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Trump's Tariffs Keep Allies, Markets and Industry Guessing - New York Times Mar 24th
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March 2017 Dividend Income Update
– myownadvisor.ca
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor.Welcome to my latest dividend income update.
For those of you new to these posts on my site, every month I discuss our approach to investing focusing on Canadian dividend paying stocks. We believe buying and holding a number of Canadian dividend-paying stocks in our tax-free (thanks TFSA) and non-registered accounts will, over time, provide some steady monthly income for future wants and needs in retirement.
This month I’ll share my latest dividend income update and answer another reader question.
Reader:
Hi, maybe you have covered this before but could you go over how you keep track of your investments and dividends to end up with your progress graph and your percentage and dollar estimates? I’m not a spreadsheet or tech kind of girl and this stuff baffles me Thanks!
Thanks for your question.
For these updates, I keep the math rather simple. I keep a simple spreadsheet alive to track the following:
Asset owned
Dividend or distribution payment date
Units owned
Price
Payment amount
Payment frequency
You can find this spreadsheet along with other tracking tools and calculators on my Helpful Sites page…
McKesson Canada reaches deal to acquire 330 Uniprix pharmacies
– canadianbusiness.com
After a failed bid in 2009, McKesson Canada has reached a deal to acquire Groupe Uniprix’s 330 pharmacies.
The value of the transaction announced Wednesday was not made public.
The agreement must still be ratified by Uniprix’s pharmacy owners at a May 16 vote as well as by the Competition Bureau of Canada.
Montreal-based McKesson Canada, a subsidiary of U.S.-based McKesson, already owns 275 Proxim pharmacies. If the acquisition goes through, it will have more outlets in Quebec than Groupe Jean Coutu (TSX:PJC.CA), which has 382.
Uniprix chief executive officer Philippe Duval said the chain, which has estimated annual sales of just more than $1.6 billion, is not in a precarious financial situation.
The transaction, he noted, is a matter of “long-term profitability” and will allow Uniprix to benefit from McKesson’s expertise in various areas, including the development of applications.
The Uniprix pharmacies will be run independently, the company will keep its Montreal head office and there will be no job cuts, said McKesson Canada president Paula Keays…
The value of the transaction announced Wednesday was not made public.
The agreement must still be ratified by Uniprix’s pharmacy owners at a May 16 vote as well as by the Competition Bureau of Canada.
Montreal-based McKesson Canada, a subsidiary of U.S.-based McKesson, already owns 275 Proxim pharmacies. If the acquisition goes through, it will have more outlets in Quebec than Groupe Jean Coutu (TSX:PJC.CA), which has 382.
Uniprix chief executive officer Philippe Duval said the chain, which has estimated annual sales of just more than $1.6 billion, is not in a precarious financial situation.
The transaction, he noted, is a matter of “long-term profitability” and will allow Uniprix to benefit from McKesson’s expertise in various areas, including the development of applications.
The Uniprix pharmacies will be run independently, the company will keep its Montreal head office and there will be no job cuts, said McKesson Canada president Paula Keays…
Curtains for Global Financial Regulation
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With Trump in the White House, the G-20’s dream of world-wide bank controls is dead.Asian stocks mixed as Trump talks hurt US dollar – CTV News
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Barclays extends Canadian coverage by landing veteran Credit Suisse financier
– theglobeandmail.com
Investment bank hires equity capital markets head Erik Charbonneau, who will be based in Toronto
