This week's dividend activity included increased payouts from Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Penske Automotive (PAG) as well as declarations from companies such as Mcdonald's (NYSE:MCD) and General ...

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The board of Bank of America Corporation ( NYSE:BAC ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend by 7.7% ...

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Notably, Bank of America got caught up in the financial panic that led to the Great Recession. It ended up cutting its dividend, which still isn't back to pre-cut levels.

Right now, Bank of America's payout ratio is 31%, which means it paid out 31% of its trailing 12-month EPS as dividend. Looking at this fiscal year, BAC expects solid earnings growth.

Bank of America's Tier 1 Capital Ratio is 11.8%, 181 basis points above the regulatory minimum. Exceeding the minimum shows that management is building some safety cushion to operate the bank.

That’s a quarterly dividend amount of 26 cents per share ($1.04 a year). To figure out how to earn $500 monthly from Bank of America, we start with the yearly target of $6,000 ($500 x 12 months).

CHARLOTTE - Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), currently trading near its 52-week high with a market capitalization of $358 billion, announced Wednesday it will increase its quarterly cash ...

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Bank of America Corp. BAC said late Wednesday that its board has raised its dividend to 24 cents a share, from 22 cents a share in the previous quarter.

Bank of America's Tier 1 ratio is 11.6%, which is strong but notably lower. Second, unlike Bank of America, which has a coast-to-coast footprint, TD Bank is largely an East Coast operation.