stocks.
Yes, it is. In fact, investors, especially from the developed world, feel it’s better to focus on income rather than growth in these times of uncertainty [...]

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TransAlta Corporation (TSX:TA) (NYSE:TAC) today announced that it has added a Premium Dividend(TM) Component to its existing Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the Prior Plan). The amended and restated plan is called the Premium Dividend(TM), Dividend Reinvestment and Optional Common Share Purchase Plan (the Plan).
The Plan provides eligible shareholders of TransAlta with two options, [...]

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Yahoo has an article trumpeting DRIP..
Dear Dr. Don,
How do I find out more information about dividend reinvestment plan, or DRIP, investing?
– Con Compounding
Dear Con,
Dividend reinvestment plans are an easy way for an investor who owns shares of a company stock to reinvest the quarterly dividend payments paid by that company. I own some shares of [...]

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Another our DRIP holding paying out today..
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Feb 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — TransCanada Corporation CA:TRP -0.02% TRP +0.36% (TransCanada) today announced that the Board of Directors (Board) of TransCanada declared a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per common share for the quarter ending March 31, 2012 on the Company’s outstanding common shares, [...]

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An interesting article to read on the other side of the fence of DRIP investing…
At a Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) shareholder meeting several years ago, Berkshire Vice-Chairman Charlie Munger responded to a question about the very personal nature of investing by posing the rhetorical question: “If economics isn’t behavioral, then what the hell is it?”. With [...]

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One of our favourite DRIP cadidate MFC just dished out their quarterly dividend to the investors.
TORONTO, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — C$ unless otherwise stated TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC SEHK:945
Manulife Financial Corporation’s Board of Directors today announced a quarterly shareholders’ dividend of $0.13 per share on the common shares of Manulife Financial Corporation (the [...]

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