====== List January 2008 ======
2008,YIELD,YLD avg,yld diff,Jan 19 08 price
Nat Bk,5.22,3.12,2.10,47.48
Bk Mtl,5.18,3.21,1.97,54.01
CIBC,5.19,3.26,1.93,67.04
Ryl Bk,4.19,3.01,1.18,47.71
Bk NS,4.10,3.03,1.07,45.87
IGM F,4.16,3.17,0.99,44.18
Manu L,2.63,1.72,0.91,36.54
PWFin,3.39,2.62,0.77,36.85
GtWest,3.39,2.64,0.75,32.45
Sun L,2.84,2.12,0.72,47.95
Power,2.65,2.07,0.58,36.44
TDbank,3.52,2.96,0.56,64.69
Leon's,2.33,1.83,0.50,12
CNR,1.86,1.36,0.50,45.26
Metro,1.77,1.38,0.39,25.95
Empire,1.61,1.27,0.34,41.00
BCE,4.01,4.13,-0.12,36.37
ENB,3.22,3.41,-0.19,38.20
Laur Bk,3.88,4.12,-0.24,33.00
Fortis,3.60,3.93,-0.3,27.81
Atco,1.75,2.30,-0.55,50.38
Tr Can,3.57,4.49,-0.9,38.10
CdnUtl,2.55,3.62,-1.1,49.50
Avg,3.33,2.82,0.51,
We'll be watching dividend increases in 2008, won't we?. Dividend increases are signs. Here's one. Is it a positive or negative sign? National Bank will increase its dividend in February 2008 as it did last year. Last year's NA February dividend increase was 8% (from .50 to .54). This year it was 3.3% (from .60 to .62).