Top Tax Selling Stocks Selling Below Cash per Share

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by Fred Fuld III

A tax selling stock is a stock that is currently selling for a low price but was trading at much higher levels earlier in the year.

What is Tax Harvesting?

As the year-end approaches, many investors use the strategy called tax harvesting , which is selling stocks the have tanked to offset any gains that may have been established sometime during the year.

With strong selling, the price of stocks that have had big drops tends to fall far more than what would normally take place during the rest of the year.

So traders and investors are on the lookout for stocks that are heavily hit, hoping for a little (or big) bounce in January, once the tax selling is over.

What is Cash per Share?

But if you can find a stock that is selling below cash per share, you have a double bonus. The cash per share is the amount of cash the company has divided by the number of shares.

So if you are looking for these types of stocks, see below for a selection of some that have dropped by over 50% year-to-date. Most have low market capitalizations so they should be considered speculative. However, all of these stocks are selling below cash per share.

What is the Price to Book Ratio?

In addition, they all have a price to book ratio of less than one. The Price toBook ratio, in simple terms, is what each share would be worth if the company went out of business today and all assets sold off. The lower the ratio, the better. And if the number is less than one, it means that each share is worth more than the assets.

Here is the list. Dropped more than 50% this year, selling below cash per share, low priced to book ratio, and a price to sales ratio of less than one. All are United States based companies.

List of Tax Selling Stocks

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.	ACOR
Peabody Energy Corporation	BTU
Cumulus Media Inc.	CMLS

For a list of over 10 tax selling stocks selling below cash per share, go HERE.

Just remember, these stocks may be trading at a very low price for a reason. 

Happy investing.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First 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.

Idacorp	IDA	11/3/2014	3.2%
MDC Holdings	MDC	11/3/2014	3.8%
MidPenn Bancorp	MPB	11/3/2014	2.6%
Markwest Energy	MWE	11/3/2014	5.0%
Northfield Bancorp	NFBK	11/3/2014	2.0%
First Source	SRCE	11/3/2014	2.5%

WSI Industries, Inc.	WSCI	11/3/2014	2.6%
Xilinx	XLNX	11/3/2014	2.7%
Banco Bradesco S.A.	BBDO	11/4/2014	2.3%
Peabody Energy	BTU	11/4/2014	3.3%
Cardinal Financial	CFNL	11/4/2014	2.2%
Calamos Asset Mgmt	CLMS	11/4/2014	5.1%
Dime Bancorp	DCOM	11/4/2014	3.8%

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.

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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 Reporting Earnings Tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan 29

Stocks reporting earnings tomorrow, Tuesday, January 29.

AK Steel Holding (AKS)

Amazon.com (AMZN)

Broadcom Corp. (BRCM)

Corning Inc. (GLW)

Crane Co. (CR)

DR Horton (DHI)

Dolby Laboratories (DLB)

Ford Motor Company (F)

Harley-Davidson (HOG)

International Paper (IP)

Illinois Tool Works (ITW)

Peabody Energy (BTU)

Pentair (PNR)

Pfizer Inc. (PFE)

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

British Use Feces for Power

Residents of the town of Oxfordshire, England will be the first in the country to use what they flush down their toilets to power their homes. The sewage will be converted to biomethane which will be used in the national grid. British Gas, Thames Water and Scotia Gas Networks are involved in the project.

Methane is a greenhouse gas with global warming potential; however, it is one of the cleanest burning fuels, as it is the purest form of natural gas and is much cleaner than burning coal. The sources of methane gas are natural gas fields, decaying organic wastes of solid waste landfills, such as manure, wastewater sludge, municipal solid waste and landfills, and coal deposits from coal bed methane extraction.

Coalbed methane generally consists of at least 95% methane unlike natural gas, which has methane plus significant quantities of other fuels and gases. The heavy hydrocarbons need to be extracted before the natural gas is distributed, but methane can be used as fuel immediately. Methane from coalbed reservoirs can be recovered economically, since it is located in shallow coal seams.

CONSOL Energy (CNX), one of the methane gas pioneers, produces coalbed methane gas from its coal properties in the Northern and the Central Appalachian basin which it resells to wholesalers, and also develops oil and gas from properties in the Appalachian and Illinois Basins. They are also involved in the mining of steam coal and metallurgical coal. The stock has a PE ratio of 19, and a yield of 1.0%.

Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) produces coalbed methane, mines for coal, and develops mine-mouth coal-fueled generating plants. In addition, they convert coal to natural gas and other fuels. The stock has a PE of 26, and a yield of 0.5%.

Range Resources Corp. (RRC), which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, produces coal bed methane, and oil and gas in the eastern portion of the United States. The stock has a PE of 149, and a yield of 0.4%.

Big Cat Energy Corporation (BCTE.OB) has patented technology, called the ARID Tool, which is an aquifer recharge injection device. It allows coal bed methane extractors to re-inject water produced from producing coal seams. The stock recently generated negative earnings of 2 cents per share. This is an extremely low cap stock and should therefore be considered extremely speculative.

Far East Energy Corporation (FEEC.OB) is a Houston, Texas based company which explores for, develops, and markets coalbed methane gas in the Shanxi Province in northern China and in the Yunnan Province in southern China. The stock recently generated negative earnings of 8 cents per share. This is an extremely low cap stock and should therefore be considered extremely speculative.

Gastar Exploration, Ltd. (GST) explores for and develops coal bed methane property in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana. They also explore and develop oil and gas properties in North America and Australia. The stock has a forward PE of 42. The stock trades on the American Stock Exchange.

Waste Management Inc. (WMI), which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, is the largest waste services company in the United States. They are in the process of building methane gas to electricity plants at 60 landfills. Their facilities will be built in Colorado, New York, Texas, Virginia, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin. The stock has a PE of 17, and a yield of 3.5%.

If you like methane gas stocks, you should also look at the free lists of natural gas utility stocks and other green stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

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

By Stockerblog.com

It's a Dirty Business but Someone's Got to Invest In It: Coal

Coal has taken a bad rap for many years, primarily due to the environmental impact of its use as a fuel. In spite of its adverse issues, it is still being heavily used. How much? Check out the following facts:

1. Coal is the largest single source of fuel in the world for the generation of electricity.
2. 75% of coal is used for the production of electricity.
3. The US consumes about one billion tons of coal each year.
4. China and India use about 1.7 billion tons annually.
5. Coal is the fastest growing energy source in the world.
6. China was the top producer of coal with almost one-third of the world's share.
7. US is the second largest producer of coal.
8. The largest exporter of coal is Australia.
9. Coal is found on all continents except Antarctica.
10. There is enough coal to provide the entire planet with all of its energy for 155 years, 285 years, or 600 years, depending on what source you use.

Here are several coal companies, all of which pay dividends.

Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) mines and sells low sulfur coal, with 2.9 billion tons of coal reserves and mining operations in Colorado, Kentucky, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The P/E is 43 and the company generates a yield of 1.7%.

CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX) mines and sells steam coal primarily to electric power generators. It is also in the business of producing metallurgical coal. The P/E is 17, and the yield is 1.2%.

Massey Energy Co. (MEE) produces, processes, and sells steam and metallurgical grade bituminous coal. The company recently reported negative earnings and the yield is 0.8%.

Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) owns 40 coal operations in the United States and Australia, with about 10.2 billion tons in reserves.. This St. Louis, Missouri based company has been around since 1883. The stock has a P/E of 23 and it pays a small dividend of 0.6%.

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (YZC) This Chinese company mines and sells coal in China and Australia. The stock has a P/E of 16. The stock yields 1.5% and has paid dividends annually for ten years.

If you like dividend stocks, such as electric and gas utilities, check out the dividend stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com.