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Analysts Give Bank of Nova Scotia's E*Trade Canada Deal High Marks

Certainly gives Scotiabank a boost in an underdeveloped area for them,
keeps them away from the mortgage investment exposure of Etrade's parent. Etrade Canada improves simply by being severed from the parent and Scotiabank gets it on the cheap. Now if only they don't flub it by making too many changes to their new toy.

Bank of America vs. Banco Santander: Whose Dividend Is Secure?

The yield is only in the 9's if you use the 2nd quarter dividend and annualize it. The problem with this is Santander have been very generous with their 2nd quarter dividend 3 years running. Check out the dividend per quarter and its easy to see the 9% yield is fiction. The real yield is less than half of this.