Top Infrastructure Stocks Under Trump Administration

When you filter through all the news about Donald Trump and his upcoming policies, one of the proposals that stands out is his plan to spend a trillion dollars on infrastructure.

So what is infrastructure? Infrastructure includes such things as roads, bridges, tunnels, dams, water pipes, and sewers. The companies that should benefit are those that build, repair, and provide the materials and equipment for infrastructure.

In terms of what stocks may benefit, there are many to choose from. We have compiled a list of over 20 stocks involved in the infrastructure industry. Here are a few that stand out.

Granite Construction (GVA) produces construction materials for the repair of highways, airports, and other types of infrastructure. The stock trades at 28 times forward earnings, and earnings for the latest reported quarter went from 77 cents per share to 92 cents per share, an increase of over 19%. The stock currently pays a yield of 0.85%.

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) is a producer of granite, limestone, sand, and gravel, which are critical products used in infrastructure repair. The stock has a forward price to earnings ratio of 23.7, and a small yield of  0.8%. Earnings increased by 43% for the latest quarter, year-over-year.

Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) is another infrastructure materials producer, providing concrete, sand and gravel for these projects. The forward P/E is 29.1 and the yield is 0.6%.

Check out our list of over 20 stocks involved in the infrastructure industry. Hopefully one of these stocks will repair your portfolio.

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

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First 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.

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC)	12/1/2016	0.20	2.3%
Anthem, Inc. (ANTM)	12/1/2016	0.65	1.8%
Calgon Carbon Corporation (CCC)	12/1/2016	0.05	1.1%
Cedar Fair, L.P. (FUN)	12/1/2016	0.86	5.7%
H&R Block, Inc. (HRB)	12/1/2016	0.22	3.7%
Jack In The Box Inc. (JACK)	12/1/2016	0.40	1.5%
Nike, Inc. (NKE)	12/1/2016	0.18	1.4%

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.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fifth 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 dividend amount, and yield.

Goldman Sachs	GS	11/29/2016	0.65	1.2%
Interactive Brokers Group	IBKR	11/29/2016	0.10	1.1%
Kellogg Co.	K	11/29/2016	0.52	2.8%
Coca-Cola Co.	KO	11/29/2016	0.35	3.4%
Lockheed Martin	LMT	11/29/2016	1.82	2.7%
Maxim Integrated Products	MXIM	11/29/2016	0.33	3.4%
Tyson Foods	TSN	11/29/2016	0.15	0.9%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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.

How to Invest in Thanksgiving

Americans are expected to spend over $1 billion on turkeys for this Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 24, according to new research by personal finance comparison website finder.com . With that much money going towards this holiday, several companies are bound to benefit.

One of the best ways is to look at the turkeys. Turkey is the number one dish served for Thanksgiving dinner. There are several turkey producers in the US, a few of which are owned by publicly traded companies.

Butterball is the largest, but unfortunately, you can’t invest in it because it is privately held.

The second largest is Jennie-O Turkey Store, which is owned by Hormel Foods (HRL). The stock trades at 23 times trailing earnings, 21 times forward earnings, and pays a yield of 1.6%.

Hillshire Brands is another top turkey producer, which is owned by Tyson Foods (TSN). Tyson has a trading price to earnings ratio of 14 and a forward P/E of 11. It pays out a dividend rate of 0.9%.

The Oscar Mayer division of Kraft Heinz (KHC) is also a turkey producer in the top ten. The stock trades at 37 times earnings and yields 3%.

Hopefully, your stock portfolio will provide you with a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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

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Why My Greece Stock Motif Was Up 565% Since August

If you are not aware of what a motif is, I will explain it to you. A motif is like a mini-ETF where an individual can create whatever  they want in a portfolio and trade it just like a regular ETF. Usually the portfolio revolves around a specific industry or topic.

I have created several of these motifs including Drone Stocks (up 3.9% since the beginning of August), Cuba Stocks (+6.9%), Marijuana Cannabis Stocks (+24%), and Virtual Reality Stocks (+10.9%).

However, the biggest winner of all was the Greek Stock Motif, with the full name of Greece Stocks Under $5 a Share. The motif was created on July 31 of this year, and as of Wednesday, November 16, the motif was up over 565%. Unfortunately, today the motif dropped 77%, causing a return since of creation of only 52.6%. What has caused this huge rise?

First, DryShips (DRYS) rose from 21.60 a share to 73 a share on November 15. It has since tanked. Second, Globus Maritime (GLBS) went from 56 cents a share to 5.93 a share today, a 959% increase in price.Almost all the other companies were shipping stocks, which have had enormous returns over the last six months. TOP Ships (TOPS) was up 107% in just the last month.

If you want to see all the stocks in this motif, you can see them here.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth 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 dividend amount, and yield.

Barnes Group, Inc.	B	11/21/2016	0.13	1.2%
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation	DNB	11/21/2016	0.48	1.7%
Hershey Company	HSY	11/21/2016	0.62	2.5%
Vulcan Materials Company	VMC	11/21/2016	0.20	0.6%
Applied Materials	AMAT	11/22/2016	0.10	1.4%
Carnival Corporation	CCL	11/22/2016	0.35	2.8%
Carnival Corporation	CUK	11/22/2016	0.35	2.8%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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.

Five Things that Really Matter to Investors

Five Things that Really Matter to Investors

guest article by Joslyn G. Ewart, CFP®

Most financial advisors pride themselves on knowing what really matters to their high-net-worth investors. But do they actually know? Consider this: it is human nature to assume others want what you want. Following that out to its logical conclusion, since most financial advisors want the portfolios they manage to perform well, they assume their affluent clients have the same primary objective.

Well, think again financial advisors. When high-net-worth investors discuss what they really want from their financial advisors, investment performance is not in the top five things they mention. Why not? Because they hired you assuming good investment results would be taken care of. What really matters to them are financial concerns that go beyond portfolio performance.

So take a moment and shift gears. If you believe your affluent investors have confidence in you and trust you, schedule time to have a heart-to-heart conversation about what really matters to them. You may be surprised by what you learn.

For instance, first and foremost you will discover they are concerned about losing their wealth. I sat with one such client in earlier this year and she bemoaned to me the fact that she is afraid of running out of money before she dies. Her eyes welled up with tears as she shared her fear. She is seventy-five years old, has ten million dollars invested and lives a modest lifestyle.

Second, you will likely be told of their concern about making sure their heirs are well taken care of. Addressing this issue typically requires planning that goes far beyond astute investment planning, and may involve a team of professionals including an estate attorney and insurance specialist. For example, your affluent client may have a special needs child needing lifetime protective planning.

The next three matters you are likely to discover during your heart-to-heart conversation are: concern about having adequate medical insurance, concern about being sued, and concern about having enough money in retirement. By now you may be thinking, "No way, they are going to tell me they want to pay less in taxes." Yes, affluent investors do want to minimize the taxes they pay; but again, like good investment performance, that is an issue they expect addressed as part of your investment and income planning on their behalf. It is not part of the heart-to-heart conversation identifying what they want their money to do for them.

When financial advisors quarterback solutions for those all-important top five matters for their affluent investors, their clients are positioned to continue down their list of planning concerns. Next on list of what really matters to them is often a desire to help their grandchildren with higher education expenses or a desire to plan for their charitable aspirations.

Imagine how quickly satisfied high-net-worth clients become loyal clients when a financial advisor provides not only astute investment advice, but also delivers solutions to satisfy the top five things that really matter to them.

Joslyn G. Ewart is Founding Principal of Entrust Financial LLC®. Her deepest passion is to help others make the right choices at pivotal times in their lives, thereby easing financial concerns. This passion also inspired her to write  Balancing ACT: Wealth Management Straight Talk for Women  

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 dividend amount, and yield.

Autoliv, Inc.	ALV	11/14/2016	0.58	2.4%
Amgen Inc.	AMGN	11/14/2016	1.00	2.9%
Consolidated Edison Inc	ED	11/14/2016	0.67	3.6%
Lindsay Corporation	LNN	11/14/2016	0.29	1.5%
Target Corporation	TGT	11/14/2016	0.60	3.6%
Calavo Growers, Inc.	CVGW	11/15/2016	0.90	1.5%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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.

Working With the Emotional Investor

The book, Working with the Emotional Investor: Financial Psychology for Wealth Managers, is an interesting book by Chris White, which is targeted to investment advisors and financial planners to help them deal with clients who let their emotions determine their investment decisions.

 Most clients are afraid when the stock market drops, and want to bail out. However, selling after the market has dropped is generally the worst possible time to sell.

 White brings the psychology of investing and money into the advisor / client relationship. He breaks clients down into three different types:

• Fixers
• Survivors
• Protectors

He goes into detail about each of the client types, their characteristics and indicators, their emotions, and how understand them and work with them. Real life examples are incorporated. If you are a wealth advisor, you will find  Working with the Emotional Investor an informative read.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second 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 dividend amount, and yield.

Company	Symbol	Ex Div Date	Amount	Yield
Artesian Resources	ARTNA	11/7/2016	0.23	3.3%
Sonic Corp.	SONC	11/7/2016	0.14	2.4%
Winnebago Industries	WGO	11/7/2016	0.10	1.4%
Xylem Inc.	XYL	11/7/2016	0.16	1.3%
A.H. Belo Corporation	AHC	11/8/2016	0.08	5.0%
American Software, Inc.	AMSWA	11/8/2016	0.11	4.2%
Penske Automotive Group	PAG	11/8/2016	0.29	2.6%
Pfizer, Inc.	PFE	11/8/2016	0.30	3.8%
PPG Industries, Inc.	PPG	11/8/2016	0.40	1.7%
Spectra Energy Corp	SE	11/8/2016	0.41	3.9%
Sonoco Products Company	SON	11/8/2016	0.37	2.9%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!

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.