====== 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).