Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of May

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.

Applied Materials (AMAT)	5/23/2017	0.1	0.89%
Nokia Corporation (NOK)	5/24/2017	0.127	4.61%
CSX Corporation (CSX)	5/26/2017	0.2	1.41%
QUALCOMM (QCOM)	5/26/2017	0.57	3.79%

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.

The Best Way to Invest in Samsung

One company that investors would like to invest in, but is very difficult to do, is Samsung, considered to be the largest technology company in the world. Its products are used by Apple (AAPL), Nokia (NOK), and Sony (SNE). The stock trades at 11.8 times trailing earnings.

If your broker has access to a German exchange, you can buy Samsung Electronics (SSU.DE) or through the London Exchange, you can also buy Samsung (BC94.L).

However, most Americans don't have this access. So another option is buying the Samsung (SSLNF) over-the-counter on the Pink Sheets. The problem with this is that it is very illiquid, with only about 500 shares traded per day on average.

However, there is one other way to get in on the Samsung stock. You can buy shares of the Korea Fund (KF), which owns a huge amount of Samsung, making up almost 20% of the portfolio. This closed end fund also owns several other Korean companies, such as Hyundai (HYMTF). So you also get some diversification, plus some liquidity.

You get one other bonus. The Korea Funds trades at a 10.5% discount to net asset value. The fund uses no leverage and has a price to earnings ratio of 4.5.

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

Disclosure: Author owns AAPL.

By Stockerblog.com