Stocks Going Ex Dividend in April 2021

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  The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy 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 in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy 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 many with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount.

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)	4/6/2021	0.25	1.85%
General Mills, Inc. (GIS)	4/8/2021	0.51	3.35%
WD-40 Company (WDFC)	4/15/2021	0.72	0.94%
Clorox Company (CLX)	4/20/2021	1.11	2.30%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)	4/22/2021	0.59	1.30%
Scholastic Corporation (SCHL)	4/29/2021	0.15	1.99%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page 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 WStNN.com HERE . 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.

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.

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; affiliate links.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend in March 2020

Please note that this is a sister publication of WallStreetNewsNetwork ( https://WStNN.com ) and eventually everything on this site will be transferred over there.

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy 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.

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This technique generally works in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy 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 many with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount.

QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM)	3/4/2020	0.62	3.17%
General Motors Company (GM)	3/5/2020	0.38	4.84%
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)	3/5/2020	1.07	3.03%
MGM Resorts International (MGM)	3/9/2020	0.15	2.44%
HP Inc. (HPQ)	3/10/2020	0.176	3.22%
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC)	3/12/2020	0.40	6.14%
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS)	3/17/2020	0.79	5.42%
Tiffany & Co. (TIF)	3/19/2020	0.58	1.74%
Portland General Electric  (POR)	3/24/2020	0.385	2.83%
SkyWest, Inc. (SKYW)	3/30/2020	0.14	1.28%
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)	3/31/2020	0.23	2.16%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page 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 HERE . 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.

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, and affiliate links.

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Stocks Going Ex Dividend in October 2018

Please note that this is a sister publication of WallStreetNewsNetwork ( http://WStNN.com ) and eventually everything on this site will be transferred over there.

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy 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 in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy 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 many with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount, and annual yield.

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)	10/2/2018	0.19	2.06%
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX)	10/4/2018	0.50	1.85%
General Dynamics Corporation (GD)	10/4/2018	0.93	1.86%
Gap, Inc. (GPS)	10/9/2018	0.24	3.49%
Foot Locker, Inc. (FL)	10/18/2018	0.345	2.96%
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW)	10/23/2018	0.48	1.69%
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS)	10/31/2018	0.63	2.39%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page 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 HERE . 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.

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.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of October

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, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (A)	10/02/17	0.132	0.80%
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)	10/3/2017	0.157	1.56%
Gap, Inc. (GPS)	10/3/2017	0.23	3.14%
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)	10/4/2017	0.29	3.26%
American Express Company (AXP)	10/5/2017	0.35	1.44%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)	10/5/2017	0.15	7.79%

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 WStNN.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.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fifth Week of December

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, the dividend amount, and yield.

Cypress Semiconductor (CY)	12/27/2017	0.11	3.7%
Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY)	12/28/2019	0.005	1.2%
Dillard's, Inc. (DDS)	12/28/2031	0.07	0.4%
Amdocs Limited (DOX)	12/28/2032	0.195	1.3%
Inter Parfums, Inc. (IPAR)	12/28/2039	0.17	1.7%
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW)	12/28/2040	0.65	1.8%
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)	12/30/2016	0.275	1.5%
Gap, Inc. (The) (GPS)	12/30/2018	0.23	3.8%
Invacare Corporation (IVC)	12/30/2019	0.013	0.4%
Raytheon Company (RTN)	12/30/2020	0.733	2.0%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you haveWallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

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

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.

Why You Should Buy Stocks with a High Tax Rate

If you are looking for a short term speculation or a long term investment, you may want to look for stocks that are currently paying a high tax rate. Why?

According to the Tax Policy Institute, President-Elect Donald Trump has proposed a substantially reduced rate of 15% for corporations. What that means for stocks is that if companies are currently paying taxes at a high rate, they will benefit significantly from tax savings that will flow to the bottom line.

Surprisingly there are some companies that have a tax rate in excess of 60% (e.g. Amazon (AMZN)), according to a report by Wallet Hub. This includes state taxes.

Here are some of the hight overall tax bracket stocks, which may warrant further investigation.

Comcast (CMCSA) 37.1%

Home Depot (HD) 36.4

Norfolk Southern (NSC) 36.3%

Altria (MO) 35.1%

Verizon (VZ) 34.9%

Emerson Electric (EMR) 34.3%

Do your homework and your own due diligence. Hopefully, a corporate tax break with benefit your portfolio.

Disclosure: Author owns AMZN.

How to Invest in the Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro had its opening ceremony yesterday, August 5, 2016, and will run until August 21. There will be over 207 nations participating with more than 10,000 athletes. The United States has already received its first gold medal for the women's 10-meter air rifle event.

In 2008, the Summer Olympics had the largest global viewership, and the highest peak viewer share in the world of any television broadcast. With that track record, if 2016 comes even close to that, it will been a boon to the companies connected with the Olympics.

Investors that are looking for a way to play the Olympics have several companies that they can choose from.

First, you have the airlines. United (UAL) is the official airline of the Olympics. LATAM Airlines (LFL ) serves the South American market and will be bringing a large number of passengers to Rio.

In terms of clothing and apparel, there is Ralph Lauren (RL) which made the Olympic outfits. Nike (NKE) is a proud sponsor, and we will be seeing many Nike shoes in several events. Under Armour (UA) is not an official sponsor but has made the uniforms for the US gymnastics teams, and should benefit from the publicity. Finally, there is Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), which markets various types of athletic apparel and exercise equipment. It is an official sponsor.

Next there is the media. The Olympics are being broadcast on the NBC television network, which is owned by Comcast (CMCSA). Media General (MEG) will have the Olympics aired on 13 of its NBC affiliates.

 Last but not least is Visa (V), an official sponsor, which is handling the Olympic payment system.

Hopefully, some of these stocks can provide a gold medal for your portfolio.

You can see an investment motif of Olympics Stocks at motifinvesting.com. If you like interesting stock lists like this, you should check out many of the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

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Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of January

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.

Comcast	CMCSA	1/5	1.55%
Comcast Corp Cl A Special	CMCSK	1/5	1.56%
Ennis, Inc.	EBF	1/5	5.20%
FEI Company	FEIC	1/5	1.11%
First of Long Island Corp	FLIC	1/5	3.67%
Gentex Corp	GNTX	1/5	1.77%
The Gap Inc.	GPS	1/5	1.90%
Oracle Corp	ORCL	1/5	1.07%
Raytheon Co.	RTN	1/5	2.24%

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.

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Heidi Klum Stock Index Outperforms

If you have watched any of the America's Got Talent TV show during the last month, you would have noticed the beautiful, intelligent, and well-spoken German American supermodel and businesswoman, Heidi Klum. She is one of the four judges on the show, along with Howie Mandel, Howard Stern, and Melanie "Mel B" Brown. America's Got Talent was the most successful show of this summer.

Klum is ranked as the second highest paid supermodel, after Gisele Bündchen. She has been the celebrity spokesperson for numerous products and companies. One thing that I have discovered after tracking celebrity stock indexes over the last several years, is that very successful actors and supermodels can have a very significant effect on the revenues of companies that the celebrities represent, which in turn, can affect the stock prices of those companies.

I have tracked the Heidi Klum Stock Index from 2007, and her index has outperformed the S&P 500 significantly, rising 104% since 2007 versus 41% for the stock market. She even discussed her index in an interview in 2008, by WowOWow, The Women on the Web.

Some of the stocks in her index are new connections for Klum, and some companies she is no longer connected with but she had a major influence on their products.

Components of the Heidi Klum Stock Index:

Mattel (MAT) Heidi Klum Barbie doll

McDonald's (MCD) celebrity spokesperson

Volkswagen A G (VLKAY) celebrity spokesperson, made a Beetle blush on a TV commercial

Target Corp. (TGT) TV commercial can be seen on YouTube

Procter Gamble Co. (PG) owner of the Braun shaving products business which she promoted

Nike Inc. (NKE) celebrity spokesperson

Dannon (DANOY) face of Dannon Light & Fit yogurt

H & M, also known as Hennes & Mauritz AB (HNNMY) the Swedish clothing company

Comcast (CMCSA) owner of NBC, which runs America's Got Talent on which Heidi Klum is a judge

You can see all the stocks in the Heidi Klum Stock Index at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Not only does America have talent, but Heidi Klum has business talent, both for herself and the companies she represents.

Disclosure: Author owns MCD and MAT.

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How to Get 5% on Your Money From Comcast

Do you get your cable service through Comcast? How would you like to get some of your cable fee back in the form of a yield of 5%? I'm not talking about buying the common stock of Comcast (CMCSA), which only pays a 1.7% yield.

What I'm talking about are the Comcast 5% Notes (CCV), also known as minibonds, that are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange with a current yield of 5.0%.  In case you missed the previous articles about minibonds, such as Goldman Sachs (GS) minibonds, or Banc of California minibonds, you should check them out.

The Comcast 5% Notes, have a maturity date of December 15, 2061, but is redeemable by Comcast on 12/15/17. The company pays interest of $0.3125 each quarter. These minibonds are currently trading at 25.00 per share.

Keep in mind the risks.  The distributions are interest and not dividends, so no dividend tax benefits. If interest rates go up, these will go down  in value. These are not like regular bonds, so there is no accrued interest between distribution dates. These have much lower liquidity than the common stock.

So what about the company that is backing these securities? The company reported strong earnings growth of 30.2% on a 13.7% rise in revenues for the latest quarter. The common stock trades at 19 times trailing earnings and 16 times forward earnings.

As long as you can accept the risks, especially the interest rate risk, you might want to consider these bank mini bonds, in order to help bring up your overall investment income. If you are interested in investments like this, your should check out the free stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com

How to Invest in Hockey

Viewers of the hockey events at the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi saw that Canada won gold medals for both men and women, and the United States garnered a silver medal for women's hockey. Since we are still in the middle of hockey season, investors are wondering if there is a way to play the hockey stock market. If you are looking to take a swing at hockey stocks, here are some worth watching.

Although a small part of their business, Bell Canada, a division of BCE Inc. (BCE), and Rogers Communications (RCE) own the Toronto Maple Leafs. BCE trades at 17 times earnings and yields 5.2%. Rogers Communications trades at 12 times earnings and pays a yield of 4.3%.

The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League is owned by a company called Comcast-Spectacor, of which 63% is owned by Comcast (CMCSA). They also own the Wells Fargo Center where hockey is played. Comcast has a price earnings ratio of 20 and a yield of 1.8%.

The New York Rangers are owned by the Madison Square Garden Company (MSG).  They also own the Madison Square Garden sports and entertainment arena and the Hartford Wolf Pack, an AHL professional hockey team. Madison Square Garden has a forward P/E of 29.

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) sells hockey equipment along with numerous types of other sporting goods. Dick’s has a P/E of 20 and a yield of 1.0%.

Sport Chalet Inc. (SPCHB) also sells hockey equipment along with other types of sporting goods including snowboarding, mountaineering, and SCUBA equipment. The company recently generated negative earnings. This is a very low cap stock that should be considered very speculative.

If you like sports related stocks, you should check out basketball stocks, tennis stocks, racecar motorsports stocks, and horse racing stocks.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Actress & Supermodel Stock Indexes Outperform the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Since 2007, I have been tracking the stocks connected to celebrities and put them in the form of celebrity stock indexes. (Is the plural of index indexes or indices? Actually, both are correct.) The connection can be anything from being the celebrity endorser for a company's products to starring in a film of a movie studio company. I recently updated the indexes for several actresses and supermodels, and the returns have been outstanding, compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Last week, I wrote about how the Gisele Bündchen Stock Index was up 93% since 2007, compared to the Dow which was up 27%. Gisele is the famous and wealthy fashion model and actress, who is also a celebrity endorser of many products.


One of the other entertainers with an index is Victoria Beckham, also known as Posh Spice. Her index was up 53% over the last seven years. A couple of her stocks include Iconix Brand Group (ICON), which owns Rocawear, the urban clothing label for which she provided a celebrity endorsement, and V.F. Corporation (VFC), which owns Rock and Republic Enterprises, Inc., which has a range of jeans and other clothing created by Victoria Beckham.


Angelina Jolie, who is considered to be the the country's highest paid actress, also has a significant return on her index, up 40.5%. Her stocks include LVMH Moët Hennessy (LVMUY), for which she was the face of Louis Vuitton in 2011, a campaign that reportedly earned her approximately $10 million. Other stocks in the index include the studios that distributed films she starred, such as Time Warner (TWX) and Comcast (CMCSA).


The supermodel Heidi Klum has an index that rose 90.5%. She has been the spokesperson for McDonalds (MCD), Target (TGT), and Nike (NKE).

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Nicole Kidman, who's index was up 53.9%, has starred in numerous films, and the motion picture distributors include Time Warner's (TWX) Warner Brother's which distributed Margot at the Wedding, The Invasion, Happy Feet, in which she did a voiceover, Eyes Wide Shut, Fur, plus the New Line Cinema division's The Golden Compass. Another Nicole stock is Disney (DIS). Its division, Miramax, distributed Cold Mountain, The Human Stain, and The Hours, all of which she starred in.

For a list of all the stocks in the celebrity stock indices, which includes the connection to the celebrity, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author owned MCD, TWX, and DIS at the time the article was written. Angelina Jolie picture courtesy US Government/ Wikipedia. No celebrity endorsement expressed or implied.

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There's No Business Like Show Business Stocks

Do you know what the number one activity is on Christmas Day (other than eating turkey)? Going to the movies. And this Christmas, there were many opening-day movies to choose from, including "Grudge Match" starring Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone, “The Hobbit”, “47 Ronin” with Keanu Reeves, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” with Ben Stiller, and of course the stock trader's favorite, Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

So how can the average investor participate in these blockbuster and other forms of entertainment? WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has a list of about a dozen entertainment related stocks, all of which pay dividends, with yields ranging from 1.9% to 5.9%.

One of these high yielders is Regal Entertainment Group (RGC), operator of the largest chain of theater circuits in the United States. This Knoxville, Tennessee based company trades at 17.6 times trailing earnings and 16.2 times forward earnings. Earnings for the latest quarter were up an incredible 212.9% year over year, on a great 17.3% rise in revenues. The company pays a very generous yield of 4.3%.

Another entertainment stock that pays a dividend is Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (CNK), which is the third largest theater chain. Trailing price to earnings ratio is 24.0, and the forward PE is 16.0. Quarterly earnings came through on this company also, rising 68.9% on a 19.8% revenue increase. The stock yields 3.0%.

Some of the cable stocks pay high yields, such as Comcast (CMCSA), yielding 1.5%, and Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJREF) paying 4.2%. To see other high yield entertainment stocks,go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

 By Stockerblog.com

Dividend Increasers for February

The stock market continues to move up, partially due to the fact that more companies are increasing their dividends. A rise in dividends generally means that the company is doing well. Here are some that have raised their dividends recently.

UPS (UPS) declared a quarterly dividend increase of 8.8%.

Phillips 66 (PSX) announced an increase in their dividend of 25%

Albemarle (ALB) boosted its quarterly dividend 20%

Comcast (CMSCA) also raised its quarterly dividend 20%

Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) raised its quarterly dividend by 12%

KKR (KKR) raised its quarterly dividend by an incredible 191.67%

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) increased its quarterly dividend 18.5%

Waste Management (WM) bumped up its quarterly dividend 2.8%

If you like stock lists like this, such as a list of stocks going ex-dividend, beer stocks, candy stocks, or coffee stocks, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Earnings Reports for Wednesday

The following companies are reporting earnings tomorrow:

Applied Materials (AMAT)

Angie's List (ANGI)

Comcast Corp. (CMCSA)

Cisco Systems (CSCO)

CenturyTel Inc. (CTL)

Deere & Co. (DE)

Dean Foods (DF)

Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS)

Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)

Furniture Brands (FBN)

Hyatt Hotels (H)

Henry Schein (HSIC)

Lorillard, Inc. (LO)

Mondelez International (MDLZ)

NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)

Rovi Corp. (ROVI)

Skechers (SKX)

Whole Foods Market (WFM)

Weight Watchers (WTW)

Zillow, Inc. (Z)

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Dumps Nike, B of A, and Comcast

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A) (BRK-B), the company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, has decided to to eliminate a couple of high profile names from its portfolio, including Nike (NKE), Bank of America (BAC), and Comcast (CMCSK). Buffett also got rid of Lowes (LOW), Becton Dickinson, (BDX), Nalco Holding (NLC), and Fiserv (FISV).

Also, he sold off all 3.4 million shares of Nestle (NSRGY.PK). After all, Berkshire Hathaway doesn't need it since it owns See's Candies. If you've never tried See's, you need to try the candy once if you get to the western United States. (Berkshire owns the entire See's company so you can't buy stock in it. You will just have to buy Berkshire shares if you want a piece of that candy.)

In case you think Buffett is soured on the market, since he eliminated eight of his positions, he has made a couple purchases, adding to positions of existing holdings.

Buffett bought 6.2 million additional shares of Wells Fargo (WFC), and is currently Berkshire's second largest holding. Wells trades at 9.3 times forward earnings and pays a yield of 0.6%. Earnings for the latest quarter were up 20.9% year over year.

The third largest holding of Berkshire is American Express (AXP). Buffett increased his holdings in this large financial institution by a whopping 149.6 million shares. American Express has a forward price to earnings ratio of 11.2 and sports a yield of 1.6%. Earnings for the latest quarter were up 48.3% versus the same quarter last year.

To see a free list of all the latest holdings of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. The stocks on this list have yields ranging up to 6.4%.

Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above stocks at the time the article was written.

By Stockerblog.com