Citigroup Aces the Fed’s Stress Test — That’s Good News for Dividend Growth

Big banks are about to pay their investors a little more… [Turn Your Images On] Dividend of the Week [Citigroup Aces the Fed’s Stress Test — That’s Good News for Dividend Growth]( [Turn Your Images On] [Charles Sizemore, Co-Editor, Green Zone Fortunes]( Well, that’s a relief! The Federal Reserve has given America’s largest banks an official bill of health. The Fed performed its annual stress test on the banking sector and determined that the big boys’ capital buffers are large enough to get through a downturn. No one wants to see a repeat of the 2008 meltdown, which is why the Fed started its annual stress tests. But the result is that they’ve have kept major banks on a short leash for over a decade. Without the Fed’s blessing, they aren’t allowed to raise their dividends or engage in share buybacks. We operate in a safer financial system because these tests force the banks to be more conservative. But a byproduct of the reforms is that investors have lost interest in the sector. 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