The Canadian banking system remained strong and stable during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. Unlike many European and American banks, banks in Canada did not require any form of bailout and the regulatory system won praise from many countries and global institutions such as the IMF. Since then however some have raised doubts …
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The Canadian economy is one-tenth of the size of the U.S. economy. The Canadian banking system was largely unaffected by the global credit crisis and the country is in a relatively strong fiscal position than the U.S. The outstanding public debt of Canada stood at$563,068,532,455.00 CDN (or) C$563.0 billion as of July 22, 2011. The …
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The Globe and Mail recently published an interesting article on Canadian dividend growth stocks. With research help from Morningstar CPMS, the article revealed three lists with different views on dividend growth. From the article: One includes the Canadian stocks that have increased dividends in each of the past 10 years, and another covers 15 stocks …
I have written about investment opportunities in Canada many times before.Many others have written on the same topic as well. More recently Seeking Alpha published an excellent piece by Joseph L. Shaefer of Stanford Wealth Management, LLC. In this post let me list some of the top dividend stocks of Canada. These stocks are part …
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