Top Kentucky Derby Stocks

Only a couple more days until the Kentucky Derby, which will be held on Saturday, May 2, in Louisville, Kentucky. This is one of the most watched horse races in America. The Kentucky Derby is the first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The second race is the Preakness Stakes and the third is the Belmont Stakes.

If you want to make money from horse races, you can bet on a race horse, or you can buy a race track related stock. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has a list of almost ten stocks in the horse racing industry, several of which pay dividends.

The host of the Kentucky Derby is Churchill Downs (CHDN), the holding company of the Churchill Downs Racetrack founded in 1875. Other operations it has includes Arlington Park, the Calder Race Course, the Fair Grounds Race Course, and the Trackside Off-Track-Betting Facilities. The stock trades at 45 times trailing earnings, 18 times forward earnings. Revenues for the latest quarter were up 3.6%. The company pays a dividend of 0.9%.

Another racetrack stock is Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment (DDE), which owns Dover Downs Raceway, which is a harness racing track with pari-mutuel wagering. The company a slight earnings loss for the latest reported quarter, and revenues dropped by 1.9%.

Penn National Gaming Inc. (PENN) owns many racetracks and off-track wagering operations in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ontario. The stock has a forward PE of 23. Revenues were up 1.0% for the latest reported quarter.

For a free list of  horse racing stocks which you can download, sort and update, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Also, if you want a free horse race handicapping program, check out the one at horsetip.com.

Hope you place your bet on the right stock, and your investment comes in first place.

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

By Stockerblog.com

5 Private Equity Stocks Yielding Over 10%

If you are interested in investing in private companies, startups, and other early investments, and you are not an accredited investor, you have some options. Usual to invest in private deals, you have to be what is called "accredited", which means you have a net worth or $1 million or annual income of $200 thousand. If you are not accredited, you can invest in these companies through a private equity company.

Private equity firms are publicly traded stocks and many of them pay very high dividends. There are over 50 private equity stocks to choose from according to the list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, and over ten of which have yields in excess of 10%.

Prospect Capital (PSEC) is a private equity and business development company that specializes in middle market, mature, mezzanine finance, later stage, emerging growth, buyouts, recapitalizations, turnaround, and other private companies. The stock trades at nine times earnings and yields a healthy 12%. It is one of the few private equity stocks that pays out dividends monthly versus quarterly.


KCAP Financial (KCAP) specializes in mid market, buyouts, and mezzanine investments of private companies. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 14 and a very high yield of over 15%.


BlackRock Kelso Capital (BKCC) specializes in middle market company investments. The E is a favorable 5.4 and the yield is 10.3%.


PennantPark Investment (PNNT) specializes in direct and mezzanine investments in mid market companies. The stock trades at 14 times earnings and yields 11.9%.


THL Credit (TCRD) invests in debt and equity of middle market companies. The stock has a PE of 11, and pays a dividend rate of 11.6%.

Now is your opportunity to jump on the bandwagon with the wealthy investors, by getting into the private equity market. Check out the list of private equity stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of May

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' 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, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

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 in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

The AES Corporation

AES

5/1/2015

3.0%

First Niagara Financial

FNFG

5/1/2015

3.7%

Independent Bank Corporation	IBCP	5/1/2015	3.1%
Idacorp	IDA	5/1/2015	3.1%

Pacific Continental Corp

PCBK

5/1/2015

3.1%

Western Refining, Inc.

WNR

5/1/2015

2.9%

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 some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 

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.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
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 at 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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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 Reporting Earnings Next Week

Stock traders are always looking for catalysts that will make a stock move, either to the upside or the downside. One big catalyst is an earnings announcement which greatly exceeds or under-achieves guidance and analysts expectations.

If you can pick the right direction, you can make money on the long side or the short side. To give you some ideas of what stocks may be in play, here are a few worth perusing.

Apple (AAPL) April 27
Bristol-Meyers Squibb (BMY) April 28
Boston Scientific (BSX) April 28
Celgene (CELG) April 30
Chevron (CVX) May 1
ConcocPhillips (COP) April 30
Exxon Mobil (XOM) April 30
Gilead Sciences (GILD) April 30
Merck (MRK) April 28
Pfizer (PFE) April 28

Of course, there are many other companies reporting earnings next week; this is a selection of the major ones.

Top Stock Market Investing Books for Free

Are you new to the stock market? Or just want to brush up on the basics of investing in the stock market? Why not check out some of these books on stock market investing, which are available for free, as Kindle editions. Often these are free for a limited time before they jump back up to their regular price, so if you have any interest in any of them, you should download them now.

How To Invest: Simple Strategies To Grow Your Stocks, ETF's, and Futures

Stock Trading: Tips for Trading Stocks - From Stock Trading For Beginners To Stock Trading Strategies

Trading and Investing Reading Sampler: Volume 1 - Book Excerpts by Louise Bedford, Kel Butcher, Alan Hull, Stuart McPhee and Leon Wilson

Successful Stock Speculation

Monkey with a Pin: Why you may be missing 6% a year from your investment returns

Happy reading.

Sewage Water Beer: Will Other Breweries Jump on Board?

Here is a way to help deal with the drought. Make beer out of sewage water. Think it is weird? Well, it is already taking place in the state of Oregon, which has approved the use of water from the sewer to produce beer. Maybe they should call it "drought draught beer."

Oregon’s Clean Water Services created the process for making the beer with wastewater and the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission has approved the process. Will it take off with the major brewers? Who knows? But with over half a dozen states dealing with drought issues, consumers are avoiding drinking tap water and are turning to bottled water and beer as an alternative.

Investors have a few beer companies to choose from, which would benefit from increased consumption. According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are more than ten publicly traded beer stocks, and many of them pay dividends.

For exampe, Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP) is a high yielding brewery with a payout rate of 2.3%. It trades at 27 times trailing earnings and 18 times forward earnings. The company has many popular brands, including Coors, Molson, Heineken, Amstel Light, Miller Life, Corona, and several more. It distributes its beverages in the US, Canada, and Europe. The company reports earnings on May 7.

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) is another large brewer, with such brands as Budweiser, Beck’s, Leffe, Bud Light, Michelob, Skol, Brahma, and Antarctica. It has a trailing price to earnings ratio of 22.3, a forward PE of 21.9. The stock pays a yield of 2.0%.

If you are looking for a beer company that is a bit more speculative, check out Craft Brew Alliance, Inc. (BREW), which has the Kona, Widmer Brothers, Redhook, Omission, and Square Mile brands. The stock trades at 86 times trailing earnings and 37 times forward earnings. The company reports earnings on May 6.

Maybe beer stocks can quench your thirst for growth stocks. Don't you just love these great stock ticker symbols these beer companies have? For a free list of all the beer stocks, several of which pay dividends, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.




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

By Stockerblog.com

Did You Buy Amazon Like I Told You To? The Stock Was Up $55 per Share Today

Did you notice the stock that jumped big time today? Amazon (AMZN) was up an incredible $55 a share, a one day increase of over 14%. So did you buy Amazon like I told you to? I called it a screaming buy!

Here is what I wrote on a previous article.

I am always looking to write about either stocks that I don't own or industries and sectors that I don't own stocks in, so that it doesn't look like I'm tooting my own horn, or my own stock, as it were.Therefore I was quite happy to discover a stock that looks very favorable, that I don't own, and that is Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN). Here are some positive bullet points about Amazon.

The rest of the article contained a dozen bullet points about why Amazon is great.

Don't you remember this post? I posted the Amazon recommendation only eight years ago, on Thursday, March 28, 2007, when the stock was trading for only 38.10 per share. Now the stock is at 445.10 er share. This is an amazing increase of 1,068%.

If you had bought 200 shares at that time for $7,620, it would now be worth $89,020. Not too bad a return. Hope you bought some at the time and still own it.

Stocks With Big Insider Buying

Chipotle Stock Certificate

Insiders are the officers and directors of companies, along with the owners of 10% or more of the outstanding shares of company. When they buy a stock, check out the stock, as there can be only one reason why purchases would be made; because they think the stock is a buying opportunity. Here are some stocks with significant buying by insiders.

Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN) is an onshore contract drilling company. Recently, two of the officers bought almost $2 million in shares each, and the third insider bought almost $4 million worth of the stock. The stock trades at 20 times earnings, and pays a dividend of 2.1%. The company announced earnings today announced earnings of 6 cents a share for the first quarter, beeating analysts' estimates of 3 cents a share.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) had some recent inside buying also. One officer bought over $260,000 in stock, and the other officer bought over $370,000 in stock. The stock trades at 45 times trailing earnings, and 31 times forward earnings. The company recently reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.88, a huge increase of 47%.

Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX) a biopharmaceutical company, had a couple of large insider purchases. A director bought approximately $3.2 million of the shares and a 10% owner bought a similar amount.

If you like interesting stock lists like this, check out many of the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Coffee May Reduce MS Risk: Time to Consume Coffee Stocks?

This week, the American Academy of Neurology’s 67th Annual Meeting is being held in Washington, DC, and a presentation will be made regarding a study showing the consumption of coffee and a lowered risk of multiple sclerosis. Previous studies have shown a possibility of lowered risk of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease with the drinking of coffee.

First, remember that there is a big difference between correlation and causation. That being said, this research will warrant further studies and may lead to breakthroughs on treating neurological issues.

If you want to take advantage of the health benefits of coffee and invest in caffeine, there are over a dozen companies in the coffee and tea business, according to the free list of coffee stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Many of them offer dividends.

The largest coffeehouse retailer in the world is Starbucks (SBUX), which has over 18,000 coffee shops around the world. The stock trades at 30 times trailing earnings and 27 times forward earnings, and sports a yield of 1.4%. The company just announced earnings today, with revenue rising 18% to $4.56 billion, beating expectations. Same store sales increased by 7%.

The specialty coffee and coffeemaker company, Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR), based in Waterbury, Vermont, trades at 31  times trailing earnings and 24 times forward earnings. Earnings for the latest reported quarter were down 2.6%. The company will make its next earnings announcement on May 6. The stock pays a yield of 1.0%.

Coffee Holding Co. (JVA) is a large coffee wholesaler which markets private label coffee and branded coffee in North America. The company has approximately one hundred varieties of raw green coffee beans which it markets to large and small coffee vendors. The stock trades at 8.7 times earnings. Revenues were up over 40% for the latest quarter, however, earnings dropped by over 94%.

For a list of coffee, tea and caffeine companies which you can download, sort, and update, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Maybe you can profit from one of these hot coffee stocks.

Disclaimer: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fifth Week of April

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' 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, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

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 in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

ADT Corp	ADT	4/27/2015	2.1%
Brookfield Canada Office Properties	BOXC	4/28/2015	5.0%
Chambers Street Properties	CSG	4/28/2015	6.5%
NiSource	NI	4/28/2015	2.4%
Scholastic Corp	SCHL	4/28/2015	1.6%
STAG Industrial, Inc.	STAG	4/28/2015	5.3%

Bank of Montreal	BMO	4/29/2015	5.3%
Casey's General Stores	CASY	4/29/2015	0.9%
Carbo Ceramics	CRR	4/29/2015	1.3%

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 some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 

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.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
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 at 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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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

Top FREE Real Estate Investing Books

If you own an Amazon (AMZN) Kindle, you have access to a lot of free books on real estate investing. Often these books are available for a limited time, so I would suggest that if you have any interest at all in any of them, you should download them right away before they start charging for them. Here are some to the top sellers.

BiggerPockets Presents: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing by Joshua Dorkin and Brandon Turner



No BS Real Estate Investing - How I Quit My Job, Got Rich, & Found Freedom Flipping Houses ... And How You Can Too by Preston Ely


Real Estate: The Sustainable Investmentby Glen Sweeney and John Gordon


Flipping Houses Exposed: 34 Weeks In The Life Of A Successful House Flipper by Danny Johnson


The Ultimate Real Estate Investing Blueprint: How to Quit Your Job in 19 Weeks or Less by Sean Terry

More Upcoming IPOs

You probably saw how the Etsy (ETSY) IPO did, doubling on its first day of trading. If you are looking for other IPOs, here are a few that are coming up.

National Storage Affiliates (NSA) 4/23/15

Apigee (APIC) 4/24/15

Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) 4/24/15

OpGen (OPGN) 4/27/15

Yulong Eco-Materials (YECO) April or May

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of April

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' 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, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

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 in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

Apache Corp	APA	4/20/2015	1.7%
Clorox Co.	CLX	4/20/2015	2.7%
Comtech Telecommunications	CMTL	4/20/2015	4.2%
CNH Industrial NV	CNHI	4/20/2015	2.5%
Lowe's	LOW	4/20/2015	1.3%
West Pharma Services	WST	4/20/2015	0.8%

CVS Health Corporation	CVS	4/22/2015	1.4%
Epiq Systems	EPIQ	4/22/2015	2.0%
Williams Sonoma	WSM	4/22/2015	1.8%

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 some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 

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.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
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 at 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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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

Who is the Wealthiest Presidential Candidate?

Several politicians have announced their candidacy for president of the United States for the 2016 presidential election. There appears to be a lot of coverage in the press about income and wealth disparity in the US so it is interesting to review the approximate average estimated net worth and income of the current major presidential contenders. Here they are:

	Net Worth	Annual Income
Hillary Clinton (D)	$13,130,504	$13,801,055
Ted Cruz (R)	$2,549,518	$1,253,159
Rand Paul (R)	$2,500,000	$300,000
Marco Rubio (R)	($594,995)	$222,034

As you can see, Hillary Clinton is the wealthiest, in terms of both net worth and annual income, in excess of $13 million. Ted Cruz is in second place and Rand Paul is in third place. The poorest is Marco Rubio with surprisingly a negative net worth, and the lowest income of the group.

Much of this information came from a website called DaveManuel.com, which has a lot of research and calculations behind the numbers. It is an interesting and informative resource. 

Upcoming IPOs in April

Looking for new stock issues? Here are some upcoming Initial Public Offerings this month:

Company	Symbol	Stock Market	Date
VIRTU FINANCIAL	VIRT	NASDAQ	4/16/15
PARTY CITY	PRTY	NYSE	4/16/15
ADURO BIOTECH	ADRO	NASDAQ	4/16/15
KEMPHARM, INC	KMPH	NASDAQ	4/16/15
ETSY INC	ETSY	NASDAQ	4/16/15
XBIOTECH INC.	XBIT	NASDAQ	4/15/15
CIDARA THERAPEUTICS	CDTX	NASDAQ	4/15/15

Check out other interesting lists of stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

20 Little Known Facts about Warren Buffett

Here are 20 little known facts about Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B):

1. Warren Buffett's father was a republican congressman.

2. Warren Buffett is of Huguenot ancestry.

3. His first stock purchase was three shares of Cities Service Preferred purchased when he was eleven years old.

4. When he was fourteen years old, he filed his first tax return, which listed his watch and bicycle as a tax deduction of $35 for his paper route.

5. He was a capitalist at a very young age, not only delivering newspapers, but selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door, selling golf balls, and selling Coca-Cola (KO).

6. He owned a chain of pinball machines in various barber shops when he was fifteen years old.

7. In his high school yearbook, under his picture, it says 'likes math; a future stock broker.'

8. He received his B.S. in Economics from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln when he was only 19 years old.

9. He paid $31,500 for the Omaha house he lives in today (although he bought it 52 years ago).

10. He owns a house in Laguna Beach, California

11. Buffett attended Columbia Business School because Benjamin Graham and David Dodd taught there.

12. In 1951, he received a M.S. in Economics from Columbia Business School.

13. He made almost $10,000 by the age of 20 in 1950.

14. Buffett's father and Benjamin Graham told him not to work on Wall Street.

15. He taught a night class at the University of Nebraska-Omaha called Investment Principals.

16. He owned a Sinclair Texaco gas station in his early 20's.

17. His starting salary at Benjamin Graham's company was $12,000 a year.

18. When he was 26 years old, he had $174,000 in savings.

19. He became a millionaire in 1962.

20. Buffett first bought Berkshire Hathaway stock at $7.60 per share.

If you like interesting trivia like this, you should check out the following books:

Stock Market Trivia: Special Section on the Weird Words of Wall Street


Stock Market Trivia Volume 2: Who Says Wall Street is Boring?


The above is copyrighted material from the Stock Market Trivia book, reprinted with permission of the author.

Top Desalination Stocks: The Desalinization Companies are Poised to Move

Whether you call it desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation, they all mean the same thing: removing salt from salt water, in order to produce fresh water for consumption or irrigation. The important fact though is the fact that this process is becoming more important in California and other southwestern states.

The news on the California drought has been continuous and scary. California Governor Jerry Brown declared a Drought State of Emergency back in January. The Los Angeles Times recently ran an article entitled California faces 'Dust Bowl'-like conditions amid drought.

So how to deal with the drought other than importing icebergs from Alaska? Many scientists believe that desalination may be the best way to go. Fortunately, there are several companies that are involved in the desalinization business, according to the free list of water desalination stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

One example is Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO), which develops and operates seawater desalination plants in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Indonesia, using reverse osmosis technology to produce fresh water from seawater. The company has been in business since 1973. The stock trades at 29 times trailing earnings and 19 times forward earnings. The company will be reporting its latest quarterly earnings between May 11 and May 15. The stock sports a generous yield of 2.7%.

Tetra Tech Inc. (TTEK) is in the business of providing consulting, engineering, and technical services for the water sector. The company is building a large Desalination Plant in San Antonio, Texas, which is expected to produce 12 million gallons per day of water when the plant opens in 2016. The company is also working on a 10-mile-long conveyance pipeline for the Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Project in California, which will provide a new supply of fresh drinking water to San Diego County.

In addition, Tetra Tech is using membrane technology to tap into alternative water supplies, converting brackish water into drinking water. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 15 and a forward PE of 13. The company will be announcing earnings between April 28 and May 4. The yield on the stock is 1.2%.

Veolia Environnement S.A. (VEOEY) is a Paris, France company involved in water management. The company has been in business for over 150 years. Veolia has built more than 1,700 reverse osmosis desalination plants and systems in 85 countries during the last forty years. The plants produce more than 5.7 million cubic meters per day of fresh water. The stock trades at 55 times trailing earnings.

If you want a list of water desalination stocks , go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Hopefully, these stocks will get fresh water flowing and profits flowing in your portfolio.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written. 

By Stockerblog.com

Top Selling Personal Finance Books

If you are looking to improve your personal financial situation, you may want to read a couple of the top selling personal finance books. Here are the best sellers currently.

Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security


The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change


MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom


The The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness


The Compound Effect

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of April

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' 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, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

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 in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

Buckle Inc.	BKE	4/13/2015	1.9%
Chesapeake Energy	CHK	4/13/2015	2.5%
Clarcor Inc.	CLC	4/13/2015	1.2%
Consolidated Communications Holdings	CNSL	4/13/2015	7.3%
Freeport McMoran	FCX	4/13/2015	1.0%
Fifth Street Finance	FSC	4/13/2015	10.0%

WD-40 Co.	WDFC	4/14/2015	1.8%
Zep Inc.	ZEP	4/14/2015	1.4%
Bon-Ton Stores Inc Com.	BONT	4/15/2015	3.1%
Legg Mason BW Global Inc.	BWG	4/15/2015	8.9%
Bowl America Inc. Cl. A	BWL-A	4/15/2015	4.7%
Cracker Barrel	CBRL	4/15/2015	2.7%
Foot Locker	FL	4/15/2015	1.6%

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 some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 

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.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
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 at 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.

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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

It's Amazing How Dirty Words Make It Into SEC Filings

From a TWC filing with the SEC

Many investors consider corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be boring and dry. However, occasionally, something interesting pops up, like the 'F' word.

It appeared in a filing for Time Warner Cable (TWC) on Form 425, relating to a press headline.

It also appeared in a Form 424B3 filing for LendingClub (LC), from a customer's comments, with regard to the Member Payment Dependent Notes.

Even some of the smaller companies are not immune, such as Fantex (VNDSL), which was in a transcription of a radio interview.

The 'S' word actually shows up in 22 SEC filings. Several are related to Wells Fargo, but in that case, it is someone's name.

3 Short Squeeze Stocks with Upcoming Earnings Announcements

A short squeeze takes place when the short sellers rush to cover their short positions when a stock starts to move up. This gives traders some interesting opportunities. If a stock is heavily shorted, and there is any good news, it could really spike.One of the most common types of good news is earnings that beat analyst estimates.

Here are a few heavily stocks with coming earnings announcements. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (PPC) has an incredible 60% of its float shorted. It has a short interest ratio of 16; this means that it would take 16 days for all the short sellers to cover their positions based on the current daily volume. The stock trades at 9 times trailing earnings and 11 times forward earnings. The company will be reporting around April 27 to May 1.

King Digital Entertainment (KING) has 26% of the float held currently short, with a days to cover ratio of 11. The stock has a current price to earnings ratio of 9 and forward PE of 8. It expects to report between May 5 an May 11.

One more stock that short sellers are all over is NeuStar, Inc. (NSR), with 57% shorted, and a short interest ratio also of 11. The stock trades at 9 times trailing earnings and 10 times forward earnings. The company will be making its earnings announcement between April 14 and April 20.

Hopefully you can make money on the long side with the right stock that has a big short position. If you like interesting stock lists like this, check out the many free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of April

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' also commonly referred to as 'Dividend Capture.' 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, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets.

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 in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, and the yield.

American Eagle Outfitters	AEO	4/6/2015	3.0%
Quest Diagnostics	DGX	4/6/2015	2.0%
FEI Company	FEIC	4/6/2015	1.3%
The Gap Inc.	GPS	4/6/2015	2.2%
New York REIT, Inc. REIT	NYRT	4/6/2015	4.5%
The New York Times Company	NYT	4/6/2015	1.2%
Pulaski Financial Corp	PULB	4/6/2015	3.1%
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.	SFBS	4/6/2015	0.8%
WSI Industries, Inc.	WSCI	4/6/2015	2.8%
Aetna	AET	4/7/2015	0.9%
MasterCard	MA	4/7/2015	0.7%

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 some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com. Most of the lists are free. 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.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
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 at 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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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