Topic: Dividend Stocks

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $65 – Toronto symbol BNS

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $65 (Toronto symbol BNS; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $78.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.7; Dividend yield: 3.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.scotiabank.com) is changing the name of its ING Direct subsidiary to Tangerine. That will let this business keep using the orange colour associated with the ING Direct brand.

ING Direct offers a variety of no-fee banking services, mainly over the Internet. It has over 1.8 million customers and $40 billion in deposits.

Bank of Nova Scotia bought ING Direct from its Netherlands-based parent, ING Group, for $3.1 billion in November 2012. The deal let it keep using the ING Direct name until May 2014.

Bank of Nova Scotia is a buy.

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