Thursday, September 22, 2016

Corporate Stock Earnings Announcements for Week 5 of September

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.
If earnings exceed analysts’ expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don’t move the way you would have expected.
Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.
Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:
Monday
CALM
CUK
CCL
THO
MTN
Tuesday
CTAS
FDS
INFO
NKE
Wednesday
BBRY
PAYX
PIR
WOR

Thursday
ACN
CAG
COST
PEP
Friday
MKC

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

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fifth Week of September

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.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Comm. CM 9/26/2016 4.9%
Cypress Semiconductor CY 9/27/2016 3.7%
Agrium AGU 9/28/2016 3.9%
BancFirst Corp BANF 9/28/2016 2.2%
Beasley Broadcast Group Inc BBGI 9/28/2016 3.4%
B&G Foods BGS 9/28/2016 3.6%
Brookfield Canada Office Properties BOXC  9/28/2016 4.7%
Chubb Corp CB 9/28/2016 2.1%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.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.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

A Capitalist’s Lament: How Wall Street Is Fleecing You and Ruining America

Rarely have I found a non-fiction book that is a page-turner, but the book A Capitalist’s Lament: How Wall Street Is Fleecing You and Ruining America is one of those books. The author, Leland Faust, goes into detail about how investors are being taken by Wall Street.
Don’t get the author wrong. He is not anti-capitalist, he is what I would call pro-moral capitalist (which is also how I would describe myself, by the way). He is just bringing to light all the ways that the average person is being taken advantage of, on a financial basis.
Although I am familiar with what he covers on a general basis, the author covers the specifics, everything from over charging to fraud. For example, Chapter 2, called Big Is Not Beautiful, is significantly devoted to Goldman Sachs. He points out 37 different instances of fines, security violations, and other issues of the firm.
Examples of some of the chapters that I found the most interesting are:
Fees and Sleaze: Welcome to the World of Hedge Funds
Stupid Predictions and Constant Hype
Myopia: Short Term Trading
Leveraging Yourself to Death
Fortunately, Faust has a resolution, which he covers in the last chapter, Protecting Yourself and Fixing the Wall Street Mess. If you are looking for a great Wall Street expose, I highly recommend A Capitalist’s Lament: How Wall Street Is Fleecing You and Ruining America.

Friday, September 16, 2016

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of September

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.
Apollo Investment CorporationAINV9/19/20169.7%
Cincinnati FinancialCINF9/19/20162.5%
FS Investment CorporationFSIC9/19/20169.1%
Gladstone InvestmentGAIN9/19/20168.1%
Gladstone CommercialGOOD9/19/20168.4%
Ituran Location & Control Ltd.ITRN9/19/20162.9%
KAR Auction Services IncKAR9/19/20162.7%
Gladstone Land CorporationLAND9/19/20164.2%
Seagate TechnologySTX9/19/20167.5%
The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.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.

Thursday, September 08, 2016

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of September

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.
El Paso Electric Co.EE9/12/20162.7%
Globe Specialty MetalsGSM9/12/20163.7%
Hewlett PackardHPQ9/12/20163.4%
H&R BlockHRB9/12/20163.6%
Navios Maritime AcquisitionNNA9/12/201613.8%
Public Storage   REITPSA9/12/20163.2%
PS Business Parks   REITPSB9/12/20162.7%
Renasant CorpRNST9/12/20162.1%
The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.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.

Exclusive Interview with Richard Schmitt the Creator of the Rebalance App

The following informative interview was provided by Richard Schmitt, author of the book 401(k) Day Trading and creator of the app Rebalance, which provides guidance on specific fund transfers that facilitate more frequent rebalancing or 401(k) day trading of retirement savings based on current stock market conditions.

Richard Schmitt is an Adjunct Professor teaching retirement planning at the Edward S. Ageno School of Business at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Putting into practice his background as a numbers guy in a world looking for the means to retire, he developed "401(k) Day Trading" as a better way for individuals to manage their retirement savings in an uncertain market. Lately his word has been spreading through features on Fox Business, ReutersTV, TheStreet, Business Talk Radio, KMA, and KCBS, among other media outlets.

Having worked in the retirement plan industry since the origin of 401(k) plans, Mr. Schmitt has assisted companies in the design, implementation, and administration of 401(k), 403(b), 457, and other retirement savings plans for over 25 years. Before joining academia, he managed corporate compensation and benefit plans for a couple of the largest U.S. companies based in Silicon Valley. He also served other Fortune 500 companies' retirement plans as a senior consultant at major international consulting firms. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and an Enrolled Actuary.

We cover a lot in this interview, including:

  • How 401k Day Trading works
  • Comparing daily rebalancing to quarterly or annual rebalancing
  • The superior performance of trading daily
  • How the Rebalance app works
  • The difference between time-based rebalancing and 401(k) day trading


The Interview

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Resources

The book:

401(k) Day Trading: The Art of Cashing in on a Shaky Market in Minutes a Day

The website:

www.401kdaytrading.com


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Monday, September 05, 2016

A Thirst for Desalination Stocks

Salt Island Mono Lake
Availability of water is a major concern for all the states in the southwest, after going through a major drought. But it is not just a problem in the US; water scarcity is a problem for many countries around the world, especially in the Middle East. Water desalination, also referred to as desalinization and desalinisation, could be one of the leading industries in the next decade. It is the process of filtering out salt and other mineral from salt water so that it can be used for human consumption.
Some major companies, such as Siemens (SI) and General Electric (GE) have water desalination divisions that are only a small part of their businesses, but there are other companies which are more of a desalination pure play.
According to our list of water purification and desalination stocks here, there are over a dozen companies involved in the treatment of water, and several of them have specifically targeted desalination.
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd (CWCO) is one of the purer plays in the sector. It operates seawater desalination plants and other water services in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda, using reverse osmosis technology to convert seawater to drinkable water. The stock trades at 24 times trailing earnings and 19 times forward earnings. The company pays a decent yield of 2.4%. It has been paying quarterly dividends since 1996.
Tetra Tech (TTEK) designs and builds desalination systems that use seawater, brackish water, and reclaimed wastewater sources to help increase water supply, and has been designing desalination plants in Florida since the 1990s. It also designed the first California desalination plant, the Corona Temescal Desalter. The stock has a forward price to earnings ratio of 17, and sports a yield of 0.9%. The company has increased its dividend every year during the last three years.
To see an Excel list of all the stocks involved in desalination and purification, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go here.
Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.
By Stockerblog.com

Saturday, September 03, 2016

Corporate Earnings Announcements for Week 2 of September

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings this week.

If earnings exceed analysts' expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don't move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:

Monday

n/a

Tuesday

CASY
PLAY
MRVL
SCWX



Wednesday

ABM
FCEL
HPE
JW-A
VAL
VRNT

Thursday

BKS
DCI
FNSR
KFY
NAV
SAIC


Friday

BRC
EROS
HOV
KR


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