Should Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) Ask for a Dividend Increase?

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) both pay fairly generous quarterly dividends: 2.4% and 2.7% respectively. A number like that might be asking a bit much, both of itself and the Fed, but it could shoot for perhaps a nice, round 2%.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) currently pays 1.8%; of course, its Tier 1 common capital ratio is 13.2% for 2013. For Goldman then, maybe it would be better to make that number a nice, semi-round 1.5%.

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The article Should Goldman Sachs Ask for a Dividend Increase? originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by John Grgurich.

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