Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of July


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.


Darden Restaurants DRI 7/8/2015 3.1%
Ennis, Inc. EBF 7/8/2015 3.9%
Manhattan Bridge Capital Inc. LOAN 7/8/2015 7.5%
OGE Energy OGE 7/8/2015 3.4%
Potash Corp POT 7/8/2015 5.0%
RAIT Financial Trust RAS 7/8/2015 11.0%
UDR Inc. UDR 7/8/2015 3.4%
Verizon VZ 7/8/2015 4.7%
WGL Holdings WGL 7/8/2015 3.4%
Gold Resource Corp GORO 7/9/2015 4.1%
U.S. Global Investors GROW 7/9/2015 8.5%
KKR Income Opportunities Fund KIO 7/9/2015 9.4%
Universal Corp UVV 7/9/2015 3.6%


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.

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.

Monday, June 29, 2015

Books Worth Reading Over the July 4 Weekend

A long weekend is coming up for most of us, and it would be a great time to start some news books. Here is a large selection of books about investing scams, the stock market, investing, 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:


Code Red: How to Protect Your Savings From the Coming Crisis

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)

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

Stock Trader's Almanac 2014 (Almanac Investor Series)

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?

Friday, June 26, 2015

Get the book Stock Market Trivia for Free

"It is refreshingly different and very fun. It is very much out of the ordinary and unusual." ~ Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher Investments, Forbes columnist, billionaire, and author
Who said Wall Street is boring? Do you know what stock traded for over a million dollars a share, the stock that had the symbol OO, or the stock that paid $8.5 million for a domain name? The book, Stock Market Trivia has this information and much, much more unusual and fascinating financial trivia.

Written by financial historian Fred Fuld III, Stock Market Trivia is a compilation of numerous interesting facts about Wall Street and the stock market. The book covers everything from the billionaire investor who was in a soap opera to Baby Bonds to Wall Street jokes to the stock that owned a rock that had George Washington's graffiti on it. It is an easy read that would make a great gift for the person who invests in the stock market. The paperback version of the book, available at Amazon.com, normally retails for $19.95.

However, it is currently being offered by Amazon for free if you have KindleUnlimited. I believe this is a limited time offer, so if you haven't read the book already, click on the following link, then click on Kindle $0.00 KindleUnlimited.


Thursday, June 25, 2015

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of July


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.

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American Eagle Outfitters AEO 7/1/2015 2.8%
Brandywine Realty BDN 7/1/2015 4.4%
Mack-Cali Realty Corp CLI 7/1/2015 3.1%
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Kimco Realty Corp KIM 7/1/2015 4.1%
River Valley Bancorp RIVR 7/1/2015 4.0%
Superior Industries SUP 7/1/2015 3.8%
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS 7/2/2015 4.1%
Erie Indemnity ERIE 7/2/2015 3.3%
Kite Realty Group KRG 7/2/2015 4.2%
Terreno Realty Corp TRNO 7/2/2015 3.2%
WSI Industries, Inc. WSCI 7/2/2015 2.6%

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.

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.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Best Selling Free Real Estate Investing Books

There is a great benefit to owning an Amazon (AMZN) Kindle. You can get a lot of free books on real estate investing and stock market investing. Generally these books are available for a short period of time, so I recommend that if you have any interest at all in these books, you should get them right away before Amazon starts charging for them. Here are some to the best 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






Top Selling Investment Books

If you want some reading material for the July 4 weekend, you should take a look at the best selling  books on Amazon relating to investing.

You should be aware that the last one on this list sells for over $200.

Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate


Mindset: The New Psychology of Success


The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)


Flash Boys


Quantitative Technical Analysis: An integrated approach to trading system development and trading management


Essentials of Investments, 9th Edition