Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of October

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, you have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the market capitalization, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

The Clorox Company (CLX) market cap: $8.7B ex div date: 10/24/2011 yield: 3.5%

Royal Bank of Canada (RY) market cap: $66.8B ex div date: 10/24/2011 yield: 4.7%

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (CAG) market cap: $10.0B ex div date: 10/27/2011 yield: 4.1%

Janus Capital Group Inc. (JNS) market cap: $1.2B ex div date: 10/27/2011 yield: 3.3%

NiSource Inc. (NI) market cap: $6.0B ex div date: 10/27/2011 yield: 4.4%

Unitil Corporation (UTL) market cap: $285.1M ex div date: 10/28/2011 yield: 5.3%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

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Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

High Yield Long Term Dividend Increasers

Over 20 stocks have increased dividends more than 30 years in a row, more than half a dozen have increased dividends in excess of 40 years, and two companies have raised dividends for more than 50 years. Investors who are looking for dividend payers for a long term hold should take a look at some of these stocks.



According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, which has posted a list of these stocks that have increased dividends for over 30 years in a row, and several of them are in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, such as Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) which has increased dividends for over 35 years in a row, and yields 2.9%. Quarterly earnings for the company were up 5.7% on a 5.4% increase in revenues. It trades at 10.8 times current earnings.



The consumer products company Clorox Co (CLX) is another long term dividend increaser that pays a decent dividend of 3.5%. The stock has had dividend increases for over 30 years, and currently trades at 14.9 times forward earnings. Earnings and revenues were off slightly for the latest quarter.



Another high yielder is Consolidated Edison (ED) paying 4.5%, and has a history of bumping up its dividend for 36 years in a row. The forward price to earnings ratio is 15.2. For the latesst quarter, revenues were flat but earnings were down 9.8%.



To see the entire list of dividend increasers, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.



Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above stocks at the time the article was written.



By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of July

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, you have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the market capitalization, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

The Clorox Company (CLX) market cap: $9.0B ex div date: 7/25/2011 yield: 3.6%

DNP Select Income Fund Inc. (DNP) market cap: $2.4B ex div date: 7/27/2011 yield: 7.8%

Education Realty Trust, Inc. (EDR) market cap: $611.7M ex div date: 7/27/2011 yield: 3.3%

NiSource Inc. (NI) market cap: $5.6B ex div date: 7/27/2011 yield: 4.6%

Fifth Street Finance Corp. (FSC) market cap: $772.0M ex div date: 7/28/2011 yield: 10.9%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of January

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, you have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the market capitalization, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Royal Bank of Canada (RY) market cap: $73.2B ex div date: 1/24/11 yield: 3.9%

The Clorox Company (CLX) market cap: $8.9B ex div date: 1/25/11 yield: 3.5%

Boardwalk REIT (BOWFF) market cap: $1.9B ex div date: 1/27/11 yield: 4.4%

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (CAG) market cap: $9.9B ex div date: 1/27/11 yield: 4.1%

Bank of Montreal (BMO) market cap: $32.0B ex div date: 1/28/11 yield: 4.9%

Fifth Street Finance Corp. (FSC) market cap: $654.6M ex div date: 1/28/11 yield: 10.7%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

How to Get a 41% Effective Yield on a Blue Chip Stock

Although there are always exceptions to the rule, good long term track records are important. And when you look at dividend increasing stocks, that can be very true, especially those that have raised their dividends for many years, such as 3M Company (MMM), Stanley Works (SWK) and Abbott Laboratories (ABT).

One of the stocks that shows up on the WallStreetNewsNetwork.com list of dividend increasing stocks is Clorox (CLX), which has increased its dividend for 33 years in a row, and provides a current yield of 3.5%. But the interesting feature about dividend raisers is that the effective yield based on cost basis is much higher.

Let's not go back 33 years or even 30 years, as that is a long time for any investment. But looking back twenty years, if you had bought the stock at that time, the initial yield would have been only 1.7%. If you held onto the stock, taking into consideration the stock splits and dividend reinvestments, the current yield based on original cost would be an incredible 41%.

So maybe twenty years is still too long of a time frame. Let's look back just ten years. Based on a purchase ten years ago, the current effective yield based on cost basis would be 6.1%, which is still pretty substantial, compared to the current yields on other large cap blue chip stocks.

Clorox recently posted a 37.6% increase in earnings on a slight drop in revenues. Operating cash flow of $873 million is way more than enough to cover the $ 306.77 million in dividend payouts. The company held its shareholder meeting yesterday and reported that it anticipates stronger growth in the second half of its fiscal year.

There are plenty of other dividend increasers that investors can choose from which can be found at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, all with dividend increases for over 30 years and yields ranging from 0.9% to 5.0%.

Disclosure: Author did not own the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of October

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, your have to be extremely careful.

In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date. The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 3%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

The Clorox Company (CLX) market cap: $9.2B ex div date: 10/25/2010 yield: 3.3%

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (CAG) market cap: $9.6B ex div date: 10/27/2010 yield: 4.2%

NiSource Inc. (NI) market cap: $4.8B ex div date: 10/27/2010 yield: 5.3%

Bank of Montreal (BMO) market cap: $32.7B ex div date: 10/28/2010 yield: 4.7%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Record date: the day when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author does not own any of the above at the time article was written.

By Stockerblog.com