Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of February

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 the annual yield.

Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO)	2/1/2023	0.135	1.16%
D.R. Horton, Inc. (DHI)	2/1/2026	0.1	1.10%
Heidrick & Struggles Intl (HSII)	2/1/2034	0.13	2.32%
Norfolk Souther Corporation (NSC)	2/1/2040	0.61	1.96%
Pfizer, Inc. (PFE)	2/1/2044	0.32	3.82%
Progressive Corporation (The) (PGR)	2/1/2045	0.681	2.34%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	2/1/2054	0.38	2.68%
Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI)	2/2/2023	0.17	1.08%
Citigroup Inc. (C)	2/2/2024	0.16	0.74%

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 First Week of February

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, and the yield.

First Energy	FE	2/3/2016	4.49%
First Niagara Financial	FNFG	2/3/2016	3.36%
Genie Energy Ltd	GNE	2/3/2016	2.87%
Idacorp	IDA	2/3/2016	3.05%
Intel Corp	INTC	2/3/2016	3.47%
MetLife	MET	2/3/2016	3.45%

MOCON Inc.	MOCO	2/3/2016	3.32%
Norfolk Southern	NSC	2/3/2016	3.43%
Oritani Financial Corp	ORIT	2/3/2016	4.29%
Pfizer	PFE	2/3/2016	3.91%
Sunoco LP	SUN	2/3/2016	9.13%
Teekay LNG Partners L.P.	TGP	2/3/2016	5.00%
United Financial Bancorp	UBNK	2/3/2016	4.24%
Wells Fargo	WFC	2/3/2016	3.11%
American Campus Commun.	ACC	2/4/2016	3.87%

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.

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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

Take a Ride on Railroad Stocks

 

Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A), owns a railroad, shouldn't you? A few years ago, Buffett bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Maybe it's time for investors to climb on the railroad ride.

 A recent article in Forbes pointed out that, according to the US Department of Energy, rail transportation is significantly more energy efficient that trucks and airfreight. So what railroads may go in the right direction? WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has turned up over a dozen stocks in the railroad industry, with more than ten paying dividends.

Norfolk Southern    (NSC), based in Virginia, operates in 22 states, and has been in business since 1883. The stocks trades at 16 times trailing earnings and 13 times forward earnings. Earnings for the year end quarter were up 24.2% on a 7.3% rise in revenues. The company will announce latest earnings on April 23. The yield on the stock is 2.2%.

Union Pacific    (UNP) is the largest railroad network in the United States. The stock trades at     20 times earnings and 15 times forward earnings. For the latest reported quarter, earnings were boosted up by 13.3% in a 7.2% increase in revenues. The stock sports a yield of 1.9%.

For a free list of all the stocks in the railroad industry, go toWallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

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

By Stockerblog.com