Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of March

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.

Parkway Properties  REIT	PKY	3/14/2016	5.7%
T. Rowe Price	TROW	3/14/2016	3.2%
Mercury General	MCY	3/15/2016	4.7%
Methanex	MEOH	3/15/2016	3.8%
Medical Properties Trust REIT	MPW	3/15/2016	7.9%
Navios Maritime Acquisition	NNA	3/15/2016	10.5%
South Jersey Industries	SJI	3/15/2016	4.0%
Western Union	WU	3/15/2016	3.6%
American Railcar Industries	ARII	3/16/2016	4.3%

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.

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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

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of June

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.

Broadridge Financial Solutions	BR	6/15/2015	2.0%
Chemung Financial Corp.	CHMG	6/15/2016	3.9%
Cincinnati Financial	CINF	6/15/2017	3.6%
Huntington Bancshares	HBAN	6/15/2018	2.2%
Ituran Location & Control Ltd.	ITRN	6/15/2019	5.5%
Renasant Corp	RNST	6/15/2020	2.3%
First Financial Corp	THFF	6/15/2021	2.8%
Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc	AFT	6/16/2015	6.4%
Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc	AIF	6/16/2016	8.5%
Altra Holdings, Inc.	AIMC	6/16/2017	2.1%
Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund	ARDC	6/16/2018	8.7%
American Railcar Industries	ARII	6/16/2019	2.9%
BlackRock Kelso Capital Corporation	BKCC	6/16/2020	8.9%
CM Finance Inc	CMFN	6/16/2021	10.4%
Earthlink, Inc.	ELNK	6/16/2022	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 Trading Below Cash per Share

If you can find a stock trading below its cash per share, you have a bargain. If the stock has no debt or little debt, then it is a better bargain. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has just updated their list of stocks that are trading below their cash per share and have market caps above $100 million.

The cash per share is calculated by taking all the cash in banks of the company and dividing that number by the total shares outstanding. So if the company has $10 million in cash, and has 1 million shares outstanding, the cash per share is $10. If the stock trades for $5, then the Cash per Share Price ratio would be 2. The higher the number, the bigger the discount.

In this example, if the company went out of business today and had no debt, all investors would double their money plus receive a pro rata share of the sale of all the other assets of the company. In a way, it almost creates a base or floor for the price of the stock, because eventually the company will be noticed by either investors who will buy shares of the stock driving up the price or other companies who will attempt a take-over of the company.

Some of the companies that show up on the list include:

Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (ACTS), a Chinese semiconductor company, has 3.14 in cash per share and sells for only 2.20 per share. In addition, the company is debt free.

American Railcar Industries (ARII) makes and sells hopper and tank railcars. The stock sells for about 12.75, yet the company has 15.04 in cash per share. The company does have some debt, $275 million, which is less than the cash they have on the books.

To see all the other stocks that are trading below cash, several of which are debt free, you can download a free Excel database of Stocks Trading Below Cash at wsnn.com.

When going through this list, be careful of the ratios you see for the financial and investment companies, since the amount of cash for the financials is generally much higher than the cash balance of other sectors, due to the accounting of customer deposits.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com