Bloomberg Canada’s six biggest banks could raise their dividends by about 18% on average and still be able to buy back almost 2% of their shares now that regulators are allowing them to unleash capital they’d stockpiled during the pandemic. National Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal would have the largest percentage increases in their dividends, assuming they return ...

Bloomberg Warren Buffett has spent more money buying back Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s stock in recent years than he did amassing his biggest equity bet on Apple Inc. Berkshire spent nearly $20 billion more repurchasing its own stock since the middle of 2018 than it deployed accumulating its Apple stake through the end of last year. In total, Buffett poured about ...

Bloomberg After this year’s record-setting rally in equities, the list of things that could go wrong in 2022 is getting longer. From slower earnings and economic growth to surging inflation that could prompt central banks to tighten policies too quickly, stock investors face plenty of risks. That’s making some of Wall Street’s top brokers more cautious. Bank of America Corp ...