From the category archives:
Not so long ago we were still wondering when the Canadian banks would raise their dividends again, if ever (it seemed) after the 2008-2009 crisis.
Then National Bank led the way, quickly followed by TD.
It’s earnings week for Canadian banks this week, and TD (Toronto Dominion Group) just posted a 23% gain in profits, while raising [...]
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The dry spell in bank dividends in Canada is officially over. Although Laurentian had raised its dividend shortly after the worst of the crisis was over, it’s not usually considered one of the Big 5 or even Big 6, the members of which are heavily owned by a majority of Canadians through pension plans, RRSPs [...]
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The DOW is back above 12,000 for the first time since June 2008 – kind of weird to imagine, isn’t it? Does all feel right again in the world? Back in June 2008 the markets buzzing full of bullish energy. The U.S. housing sector tore it all apart, and the Ben Bernank huffed and puffed [...]
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Readers have recently been asking where you can open a Chinese Yuan savings account. As I wrote in a previous post, Chinese Yuan savings accounts for Americans are available at the Bank of China (only in New York and Los Angeles so far).
In that previous post, I outlined the basic steps you need to know [...]
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It’s easy to open a yuan-denominated bank account with the Bank of China if you’re willing to travel to New York City or Los Angeles – two locations where the Bank of China will do this.
Investors are increasingly interested in diversifying away from the U.S. dollar (USD) and into alternative currencies. You don’t have to [...]
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Stock markets reopen this year on a Wednesday. Whenever Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fall on Friday and Saturday or Sunday, the usual holidays are already taken up by the weekend. This means that many Federal institutions and businesses will declare an extra two days of holiday right after the weekend.
These extra holidays have occurred in [...]
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