Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of December

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.

Arrow Financial	AROW	12/1/2015	3.5%
BlackRock, Inc.	BLK	12/1/2015	2.4%
Cincinnati Financial	CINF	12/1/2015	3.0%
Elmira Savings Bank	ESBK	12/1/2015	4.9%

Cedar Fair L.P.  MLP	FUN	12/1/2015	5.8%
GameStop	GME	12/1/2015	4.0%
Kronos Worldwide Inc	KRO	12/1/2015	9.2%
Mosaic Co.	MOS	12/1/2015	3.5%
Pacific Coast Oil Trust	ROYT	12/1/2015	5.6%
Valhi Inc.	VHI	12/1/2015	4.4%
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.	VSH	12/1/2015	2.0%
Analog Devices	ADI	12/2/2015	2.7%
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.	AJG	12/2/2015	3.4%

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

Will Someone Buy Me a Drone Stock for Christmas?

Drones Will Soon Change The Way Of Doing Business

Drones are a technological advancement that have been making headlines recently. Typically, it has been for all the wrong reasons. They have been spotted flying too close to airports, and they have been caught smuggling drugs into prisons. They have even been used to spy on neighbors sunning in their backyard. When used in the right form, drones are a wonderful form of technology. They are helping businesses to make great strides and stay ahead of the competition.

Drones may soon be used by businesses that provide goods to customers. They'll be able to deliver customer's packages right to their very own doorstep! This will greatly change the world of home deliveries. No longer will customers have to go through the hassle of picking their goods up from a store. No longer will customers have to wait for delivery personnel to drop off their packages. This in turn will make customers happier. A happier customer means a happier business. Drones will also be able to cut costs in the long run. One reason they are cost-effective is because they will accomplish deliveries quicker than anything else has previously.

This form of technology will also be used by oil and gas companies. It will allow companies to do routine inspections. The drone will also be able to do surveying for a variety of other businesses. All in all, these will work to make the lives of businesses easier.

Currently, drones are available for recreational use. There are several rules that a person must abide by, however. They cannot be flown in close proximity to an airport. They also can only be flown in the daylight hours. 

Right now, it's a waiting game until the FAA comes out with their final list of rules. Businesses can get a jump start by applying for a certificate and an exemption in hopes to start testing out their technology earlier than others. The upcoming Federal Aviation Administration rules that are planned will put stricter requirements on them than those used for personal use, for safety reasons obviously.

So how does an investor take a flyer on a drone stock that won't crash and burn? One of the purest plays in the drone industry is AeroVironment (AVAV), which produced the Pointer drone in 1987, considered to be the first small unmanned aircraft system, also referred to as a UAS, unmanned aerial vehicle, and UAV, for military use. The company now makes severals UASs, including the Puma, Raven, Wasp, and Shrike, for business and governmental use. 

AeroVironment is currently generating negative earnings and trades at an stratospheric 82 times forward earnings. However, the company does have a couple things going for it. First of all, it is debt free. Second, the company is sitting on $9.48 in cash per share. 

Another way to play the drone market, although in a small way, is Amazon (AMZN),  which is involved in drones two different ways. It is developing Amazon Prime Air in several countries, which will provide 30 minute delivery services using small drones. 

In addition, Amazon actually sells drones to the consumer. (Here's an idea. If I order a drone from Amazon, will a drone deliver my drone?) For example, if you want to go high end, you could order the DJI Inspire 1 Transforming Single Control Quadcopter With 4K Camera RTF which retails for $3,615.
Or maybe, you want to experiment with a more reasonably prices UAV. One of the company's best sellers is the UDI Axis Gyro RC Quadcopter.
Another popular one is the Syma Explorers Axis Gyro RC Quadcopter.

 

Amazon also has nosebleed level ratios, with the P/E at 965 and a forward P/E at 119. Revenues for the latest quarter were up 23%, year over year.

There are actually over a dozen stocks involved in drones and UAVs in some way or another. A free list of the drone stocks is available at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Anyway, with three major markets for this product, business, military, and consumer, the drone business has nowhere to go but up.

Disclosure: Author owns AMZN.

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fifth Week of November

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.

Avery Dennison	AVY	11/30/2015	2.3%
Greenhill & Co.	GHL	11/30/2015	6.8%
Schlumberger Ltd.	SLB	11/30/2015	2.5%
Whitestone REIT Cl B	WSR	11/30/2015	9.0%

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

Low Debt/No Debt Stocks Selling Below Cash per Share

One of my favorite screens for stocks are the ones that are debt free. It's hard to go out of business when a company has no debt. If you can find a debt free company selling below book value (the value of the stock if the company goes out of business today, everything the company owns is sold off, and the company liquidates, with distributions to all shareholders), then it is very hard to go out of business.

And if the company has no debt and is selling below its cash per share, then it is extremely difficult to go out of business. Management would have to be spending money like a drunken sailer for that to happen (or the company could have reported fictitious numbers e.g. Enron).

So I take notice when I find stocks with no debt or very little debt and selling below cash per share. The cash per share is basically all the company's cash on hand and cash equivalents, divided by the number of shares of the company. If the company went out of business immediately, couldn't sell off any of its equipment, real estate, inventory, or other assets, and had cash per share to distribute to shareholders that exceeded the price of the stock currently, then a profit is almost guaranteed.

One example is Payment Data Systems (PYDS), a provider of integrated electronic payment processing services. The stock closed at 2.35 per share on Friday, yet has 5.40 per share in cash, a 3.05 discount to cash, or on a percentage basis, a 56.5% discount. The company trades at six times cash flow, and has a reasonable price to sales ratio of 1.78.

Another example is Emerson Radio (MSN), a marketer of houseware and consumer electronic products. The stock is trading at 1.04 per share on Friday, yet has 1.78 per share in cash, a 41.6% discount to cash per share. The company has a price to earnings ratio of 20.8, and an extremely favorable price to sales ratio of 0.43.

For a list of a dozen stocks that are trading below cash and are debt free or almost debt free, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Keep in mind that most of these stocks are very low cap, and low priced, so therefore are very speculative.

Top 9 Stocks Under $10 per Share

Investors seem to love low priced stocks, due to the fact that perceived potential gains from price movements appear to be higher than high priced stocks. After all, a ten cent rise on a one dollar stock is 10%, ten cent gain on a $10 stock is only 1%, and an increase of 10 cents on a hundred dollar stock is only one tenth of a percent.

The fact is that high priced stocks can move just as much on a percentage basis as low priced stocks. Yet investors still want the low prices.

When looking for quality low priced stocks to buy, investors generally look for several factors from a fundamental standpoint. They are:

1. The stock sells for less than $10 per share.
2. The stock has a price to earnings ratio under 20.
3. The stock has a forward P/E ratio less than 20.
4. The stock has a price to earnings growth ratio under 2.
5. The stock has no debt or low debt to equity.
6. And to top it off, the stock pays a dividend.

The following nine stocks have all these features, and deserve a closer look.

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E	Price	Yield
Crown Crafts, Inc.	CRWS	84.90M	14.39	8.49	3.80%
Digirad Corporation	DRAD	104.87M	4.91	5.40	3.40%
Evolving Systems Inc.	EVOL	63.13M	16.88	5.40	8.10%
Heritage Oaks Bancorp	HEOP	291.72M	18.06	8.49	2.90%
Leju Holdings Limited	LEJU	781.03M	14.50	5.80	13.30%
Magic Software Enterprises Ltd.	MGIC	256.79M	16.23	5.68	3.30%
MiX Telematics Limited	MIXT	168.00M	11.98	5.03	3.70%
Pzena Investment Management	PZN	638.03M	18.96	9.67	1.30%
Supreme Industries Inc.	STS	129.91M	12.53	7.77	1.50%

What is interesting is that all these little gems have yields in excess of 1.25%. Keep in mind that the market cap on these companies is low. If you like interesting stock lists like this, check out many of the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of November

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.

Dominion Resources	D	11/23/2015	3.6%
Hershey Company	HSY	11/23/2015	2.6%
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.	SMG	11/23/2015	2.8%
Arctic Cat	ACAT	11/24/2015	2.5%
Lexmark International Inc.	LXK	11/24/2015	4.4%
Myers Industries	MYE	11/24/2015	3.7%
NextEra Energy, Inc.	NEE	11/24/2015	3.0%
Oceaneering International	OII	11/24/2015	2.4%
Assurant, Inc.	AIZ	11/25/2015	2.5%
Bank of Hawaii	BOH	11/25/2015	2.7%

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

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of November

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.

Aflac	AFL	11/16/2015	2.6%
Apartment Investment & Mgt	AIV	11/16/2015	3.0%
Chevron Corp	CVX	11/16/2015	4.8%
Consolidated Edison	ED	11/16/2015	3.9%
Eastern Co.	EML	11/16/2015	2.7%
NEWTEK Business Services	NEWT	11/16/2015	11.9%
Target	TGT	11/16/2015	2.9%
Applied Materials	AMAT	11/17/2015	2.4%

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

Great Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays

Have you seen the Christmas shopping ads on TV lately? Start your holiday shopping now and consider some books on stocks and investing. Here is a selection of the top selling books relating to the stock market, Wall Street, and business in general.

Investment Scams

The Wolf of Wall Street

Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison

The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, A Widow's New Life

Chasing Madoff

Betrayal: The Life and Lies of Bernie Madoff


Books about Warren Buffett

Trade Like Warren Buffett 

How to Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett: Profiting from the Bargain Hunting Strategies of the World's Greatest Value Investor

The Buffettology Workbook: Value Investing The Warren Buffett Way

J. K. Lasser's Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett

The Warren Buffett Portfolio: Mastering the Power of the Focus Investment Strategy


Books by Ken Fisher

Markets Never Forget (But People Do): How Your Memory Is Costing You Money-and Why This Time Isn't Different

The Only Three Questions That Still Count: Investing By Knowing What Others Don't

The Ten Roads to Riches: The Way the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)


Books by James Altucher

Choose Yourself!

I Was Blind But Now I See: Time to Be Happy

Trade Like Warren Buffett

Trade Like a Hedge Fund: 20 Successful Uncorrelated Strategies & Techniques to Winning Profits 


Books by Tim Ferriss

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich (Expanded and Updated)

The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman


Jim Cramer's Books

Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even

Jim Cramer's Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World

Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer)

Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich

Confessions of a Street Addict

You Got Screwed! Why Wall Street Tanked and How You Can Prosper


Other Great Investment Books:


The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel 

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder

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

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

Stock Trader's Almanac 2016

Another Boring, Derivative, Piece of Crap Business Book: MakeThe First Basic Leap In Work in 100 Years, Laughing All The Way

The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need