Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of May

  Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. 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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BCB Bancorp	BCBP	5/5	4.2%
BankFinancial	BFIN	5/5	3.5%
Comtech Telecommunications	CMTL	5/5	3.8%
Capital Product Partners L.P.	CPLP	5/5	8.8%
First Energy	FE	5/5	4.2%

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American Electric Power	AEP	5/7	3.8%
American Software	AMSWA	5/7	4.3%
Boston Private Financial	BPFH	5/7	2.6%
Brookline Bancorp	BRKL	5/7	3.8%
Cedar Shopping Centers	CDR	5/7	3.3%
Janus Capital Group	JNS	5/7	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.

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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 Second Week of February

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. 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. In flat or choppy markets, you have to be extremely careful.

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 Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. The list contains many dividend paying companies, all with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the market capitalization, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NMM) market cap: $797.3M ex div date: 2/7/2011 yield: 8.8%

AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (APU) market cap: $2.9B ex div date: 2/8/2011 yield: 5.7%

Cedar Shopping Centers Inc (CDR) market cap: $392.6M ex div date: 2/9/2011 yield: 6.1%

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) market cap: $24.1B ex div date: 2/9/2011 yield: 5.4%

Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) market cap: $40.1B ex div date: 2/11/2011 yield: 5.6%

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 the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

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.

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 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.

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 article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

Earnings Surprise Stocks (and Low Priced, Pay Dividends)

So what is an earnings surprise stock, you might ask? It is a company that has exceeded its (or missed its) earnings estimate by a certain percentage. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has turned up a list of stocks that exceeded their estimates by more than 20%. In addition, all these stocks pay dividends and sell for less than $10 per share. Shown below is the earnings surprise, the yield, and recent price.

Cogdell Spencer Inc. (CSA) +166.67% yield: 5.01% $7.97

Bank Mutual Corporation (BKMU) +100.00% yield: 3.96% $7.17

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers (AEA) +77.78% yield: 3.81% $6.71

Cedar Shopping Centers Inc (CDR) +74.07% yield: 4.35% $7.84

EarthLink, Inc. (ELNK) +57.14% yield: 6.40% $8.64

Inland Real Estate Corporation (IRC) +45.83% yield: 5.80% $9.35

BGC Partners, Inc. (BGCP) +29.63% yield: 3.66% $6.50

Himax Technologies, Inc. (HIMX) +27.66% yield: 9.23% $3.16

Resource Capital Corp. (RSO) +21.43% yield: 14.03% $6.79

If you like interesting stock lists like this, you should check out all the lists, especially the high dividend lists, at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com