Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of February

  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, the yield, and the market capitalization.

Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR (ITUB) 2/1/2013 4.36% $39.3B

Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP) 2/1/2013 10.06% $2.4B

Suburban Propane Partners LP (SPH) 2/1/2013 8.31% $2.4B

ING Global Equity Divid.&Premium Opp-ETF (IGD) 2/1/2013 10.89% $911.1M

Global Partners LP (GLP) 2/1/2013 7.43% $845.1M

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.


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

Top Yielding US Master Limited Partnerships

Some investors just can't take it any more with the choppy market. They just want to take their money and put it in high income producing investments, such as Master Limited Partnerships. These investments provide high yields which may be partly or completely tax sheltered. They distribute substantially all of their income, thereby avoiding double taxation. Most of these partnerships are invested in oil and gas. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com just came out with a list of high yield US Master Limited Partnerships. Here are a few examples.

Suburban Propane Partners LP (SPH) PE: 14.2 Yield: 7.1%

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNH) PE: 12.0 Yield: 7.1%

ONEOK Partners, L.P. (OKS) PE: 19.7 Yield: 7%

These partnerships are better off being owned in your personal account, as opposed to your IRA. Talk to your accountant before investing in these with your retirement plan funds, due to UBTI consequences.

For a free down-loadable list of over 15 of these high yield partnerships, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com

Revenues and Earnings Growth Over 100%

If you like to trade growth stocks, you probably want stocks with strong earnings growth and significant revenue growth. Of course, it wouldn't hurt to have a high return on equity. And it would be nice if the stock paid a decent dividend. A search of companies with revenue and earnings growth over 100%, and return on equity above 30% turns up very few companies, but fortunately all of them pay dividends.

One example is Mesabi Trust (MSB), which is a publicly traded trust that owns interests in iron ore properties. Although earnings and revenues are down year-over-year, on a quarter by quarter basis, they are up over 1000%, with return on equity over 400%. In addition, this debt free stock yields a high 8.6%.

Suburban Propane Partners LP (SPH) is a publicly traded partnership which markets propane, fuel oil, and natural gas. Earnings growth for the latest quarter is up over 300% and revenue growth is up over 100%, with a return on equity of 40%. It pays a yield of 7%.

H&R Block, Inc. (HRB), the tax preparation and tax software company, had earnings growth of over 140% and revenue growth of over 180%, with a return on equity of more than 56%. And tax season isn't even over yet. The quarterly dividend provides investors with a yield of 3.3%.

If you are looking for other stocks that provide high yields, check out the lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Author does not own any of the above.

By Stockerblog.com