RMarkic

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RMarkic replied to the Canada (General) board. 9:55 AM

Re: Home Capital Group

Something on Fin Post also...

Eisman pinpointed Home Capital Group, a mortgage provider that trades in Canada, as a short idea at the 18th Sohn Investment Conference in New York this week.

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RMarkic replied to the Berkshire Hathaway board. 8:05 AM

Re: A rainy day in Berkville

That was Outstanding! Felt like I was there...

Thank you.

Rick

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RMarkic replied to the Canada (General) board. 7:17 PM

Re: Manulife Earnings Preview: Looking East For

MFC "price" up 15.54% since Jan 1, 2013.

+ dividend.

past performance is no indication of future performance but just sayin....

Rick (how do we need to be punished...)

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RMarkic replied to the Canada (General) board. 6:44 AM

Re: Manulife Earnings Preview: Looking East For

Hey MarkYL, be patient a little longer and I think you will we rewarded...

From Fin Post For the three months ended March 31, core earnings came in at $619-million, up from $526-million from last year and up from $554-million quarter over [more]

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RMarkic posted to the Canada (General) board. 1:57 PM

Manulife Earnings Preview: Looking East For Grow

Manulife Earnings Preview: Looking East For Growth

Manulife (NYSE:MFC) is expected to report earnings for the first quarter of 2013 on Thursday, May 2

The Canadian insurance company has been focusing on Asian markets for growth [more]

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RMarkic posted to the Canada (General) board. 4:10 PM

Cenovus posts Q1 Results

You can spin this either way Net Profit is down but production and Operating Income is up.

http://www.cenovus.com/news/news-releases/2013/0424-q1.pdf

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RMarkic replied to the Dividend Growth Investing board. 3:53 PM

Re: Retirement and Simulators

Today's low end guesses are 2-3% GDP, 2-3% inflation, 2% premium = 6%-9%. The number that can vary the most and leave us holding the worst bag is inflation, if the market lags inflation dramatically our real returns get eaten. If the inflation [more]

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RMarkic replied to the Johnson & Johnson board. 6:45 AM

Re: JNJ Beats

Over on Seeking Alpha - David Fish provided a table of "Dividend Champions: 12 Increases Expected By June 30"

He says most companies announce about same time every year and if thats the case we should hear by May 25 what new Div [more]

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RMarkic replied to the Johnson & Johnson board. 1:00 PM

Re: JNJ Beats

Nice...BUT...where is my dividend increase?

It's been 4 quarters at .61 and I thought they would announce an increase of 3 or 4 cents per quarter, along with the Q1 results. :-(

May come as separate announcement...I [more]

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RMarkic posted to the Wells Fargo & Co. board. 6:44 AM

Dividend increased 20%

wells raised dividend from 25 to 30 cents quarterly starting Q2 and undertake additional buybacks.

Woo Hoo! happy day!

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