Week in Review 10/15

Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividends from My Portfolio Holdings:

• On March 2 I received a dividend of € 63.50 from Intel Corporation.
• On March 2 I received a dividend of € 14.59 from ConocoPhillips.
• On March 3 I received a dividend of € 37.06 from Pfizer Inc.
• On March 3 I received a dividend of € 27.96 from Prosafe SE.

Dividend income reported after the deduction of taxes. I have also updated my Monthly Dividend sheet.

Transactions of My Portfolio:

• On March 6, 2015 I bought 30 shares of Baxter International Inc. (More here)

News from My Portfolio Holdings:

  

Bank of Nova Scotia: March 3, 2015,  First Quarter Result (More here)

First Quarter Highlights (versus Q1, 2014)

• Net income of $1,726 million, up 1% from $1,709 million
• Earnings per share (diluted) of $1.35 compared to $1.32, up 2%
• ROE of 14.2%, compared to 15.4%
• Operating leverage of 1.0%
• Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio of 10.3%
• Quarterly dividend of 68 cents per common share, up 2 cents

Baxter International Inc. March 4, 2015

• Baxter's BioScience Business Acquires Biopharmaceutical Company SuppreMol (More here)

Golar LNG: March 5, 2015

• Golar LNG Limited and Rosneft Oil Company sign a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the area of FLNG (More here)

Articles that caught my attention:  

• Selecting Dividend Stocks: 29 Top Quantitative & Qualitative Metrics by Ken Faulkenberry
• The One Investment Rule That Will Never Lead You Astray by Tim McAleenan Jr. on The Financial Home Of Tim McAleenan Jr.
• This Stock Appears Primed for Years of Solid Dividend Growth by Dividend Mantra on Daily Trade Alert
• Qualcomm (QCOM) Dividend Stock Analysis by Roadmap2Retire on Sure Dividend
• Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (OHI) Stock Analysis Pollie Style by Polliesdividend
• Coca Cola - Financials and Valuation by jussi hakala on My Road to Half a Million
• Four Dividend Stocks for the Long Run by Dividend Growth Investor
• Some Perspective On The Investor Hysteria In The Oil Sector by Tim McAleenan Jr. on The Financial Home Of Tim McAleenan Jr.
• Warren Buffett On Volatility And Risk by Dividend Mantra
• Dividend Investing Knowledge Accumulates Like Compound Interest by Dividend Growth Investor
• Dividend Growth Checkup by Passive Income Pursuit on Seeking Alpha
• AT&T And DirecTV: Dividend Outlook Post-Merger by Tim McAleenan Jr. on The Financial Home Of Tim McAleenan Jr.
• T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) Dividend Stock Analysis by Dividend Growth Investor
• The Often Overlooked Danger When Investing In S&P 500Utility Stocks - Part 10A by
  Chuck Carnevale on Seeking Alpha

I wish all readers a nice next week.   

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