$43.43 -0.75 (-1.70%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

The Bank of Nova Scotia (USA) (BNS)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Bank is a full-service financial institution, active in both domestic and international markets. In Canada the Bank provides a full range of retail, commercial, corporate, investment and wholesale banking services.

Current Price $43.43 Mkt Cap $44.32B
Open $43.46 P/E Ratio 17.26
Prev. Close $44.18 Div. (Yield) 1.82 (4.10%)
Daily Range $43.24 - $44.15 Volume 656,720
52-Wk Range $19.24 - $46.13 Avg. Daily Vol. 534,000

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All Members

498 Outperform
17 Underperform
 

All-Star Members

186 Outperform
7 Underperform
 

Wall Street

1 Outperform
0 Underperform
 

Top BNS Bull/Bear Pitches

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Gumfactor (88.84)
Submitted July 22, 2009

Canadian banks are up a ton, but aren't done yet. In addition to the fact that fair pricing has the stocks still 20% under-valued, they're all boasting a 3-6% dividend. How can you go wrong?

martynanasi (99.33)
Submitted February 27, 2007

Because of declining loan loss provision within banking group as a whole I fell this will reverse. When it does a large percentage of earnings growth with go out the window. A few facts over the last couple of years is that major money center banks… More

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Recent Community Commentary

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Member Avatar SunshineOnSask (< 20) Submitted: 9/17/2009 11:55:28 AM : Outperform Start Price: $45.12 BNS Score: -3.99

Canadian bank with big, stable, retail operations but has lots of room for growth as it is Canada's most international bank.

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Member Avatar jumpy1 (24.26) Submitted: 9/4/2009 3:30:48 PM : Outperform Start Price: $40.63 BNS Score: +2.25

mmmmmm, canadian banks!!

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Member Avatar Gumfactor (88.84) Submitted: 7/22/2009 4:04:51 PM : Outperform Start Price: $38.64 BNS Score: -0.19

Canadian banks are up a ton, but aren't done yet. In addition to the fact that fair pricing has the stocks still 20% under-valued, they're all boasting a 3-6% dividend. How can you go wrong?

Leaderboard

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Score Leader

portefeuille5

portefeuille5 (99.96) Score: +95.41

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in BNS.

Top
Pick
Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
Score Commentary
toolowihope 99.74 2/24/2009 Outperform 5Y $18.65 +132.83% +44.81% +88.02
portefeuille3 99.89 2/23/2009 Outperform 3Y $18.98 +128.81% +44.26% +84.55
lokisgame 66.22 2/20/2009 Outperform 5Y $19.38 +124.14% +42.13% +82.01 1 Comment
blackhatter < 20 2/18/2009 Outperform 3Y $20.73 +109.55% +37.27% +72.28 1 Comment
JohnEric1979 52.67 2/18/2009 Outperform 3Y $21.01 +106.66% +36.63% +70.03 1 Comment
raj07 99.13 2/18/2009 Outperform 5Y $21.01 +106.66% +36.63% +70.03
PDW96 96.61 3/9/2009 Outperform 5Y $19.02 +128.34% +60.39% +67.95
olrick 61.33 12/22/2008 Outperform NS $23.03 +88.61% +23.08% +65.54 1 Comment
Ifish4me < 20 2/17/2009 Outperform 5Y $22.01 +97.34% +36.01% +61.32
shadyman70 95.96 2/17/2009 Outperform 3Y $22.01 +97.34% +36.01% +61.32

Wall Street

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Member Name Member
Rating
Start
Date
Call Time
Frame
Start
Price
Stock
Gain
S&P
Gain
Score End Date Commentary
TrackRBCCapMkts 81.74 9/2/2008 Underperform NS $42.80 -31.50% -31.66% -0.16 5/4/2009 @ $29.32
TrackRBCCapMkts 81.74 4/28/2008 Underperform NS $46.25 +9.02% -0.67% -9.69 6/3/2008 @ $50.42
TrackJimCramer < 20 1/23/2007 Outperform 3W $38.22 +13.64% -20.37% +34.02

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