National Bank of Canada has increased its net income by 13% in the second quarter, and has also announced that it will be increasing its quarterly dividend by 5 cents. The net income for the quarter that ended on April 30th was $295 million or $1.48 per diluted share, compare with $261 million or $1.50

Jonathan Spall, the author of “How to Profit in Gold” has been involved in the precious metals market as a trader and salesperson for 25 years. Spall has worked for Barclays Capital for 6 years, and has spent 10 years at Deutsche Bank, most recently at a London based director with responsibility for official sector

Scotiabank has reported its profit to be $1.17 billion, which is a good increase from the same period last year where we saw profits at $988 million. Year over year net income was up 19% as well, while return on equity was up 1.3% compared to the same period last year. Having said all this,