Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third 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, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Hanesbrands Inc. (HBI)	11/13/2017	0.15	2.84%
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BUD)	11/14/2017	1.457	3.30%
Consolidated Edison Inc (ED)	11/14/2017	0.69	3.12%
Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)	11/14/2017	0.52	2.46%
Target Corporation (TGT)	11/14/2017	0.62	4.15%

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.

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.

Innovations in the Apparel Industry: Top Clothing Stocks

Many innovations are taking place in the apparel industry. For example, Chinese designers are using 3D fitting systems. Amazon (AMZN) just built a 40,000-square-foot photo and video studio for its Fashion group. And more clothing retailers are now starting to target plus-size buyers.

There are numerous stocks in the clothing and apparel field, several of which pay dividends, according to the free list at WallStreetNewNetwork.com. An example is Hanesbrands Inc. (HBI), which sells underwear to hosiery to bras. The brands include Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Just My Size, L’eggs, Wonderbra, and Zorba. The stock trades at 17.8 times trailing earnings and 14.8 times future earnings. The price to earnings growth ratio is a reasonable 1.15, and the stock sports a yield of 1.3%. Recently announced earnings showed an increase of 14% on relatively flat revenues.

Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) pays a yield of 1.0%. It markets various apparel products including men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, footwear, and eyewear. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 20.9 and a forward PE of 16.5. The PEG ratio is 1.65.

Oxford Industries (OXM)  designs, and distributes apparel products through four primary groups: Tommy Bahama, Lilly Pulitzer, Lanier Clothes, and Ben Sherman. Brands include Kenneth Cole, Dockers, and Geoffrey Beene. The stock has a fairly high PE at 31.4 and a forward PE of 19.9. The stock yields 1.0%.

 Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM), which designs, produces, and sells outdoor apparel and footwear, yields 1.4%.

For a list of all the  clothing and apparel stocks, which includes over two dozen companies, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

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

By Stockerblog.com 

Eva Longoria Stock Index Outperforms the Dow Jones Industrial Average

If you read the weekend edition of The Wall Street Journal, you would have noticed the front page article about famous Desperate Housewives actress, Eva Longoria, and her political activism. She was co-chair of President Obama's re-election campaign and was on stage with the president during the inauguration.

She has had a very successful career, winning several awards for her television roles in Housewives and The Young and the Restless. In addition, she is a successful businesswoman, working as celebrity spokesperson for several products, and even came out with her own perfume, Eva by Eva Longoria.

Because of her fame, her product endorsements and connections to businesses can have an effect on company revenues. The stock prices of these companies can be built into a stock index, which can be compared to stock prices in general. You would find that we first started tracking Eva Longoria stocks back in 2007 and 2008.

If you look at the share prices of the companies Longoria is connected to and built into an index, you would find that since July of 2007, the Eva Index is up 21.7% versus the Dow Jones Industrial Average which was up only 4.3%. The components of the Eva Longoria Stock Index are listed below along with her connections.

Hanes (HBI) celebrity endorsement

New York & Company (NWY) celebrity endorsement

BEBE (BEBE) SPORT celebrity endorsement

Pepsi (PEP) celebrity endorsement

Starred in Desperate Housewives produced by ABC Television owned by Disney (DIS), also starred in ABC's remake of Dragnet

Microsoft (MSFT) 'I'm a PC' television commercial cameo appearance celebrity endorsement

Assumptions:
This is price-weighted index, similar to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Dividends were included.

Check out additional celebrity stock indices such as Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum, and Angelina Jolie, along with numerous other celebrity stock indexes.

Disclosure: Author owns DIS.

Picture courtesy of the US Department of Labor. No celebrity endorsement expressed or implied.

Charlie Sheen Stock Index Outperforms the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Unless you never watch TV, never listen to the news on the radio, and never look at magazine covers, you know who Charlie Sheen is. Star of the extremely popular TV show Two and a Half Men, earning around 1.8 million dollars an episode, he has been in the news daily during the last couple weeks due to the disagreement between him and the show's producers regarding the cancellation of the show. Sheen's outspoken comments have made headlines, and he has been the guest on several talk shows. So it is only fitting that we look at the companies that have a connection to Charlie Sheen to see how their stocks have performed.

Stockerblog.com was the original developer and creator of numerous celebrity stock indexes, including the Paris Hilton Stock Index, the Gisele Bunchen Stock Index, the Heidi Klum Stock Index, and the Angelina Jolie Stock Index. Now it is time for the Charlie Sheen Stock Index, details of which can be found at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Based on the companies that have some connection to Sheen, the Sheen Index has outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average, since the beginning of this year, the beginning of last year, the beginning of 2009, and the beginning of 2008. As a matter of fact, since the February 24 radio broadcast of the Charlie Sheen interview hosted by Alex Jones, the Charlie Sheen Stock Index rose 2.0% versus only 0.8% for the Dow.

Two and a Half Men, which I consider the funniest show on television, has ranked in the top 20 television shows since 2003, and last year garnered almost 15 million viewers. The show is broadcast on CBS (CBS) and is rerun on the CW Network which is 50% owned by CBS, along with Warner Bros., a division of Time Warner (TWX). CBS trades at 23 times current earnings and 12.5 times forward earnings, and pays a small dividend of 0.9%. If you are looking for high income, you could consider the CBS Corporation New Senior Note (CPV), which yields a generous 6.6%, payable quarterly. Earnings for the latest quarter were up an amazing 381.3% (could a lot of that be due to Two and a Half?) over the same quarter last year.

The show is filmed at Warner Bros. Studios and Warner Bros. Television is one of the production companies. Time Warner has a price to earnings ratio of 16.6 and forward PE of 12. It generates a decent yield of 2.5%. Earnings for the latest quarter were up 21.9%.

Charlie Sheen did an outstanding job of portraying Bud Fox in the classic stock market movie Wall Street, and along with Michael Douglas, made the movie a blockbuster hit which is still popular today. Sheen even appeared in the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Both movies were produced by 20th Century Fox, a subsidiary of News Corporation (NWS) (NWSA). News Corp. has a PE of 14.7, a forward PE of 13.5, and yields 0.9%.

In terms of celebrity endorsements, Sheen appeared in commercials and print ads for the Comfortsoft line of Hanes undershirts for Hanesbrands Inc. (HBI). Although the ads were dropped last year, Hanes may still benefit from them (an alternative to bowling shirts). Hanesbrands trades at 11.8 times current earnings, and has a forward PE of 8.6.

Sheen is now sending out tweets on Twitter, thanks to the help of Ad.ly. Unfortunately, Twitter and Ad.ly are not currently publicly traded companies. However, Charlie and one of his girlfriends, Rachel Oberlin, have promoted Naked Juice, a product owned by Pepsico (PEP) on Twitter. Pepsico has a PE of 16 and yields 3.0%.

In regard to performance of the Charlie Sheen Stock Index, it is up 6.2% so far this year versus 4.3% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Since the beginning of 2010, the Sheen Index was up 21.1% versus 15.0% for the Dow, and from the beginning of 2009, Sheen was up an incredible 65.0% versus only 34.7% for the Dow.

To see a free list of all the stocks in the Charlie Sheen Stock Index, along with financials and the connection to Sheen, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written. No celebrity endorsement is expressed or implied. No investment recommendations are expressed or implied.

By Stockerblog.com

Rice Bras May Give Victoria's Secret and Hanes a Run for the Money

The Triumph bra manufacturing company in Japan has come out with their annual unique brassiere, and this year is a great one for women who like to garden. It is called the "Grow-Your-Own Rice Bra", and allows the wearer to grow rice out of the pot cups while wearing them. Watch out Victoria's Secret (LTD), Frederick's of Hollywood (FOH), and Hanes (HBI).

The Cougar Stock Portfolio? Lingerie Sales Up Due to Cougars

With all the popularity of the Cougar Town TV show staring Courtney Cox, and the Sex and the City movies, lingerie sales have increased dramatically, especially at the Debenhams (DBHMY.PK) clothing store in London. According to a study by the retail chain, purchases by woman over 40 are way up during the last six month.

Maybe we should set up a 'Cougar Portfolio', which would include such companies as Limited Brands (LTD), which owns Victoria's Secret. The stock has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 14, a price earnings to growth ratio of 1.33, and pays a decent yield of 2.2%.

Hanesbrands Inc. (HBI), owns several brands including Wonderbra, L’eggs, and Playtex. The stock has a forward PE ratio of 10.3, and has an excellent PEG ratio of 0.33.

Frederick's of Hollywood (FOH), is the seductive lingerie company founded by Frederick Mellinger, inventor of the push-up bra, in 1946. The company recently generated negative earnings, but has a favorable Price Sales ratio of 0.18.

If you like interesting stock lists, check out many of the free downloadable Excel databases at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author owns FOH.

By Stockerblog.com