Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of June

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, your have to be extremely careful.

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 Excel 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 3%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Brinker International, Inc. (EAT) market cap: $1.7B ex div date: 6/15/2010 yield: 3.2%

Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) market cap: $310.1M ex div date: 6/15/2010 yield: 3.8%

UIL Holdings Corporation (UIL) market cap: $719.9M ex div date: 6/15/2010 yield: 6.5%

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPW) market cap: $1.0B ex div date: 6/15/2010 yield: 8.8%

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.

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.

Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Earnings Calls for Wednesday, January 20

There are lots and lots of earnings announcements tomorrow, Wednesday, January 20 (this is being written Tuesday evening). Here is a list of over 35 companies with earnings calls.

Amdocs Limited DOX
AMR Corporation AMR
Applied Industrial Technologies AIT
ASML Holdings NV ASML
Bank of America Corporation BAC
Bank of New York Mellon Corp BK
Brinker International EAT
Coach, Inc. COH
Courier Corporation CRRC
Covidien Plc. COV
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. RDY
eBay EBAY
F5 Networks FFIV
Hudson City Bancorp HCBK
iGate Corporation IGTE
Jefferies JEF
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. KMP
LaBranche & Co Inc. LAB
LG Display LPL
Logitech International LOGI
M&T Bank Corporation MTB
Marshall & Ilsley MI
Morgan Stanley MS
Northern Trust NTRS
NVE Corporation NVEC
Plexus PLXS
Raymond James RJF
Seagate Technology STX
Skyworks SWKS
SLM Corporation SLM
Starbucks SBUX
State Street Corporation STT
TSYS TSS
U.S. Bancorp USB
Wells Fargo & Company WFC
Wipro Limited WIT
Woodward WGOV
Xilinx, Inc. XLNX

Author owns EBAY.

The Winter Season of Dividends: Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of December

'Tis the season for dividends. There is a stock trading technique called 'Buying Dividends' that has generated a lot of interest from investors. 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.

When you buy dividends, there are many stocks in many different sectors to choose from. 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 has compiled a free downloadable and sortable Excel list of the stocks going ex dividend during the next week or two. WSNN.com came up with many dividend paying companies companies all with market caps over $500 million. Here are a couple examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date and the yield.

Brinker International, Inc. EAT ex div date: 12/1/2009 market cap: $1.4B yield: 3.2%

Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC ex div date: 12/2/2009 market cap: $556.2M yield: 5.1%

Kimberly-Clark Corporation KMB ex div date: 12/2/2009 market cap: $26.9B yield: 3.7%

The rest of the 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. For more details on dividend definitions, check out definitions of dividend dates. Don't forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Author doesn't own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com