Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of May

  Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends'. This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend. This technique generally works only in bull markets. In flat or choppy markets, you have to be extremely careful, and may need to avoid the technique during those times.

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

Box Ships Inc (TEU) 5/7/2013 10.1%

Computers Programs & Systems (CPSI) 5/7/2013 3.9%

Entergy Corp (ETR) 5/7/2013 4.8%

S&T Bancorp (STBA) 5/7/2013 3.3%

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (SXL) 5/7/2013 3.6%

American Electric Power (AEP) 5/8/2013 3.9%

American Financial Group Inc. (AFA) 5/8/2013 5.5%

Artesian Resources (ARTNA) 5/8/2013 3.6%

BB&T (BBT) 5/8/2013 3.0%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found at wsnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn't show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out the high yield utility stocks and the Monthly Dividend Stocks at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WSNN.com.

Dividend definitions:

Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

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 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 Updated
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

Highest Yielding Water Utilities

Water utilities provide decent yields ranging from 2% to 5%. Water stocks provide good income diversification along with a portfolio of electric utilities and natural gas utilities. There are about a dozen water utility stocks with dividends that were turned up by WallStreetNewsNetwork.com on their water list that was just updated. Here are a few examples.

Artesian Resources Corporation (ARTNA) pays a yield of 4.3% and sports a forward price to earnings ratio of 15.5.

Aqua America, Inc. (WTR) has a dividend yield of 3.4% with a forward PE of 18.4.

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) provides investors with a yield of 2.4% and has a forward PE of 15.3.

To see a list of the rest of the top yielding water stocks, including four that yield more than 4%, which you can download, add to, change, and sort, check out WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Top Stocks of Delaware

The state of Delaware was the first state of the Union to ratify the Constitution on December 7, 1787. Today the state is home to some of the largest companies around the world. Delaware’s business-friendly laws and incentives make it the nation’s number one choice for incorporating a company.

1. About one million corporations are headquartered in Delaware.
2. Delaware’s number one export is the chemistry sector, which employs more than 16,000 people.
3. The Health Science industry contributes more than 45,000 jobs and accounted for more than $3 billion to the Delaware’s economy.
4. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranked Delaware as the best legal environment for business in 2008 (for the seventh year in a row).
5. The financial services industry in Delaware provides 40,000 jobs.
6. Delaware does not have a sales tax.
7. The Biotechnology & Life Sciences sector is Delaware’s fastest growing industry.
8. An estimated 7.8 million tourists visit the state each year.
9. Delaware is the state with fewer counties in the United States, only three.
10. Delaware’s top commodities are broilers, corn and soybeans.

The following companies are headquartered in Delaware:

El DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) is a science and technology company. Its products include benzene, insect control products, products used in the alternative energy industry, and chemicals among other products. The stock has a market cap of $35.5 billion, it has a PE of 17, a PEG of 2, and it pays a yield of 4.1%.

Incyte Corp. (INCY) is a biotechnology company. It researches and develops oncologic and hematologic drugs. The company has a market cap of $1.8 billion.

Delphi Financial Group, Inc. (DFG) provides disability insurance and excess workers compensation insurance to small and mid-size businesses, group dental and limited health insurance, and group life insurance. The company operates in the United States and Canada. The stock has a market cap of $1.3 billion, a PE of 8, a PEG of 0.87, and it pays a yield of 1.5%.

Wilmington Trust Corporation (WL) is a financial company that offers administrative services, asset management, and broker dealer services in the U.S. and abroad. The stock has a market cap of 1.3 billion, a PE of 67, a PEG of 11.2, and it pays a yield of 0.2%.

WSFS Financial Corp. (WSFS) is the holding company for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, a financial company that provides savings accounts, certificates of deposit, mortgages, as well as commercial loans. The stock has a market cap of $291 million, a PE of 40, a PEG of 8 and pays a yield of 1.1%.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) delivers and sells natural gas to customers in the states of Florida, Delaware and Maryland to residential customers, businesses and other utilities companies. The stock has a market cap of $284 million, a PE of 13, a PEG of 2.24, and it pays a yield of 4.2%.

The Bancorp Inc. (TBBK) is the holding company of Bancorp Bank (a financial institution that provides banking services to small and midsize businesses in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The stock has a market cap of $239 million, a PE of 32.6, and a PEG of 2.71.

Artesian Resources Corp. (ARTNA) is a water utility company operating in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The company sells water to residential, commercial and governmental customers. The stock has a market cap of $120 million, a PE of 17, a PEG of 2.82, and it pays a yield of 4.2%.

Acorn Energy Inc. (ACFN) is a technology company that provides consulting services to companies operating coal power plants using the SCR system; it also provides management and cleaning services to coal-fired power plants. The stock has a market cap of $88 million. This is a small cap stock and should be considered speculative.

Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment Inc. (DDE) operates a casino in the United States. The stock has a market cap of $61 million, a PE of 12, and it pays a yield of 3%. This is a small cap stock and should be considered speculative.

For stocks from other states, check out Nevada stocks, Alaska stocks, and Kansas stocks.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com