Stocks Going Ex Dividend First Week of August 2013

  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, many 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.

First Commonwealth (FCF) 8/1/2013 3.2%

Global Partners L.P. (GLP) 8/1/2013 6.1%

KNOT Offshore Partners LP (KNOP) 8/1/2013 5.2%

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NOR) 8/1/2013 5.0%

National Resource Partners L.P. (NRP) 8/1/2013 10.3%

ONEOK Inc. (OKE) 8/1/2013 3.4%

Pope Resources L.P. (POPE) 8/1/2013 3.1%

Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP) 8/1/2013 4.5%

Star Gas Partners L.P. Unit LP (SGU) 8/1/2013 6.6%

Southern Company (SO) 8/1/2013 4.5%

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
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 Fifth Week of July

  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, many 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.

NiSource (NI) 7/29/2013 3.6%

Whitestone REIT (WSR) 7/30/2013 7.5%

Bank of Montreal (BMO) 7/30/2013 5.2%

Unitil Corp (UTL) 7/30/2013 4.8%

Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) 7/30/2013 4.2%

Hasbro Inc. (HAS) 7/30/2013 3.7%

Ames National (ATLO) 7/30/2013 2.8%

Epiq Systems (EPIQ) 7/30/2013 2.7%

Clorox Co. (CLX) 7/22/2013 3.5%

First Trust Exchange Traded Fd VI (MDIV) 7/23/2013 7.3%

Brookfield Canada Office Properties (BOXC) 7/29/2013 10.2%

Student Transportation Inc (STB) 7/29/2013 9.5%

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
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

Invest in Rare Earth Metals through Stocks

With the huge demand for scarce elements used in cellphones, superconductors, magnets, televisions, wind turbines, car batteries, luminescent materials, lasers, medical equipment, regenerative brakes, and radar, investors are looking for ways to invest in these rare earth metals, also known as rare earth minerals or rare earth elements.
Although they are relatively abundant, these elements are hard to mine due to the fact that they are dispersed and not often found concentrated. These rare metals group consists of Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium.
Lithium and manganese are often lumped in with rare earth metals due to their scarcity, but technically, they are not part of the rare earth element family. The easiest way to invest in these elements is through companies involved in the mining of the rare earth metals, over 25 of which have been turned up by WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

One example is Rare Element Resources Ltd. (REE) is a Lakewood, Colorado based $90 million market cap company involved in the exploration and development of rare earth mineral and gold properties. It has a 100% interest in the Bear Lodge Property in Wyoming, USA, which contains one of the largest disseminated rare-earth element deposits in North America, according to the US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1049D. Indicated resources at the company's Whitetail Ridge project includes U. S. Department of Energy critical rare earth elements Europium, Terbium, Dysprosium, and Yttrium, along with other elements Gadolinium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, and Lutetium. The company, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, is debt-free with 0.75 in cash per share. For the latest reported quarter, Rare Element generated negative earnings of 67 cents per share.

Another company is Molycorp, Inc. (MCP), based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, produces and markets rare earth and rare metal materials, including lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, praseodymium, and yttrium; heavy rare earth concentrates, which include samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium. It owns the Molycorp Mountain Pass mine in San Bernardino County, California. The company has $1.37 billion in debt, and over $404 million in cash, with $2.15 in cash per share. 73.30%. Revenues spiked 73.30% for the latest reported quarter ending March 31, with a 4.09 loss per share. The company reports latest earnings on August 8.

A diversified way to invest in rare earth stocks is with the Market Vectors Rare Earths/Strategic Metals Exchange Traded Fund (REMX). This ETF has a goal of tracking the performance of the Market Vectors® Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index. It has price to earnings ratio of 20 with a dividend yield of 2.4%.

For a list of rare earth metals stocks, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. This site also has a list of lithium stocks, which are not technically rare earth stocks, by are often included in the same investment arena.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.
By Stockerblog.com

Stocks that Al Gore Has Been Buying

In case you weren't aware, Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President, set up an investment management company several years ago with David Blood, former Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The company is called Generation Investment Management, and it specializes in investing on companies involved in sustainability, social responsibility, and environmental responsibility.

Gore's company made a few purchases in the first quarter of the year. One was SYSCO (SYY), the food service industry company. The stock trades at 21 times trailing earnings and 18 times forward earnings. It pays a generous yield of 3.1%.

Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) is another Gore company. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 16 and a forward P/E of 13. It does not pay a dividend.

Teradata (TDC) is a data warehousing solutions company. The stock trades at 26 times trailing earnings and 17 times forward earnings. This one also doesn't pay a dividend.

HDFC Bank (HDB) based in India, has a trailing P/E of 139 and a forward P/E of 25. The company pays a small dividend yield of 0.8%.

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

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

Lose Abdominal Fat with Green Tea ~ Make Your Stock Portfolio Healthy

Drink Tea for Weight Loss

According to a study by Peking University and other institutions, the catechins in green tea can cause weight loss. The research showed that adults who consumed the catechin-rich tea beverage lost significant amounts of abdominal fat as well as overall body fat when compared to the control group. What was interesting is that neither the green tea group nor the control group was asked to exercise or change their daily diet.

Other Benefits

Not only are the catechins in the green tea helpful for your health, but the caffeine can also provide additional health benefits. Studies have shown that caffeine can help prevent strokes, due to the anti-inflammatory effects of green tea and its blood circulation control. In addition, caffeine may help prevent skin cancer, according to a study in the Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

The Tea Stocks

For the investor looking for a way to get into the green tea industry, the options are fairly limited. For example, Argo Tea is a chain of tea shops operating in Chicago, New York, Boston, and St. Louis, but they are privately held. Bigelow Tea Company which owns the only tea plantation in the U.S., is also privately held. Fortunately, WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has turned up a list of ten publicly traded companies involved in the production and sale of tea.
Unfortunately, most of the stocks are overseas companies, which makes it hard for American investors to invest in. There is of course Starbucks (SBUX) which owns Tazo Tea Company. Starbucks bought Tazo in 1999, and open the first Tazo tea shop in 2012. Starbucks trades at 34.7 times trailing earnings and 25.8 times forward earnings. It pays a dividend yield of 1.2%. For the latest reported quarter, earnings spiked up 26% on a 11.3% rise in revenues. Starbucks reports earnings on July 25.
Another major player in the tea area is The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), which owns the Celestial Seasonings tea company. The company sells green tea along with other types of tea and herbal teas, known as tisanes. The natural food company Hain Food Group took over Celestial in 2000. Hain trades at 30.8 times trailing earnings with a forward P/E of 25. Earnings for the last reported quarter were up an incredible 68.9% on a 21.4% boost in revenues. The company's next earnings announcement will be held on August 19.
Ito En (ITOEF), which trades over-the-counter, is based in Tokyo and is the largest green tea distributor in Japan. The stock trades at 18.8 times earnings. Revenues for the latest reported quarter were up 9.6%, with earnings jumping 14.9%.
There are several other tea companies that can be found on the free list of tea stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. The list includes the stock ticker symbol, the P/E ratio, the forward P/E ratio, and the yield. Let's hope High Tea gives new meaning to your stock portfolio.
Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.
By Stockerblog.com

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of July

  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, many 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.

Clorox Co. (CLX) 7/22/2013 3.5%

First Trust Exchange Traded Fd VI (MDIV) 7/23/2013 7.3%

Brookfield Canada Office Properties (BOXC) 7/29/2013 10.2%

Student Transportation Inc (STB) 7/29/2013 9.5%

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
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

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Zimbabwe Stock Market Up 53% So Far This Year

New High for African Stock Exchange

Just as the S&P 500 Index has done so, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Industrial Index has made an all time high, rising over 53% so far this year. The stock exchange trades in United States dollars.

Runaway Inflation

The economic turnaround for Zimbabwe has been pretty amazing, as just a few years ago, the country had runaway inflation. Several years ago, the inflation rate of Zimbabwe exceeded 231,000,000% (that was the official rate, some economists believe that it was actually 89,700,000,000,000,000,000,000%). Just to buy three eggs, it had cost 100 billion Zimbabwe dollars.

$100 trillion dollar bill

At that time, the country had been issuing currency as high as $100 trillion dollar bills. Zimbabwe eventually allow several currencies to trade in the country, including the U. S. dollar. Now the $100 trillion dollar bill is a collector's item and hasn't been printed for several years.

I had written an article back in 2010 in much more detail about Zimbabwe inflation.

Temporary Agencies May Provide Permanent Returns for your Portfolio

The number of temporary workers has been increasing for many years. According to a recent press release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on July 5, "Employment continued to trend up in temporary help services (+10,000)". Why are companies hiring more temps and less full time workers?

Avoiding Obamacare

Ease of terminating temporary employees in the event of a business downturn

Getting to know how a potential employee will work out before hiring them as a permanent employee

More financial flexibility

Avoiding unemployment taxes

No union issues

Transfer of the burden of I9 checks

There are many other reasons that companies use temporary workers, but you can see how these benefits can cause numerous companies to turn to temporary agencies. According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over a dozen publicly traded companies which provide temporary employment services, with half a dozen paying dividends.

Robert Half International (RHI) is a provider of temporary and full-time staffing throughout the world. This Menlo Park, California based company was founded in 1948. The stock, which trades at 22 times trailing earnings and 17 times forward earnings, pays a generous dividend of 1.9%. Earnings for the latest reported quarter jumped 15.6% on a 0.8% rise in revenues. The company reports earnings on July 22.

Another major player in the temp worker employment field is Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA) which has been in business since 1946. The stock has a trailing price to earnings ratio of 13 and a trailing PE of 11. The dividend yield is a CD beating 1.1%. Latest quarterly earnings spiked 34.4% on a 3% drop in sales. The company will report n August 5.

ManpowerGroup (MAN) has about 3,500 offices in 80 countries. It trades at 16 times forward earnings, however recent quarterly earnings were down 40.5% on a 6.4% reduction in revenues. The dividend yield is 1.5%. Earnings will be reported July 19.

For a free list of all the temporary staffing stocks, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

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

By Stockerblog.com

Stock on WallStreetNewsNetwork List Up 49% on Friday

In case you missed it, earlier this week on Wednesday, July 10, I wrote an article called Stocks Selling Below Cash per Share - Getting Stocks at a Discount which described how risk can be reduced by finding stocks trading below the amount of cash per share, especially if the company has low or no debt.

The Below Cash Stock ~ And Debt Free

Two stocks were included in the writeup, Emerson Radio Corp. (MSN) and Career Education (CECO), and the article referred to the free list of stocks selling below cash at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. One of the stocks which was one the list of about ten stocks was iGo, Inc. (IGOI), the company that makes and markets power products for mobile electronic devices, such as chargers and surge protectors. The stock was trading at 2.28 on Wednesday, and closed at 2.29 on Thursday. This was approximately a 36% discount to the company's cash per share. In addition, the company has no debt.

iGo Really Did Go - Up!!!

After the market close on Thursday, it was announced that Steel Excel (SXCL) made a cash tender offer to purchase up to 44% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of iGo at a price of 3.95 per share. This is a premium of over 71%.

Huge One Day Increase

On Friday, the stock opened at 3.37 on the news, and closed at 3.42 for the day, about a 50% increase (49.34% to be exact).

By the way, Emerson Radio is down eight cents from Wednesday, but Career Education is up 3.4%.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of July

  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, many 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.

Bowl America (BWL-A) 7/15/2013 4.9%

Saul Centers (BFS) 7/15/2013 3.3%

McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) 7/15/2013 2.9%

Comtech Telecommunications (CMTL) 7/17/2013 4.3%

Cracker Barrel (CBRL) 7/17/2013 3.3%

A.Schulman Inc. (SHLM) 7/17/2013 3.0%

Group Long Distance, Inc. (GLDI) 7/18/2013 13.3%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded
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

Business Related Dot Info Domains Being Auctioned

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Stocks Selling Below Cash per Share

Getting Stocks at a Discount

Investors who are looking for turn-around situations in the stock market, yet want to reduce their risk, should look at stocks selling below cash per share. This means (in simple terms) that if you take all the company's cash in the bank, divide it by the number of shares, the result would be higher than what you could buy the shares for. If the company has little or no debt, then if the company went out of business today, you would receive more than what the shares are trading for.

There are several stocks selling below cash per share that have been identified by WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. Obviously, when stocks sell this cheap, there is usually some sort of negative issue associated with it, but if you are a contrarian, you may find a gem in the junk pile.

Electronics

One example is Emerson Radio Corp. (MSN), the New York Stock Exchange traded marketer of house-ware and consumer electronic products, such as DVD players, microwave ovens, compact refrigerators, clock radios and televisions. The stock, which currently trades at 1.77 per share, sells way below its book value of 2.66 per share, and 18% below its cash per share of 2.15. The company only has $83 thousand in debt. The stock trades at only five times earnings. On the downside, latest quarterly revenues and earnings were down by over 40%. A one time large dividend distribution to the shareholders could send this stock higher. The company has been in business since 1948.

Education

Career Education (CECO) operates colleges, schools, and universities that are in career-oriented disciplines. Its operations include Colorado Technical University and American InterContinental University. Degree and certificate programs are numerous and include technology, criminal justice, computer science, engineering, health sciences, culinary arts, hotel and restaurant management, fashion, interior design, film and video production, and construction. The stock sells at an 18% discount to its cash per share of 4.29. The stocks trades at 3.52, way below its book value of 8.90. Total debt for the company is only $103 thousand. Earnings for the latest reported quarter were negative and the company will report second-quarter 2013 financial results on Wednesday, August 7, 2013, after the market close. This Illinois based company was founded in 1994.

For a free list of over ten stocks trading at or below cash per share, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. The list includes current price, cash per share, debt, P/E ratio, and discount to cash per share. Please keep in mind that although the turnaround percentage gains on these stocks can be huge, the risks are high because of the low capitalizations and usually poor earnings. I hope you find your gem.

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

By Stockerblog.com

Stocks that Have Recently Increased their Dividends

The following stocks have recently increased their dividends. This may be a sign of improving business for a company.

Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (SSS) announced an increase of the quarterly dividend by 10.4%.

Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK) announced a quarterly cash dividend increase of 11.8%.

Medtronic (MDT) recently increased its dividend by 8%.

Total Income+ Real Estate Fund (TIPRX) announced a second quarter dividend of $.2379 per share whichis is an 83% increase.

Armanino Foods of Distinction (AMNF) announced an increase of 16.67% in its quarterly dividend.

If you like interesting lists like this, check out the many stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, most of which are free.

The Potential of India Stocks

With many countries still in recession and the global economy still showing little sign of recovery, investing in the stock market is causing many people sleepless nights. Fortunes have been lost on the US stock market in the last few years and Wall Street is still very cautious.
Of course there is still a lot of money waiting to be invested - people are looking to diversify their portfolio and American investors are keen start seeing dividends again. There is one region which has suffered due to this economic downturn and that's Asia. And one of the leading Asian economies is India. Although the S&P 500 is up about 18% during the last twelve months, Indian shares have dropped approximately 7%. Maybe it's time for a turnaround.
India's economy has been experiencing unprecedented growth in recent decades and that growth is showing no sign of slowing down any time soon, over a long term time frame.
That economic growth has been accompanied by some spectacularly good performances in India's growing number world class companies and many of these companies are now household names in the West. According to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are over 15 Indian stocks that trade in the United States. ArcelorMittal, Tata, Infosys, Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank are just a handful worth mentioning and there are a lot more which may experience growth stories.
ArcelorMittal (MT), which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, is a major integrated steel and mining company. The stock trades at nine times forward earnings and pays a 6.1% yield. Dividends have been paid quarterly.
The India based Tata Motors Limited (TTM) trades at six times forward earnings and pays a small dividend rate of 0.7%
Infosys Ltd. (INFY) is a business and technology consulting company, which has a forward price to earnings ratio of 13 and a yield of 2.3%.
India is now far more than a developing nation - it is the most influential country in the region and is becoming a key player on the world stage. With hundreds of millions of India's population about to make that important transition into the middle classes there is a rising tide of demand domestically for products and services and this is, in turn driving India's expansion into the global marketplace, including services, technology, and manufacturing.
Coupled with India's rising demand for minerals and metal resources, India has some truly great companies which are showcasing themselves right now. And all of this means one very important thing for American investors right now - investment opportunities. They have solid, safe, secure and stable investment opportunities.
India is currently producing more billionaires than any Western country and these are the guys who are leading these companies. Many of them are by now familiar names on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, and it is a great time to acquire stock in Indian corporations.
With hindsight, anyone who had invested in even one of India's new stock giants just 20 years ago would be sitting on a very healthy profit by now. Hindsight unfortunately isn't much use in the investment world. Foresight however, is. Anyone who sees the growing opportunities available to invest in Indian based stocks today could be looking back in another decade with a big smile on their face.
For a free list of Indian stocks, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.
Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.

Ex Dividend Stocks for the Second Week of July

  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, many 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.

Darden Restaurants (DRI) 7/8/2013 4.5%

Verizon (VZ) 7/8/2013 4.2%

UDR Inc. (UDR) 7/8/2013 3.9%

General Mills (GIS) 7/8/2013 3.2%

Brady Corp (BRC) 7/8/2013 2.5%

Huntingdon Capital Corp (HCAP) 7/9/2013 9.0%

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (WDR) 7/9/2013 2.7%

Marsh & McLennan Corporation (MMC) 7/9/2013 2.6%

OGE Energy (OGE) 7/9/2013 2.5%

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.

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By Stockerblog.com

Bitcoin Going Public with IPO

It had to happen eventually. Do you remember the Winklevoss twins? They were the ones that claimed rights to Facebook (FB)? They have files a Form S-1 with the SEC for an IPO called the WINKLEVOSS BITCOIN TRUST.

According to the SEC filing:

The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust (Trust) will issue Winklevoss Bitcoin Shares (Shares) which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust. Math-Based Asset Services LLC is the sponsor of the Trust (Sponsor) and [TRUSTEE] is the trustee and custodian of the Trust (Trustee) using proprietary and patent-pending technology to administer the Trust. The Trust intends to issue additional Shares on a continuous basis. The Shares may be purchased from the Trust only in one or more blocks of [50,000] Shares (a block of [50,000] Shares is called a Basket). The Trust will issue Shares in Baskets to certain authorized participants (Authorized Participants) on an ongoing basis as described in “Plan of Distribution.” Baskets will be offered continuously at the net asset value (NAV) for [50,000] Shares on the day that an order to create a Basket is accepted by the Trustee. The Trust will not issue fractions of a Basket.

Trust Structure
The Trust is a common law trust, formed on [ ], 2013 under New York law pursuant to the Trust Agreement between the Sponsor and the Trustee (“Trust Agreement”), which sets forth the respective rights and duties of the Sponsor and the Trustee and establishes the segregated custody account of the Trust that will be used to hold the Bitcoins deposited with the Trust (“Trust Custody Account”). The Trust holds “Bitcoins,” a digital commodity based on an open source cryptographic protocol existing on the online, end-user-to-end-user network hosting the public transaction ledger, known as the “Blockchain,” and the source code comprising the basis for the cryptographic and algorithmic protocols governing the issuance of and transactions in Bitcoins (the “Bitcoin Network”). The Trust is expected from time to time to issue Baskets in exchange for deposits of Bitcoins and to distribute Bitcoins in connection with redemptions of Baskets. The investment objective of the Trust is for the Shares to reflect the performance of a weighted average price of Bitcoins (“Blended Bitcoin Price”), less the Trust’s expenses. The Sponsor believes that, for many investors, the Shares will represent a cost-effective and convenient means to access exposure to Bitcoins. The material terms of the Trust Agreement are discussed in greater detail under the section “Description of the Trust Agreement.” The Shares represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Trust and are expected to be traded under the ticker symbol “[TICKER]” on the [EXCHANGE].
The Trust’s Sponsor is Math-Based Asset Services LLC. The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company formed on May 9, 2013, and is wholly-owned by Winklevoss Capital Management LLC. Under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the governing documents of the Sponsor, Winklevoss Capital Management LLC, the sole member of the Sponsor, is not responsible for the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Sponsor solely by reason of being the sole member of the Sponsor. The Sponsor will be the exclusive licensee of certain patent-pending intellectual property regarding the operation of the Trust and the Trust’s hardware and software security system (“Security System”). Winklevoss IP LLC is the owner of and is licensing to the Sponsor such intellectual property.
The Sponsor will arrange for the creation of the Trust, the registration of the Shares for their public offering in the United States and the listing of the Shares on the [EXCHANGE]. The Sponsor has agreed to assume the following administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust: the Trustee’s monthly fee and expenses reimbursable under the Trust Agreement, Exchange listing fees, US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registration fees, printing and mailing costs, audit fees and up to $[100,000] per annum in legal expenses. The Sponsor will also pay the costs of the Trust’s organization and the initial sale of the Shares, including the applicable SEC registration fees.
The Trustee is [TRUSTEE]. In its capacity as trustee of the Trust, the Trustee is generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Trust. This includes (1) transferring the Trust’s Bitcoins as needed to pay the remuneration due to the Sponsor (“Sponsor’s Fee”) in Bitcoins (such Bitcoins transfers are expected to occur approximately monthly in the ordinary course), (2) calculating the NAV of the Trust and the NAV per Share, (3) receiving and processing orders from Authorized Participants to create and redeem Baskets and coordinating the processing of such orders with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), (4) transferring the Trust’s Bitcoins as needed to pay any extraordinary Trust expenses that are not assumed by the Sponsor and (5) selling the Trust’s remaining Bitcoins at termination of the Trust and distributing the cash proceeds to the owners of beneficial interests in the Shares (“Shareholders”) of record.

The entire SEC filing can be found here.