3 Most Attractive Dividend Opportunities Among 20 Strongest Banks In The World

By Richard Shaw (QVM Group): Three, maybe four, foreign and Hong Kong banks stand out as having a strong foothold in mainland China that should propel their growth there. They are:

The Canadian banks did very well through all of this mess. Now this is kind of a reality check Canada’s banks, recognized as the world’s strongest after a year of record profits and rising share prices, will begin to show the effects of a slackening in domestic consumer lending when they report first-quarter results next week.

By Richard Shaw (QVM Group): Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) has provided a steadier dividend growth pattern than three other volume leading dividend ETFs: Vanguard High Dividend Yield (

Canada’s banks are continuing to attract interest from U.S. prime money market funds as demand dovetails nicely with funding needs, according to ratings agency Fitch. For money market fund investors, increased exposure to Canadian banks represents “an opportunity to diversify away from eurozone bank exposure, which declined significantly in March, in part due to the Cyprus crisis and political turmoil in Italy,” Fitch said in a statement issued Thursday.

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) April 03, 2013 8:00 am ET Executives Rudy J. Sankovic - Senior Vice President of Finance - Wealth Management W. Edmund Clark - Chief Executive Officer, President and Non-Independent Director Bharat B. Masrani - Chief Executive Officer of Td Bank, America’S Most Convenient Bank and President of Td Bank, America’S Most Convenient Bank anf Group Head U S Personal and Commercial Banking of Td Bank Group

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) March 06, 2013 3:35 pm ET Executives Bharat B. Masrani - Chief Executive Officer of Td Bank, America’S Most Convenient Bank and President of Td Bank, America’S Most Convenient Bank anf Group Head U S Personal and Commercial Banking of Td Bank Group Analysts Stefan R. Nedialkov - Citigroup Inc, Research Division Presentation

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) Q1 2013 Earnings Call February 28, 2013 3:00 pm ET Executives Rudy J. Sankovic - Senior Vice President of Finance - Wealth Management W. Edmund Clark - Chief Executive Officer, President and Non-Independent Director Colleen M. Johnston - Chief Financial Officer and Group Head of Finance Mark R. Chauvin - Chief Risk Officer and Group Head of Risk Management - Corporate Office

Dr. Stephen Leeb submits:Income Portfolio member Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), a leading Canadian and North American Bank, has about $603 CDN in assets and serves roughly 18 million customers. TD Bank has been growing strongly, and its mergers and acquisitions record is impressive: today, it is the second largest bank in Canada and the sixth largest in North America by total assets and market cap.