Stocks Going Ex Dividend First Week of August 2013

  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, 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, many 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 Commonwealth (FCF) 8/1/2013 3.2%

Global Partners L.P. (GLP) 8/1/2013 6.1%

KNOT Offshore Partners LP (KNOP) 8/1/2013 5.2%

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NOR) 8/1/2013 5.0%

National Resource Partners L.P. (NRP) 8/1/2013 10.3%

ONEOK Inc. (OKE) 8/1/2013 3.4%

Pope Resources L.P. (POPE) 8/1/2013 3.1%

Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP) 8/1/2013 4.5%

Star Gas Partners L.P. Unit LP (SGU) 8/1/2013 6.6%

Southern Company (SO) 8/1/2013 4.5%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded
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

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fifth Week of July

  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, 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, many 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.

NiSource (NI) 7/29/2013 3.6%

Whitestone REIT (WSR) 7/30/2013 7.5%

Bank of Montreal (BMO) 7/30/2013 5.2%

Unitil Corp (UTL) 7/30/2013 4.8%

Pinnacle West Capital (PNW) 7/30/2013 4.2%

Hasbro Inc. (HAS) 7/30/2013 3.7%

Ames National (ATLO) 7/30/2013 2.8%

Epiq Systems (EPIQ) 7/30/2013 2.7%

Clorox Co. (CLX) 7/22/2013 3.5%

First Trust Exchange Traded Fd VI (MDIV) 7/23/2013 7.3%

Brookfield Canada Office Properties (BOXC) 7/29/2013 10.2%

Student Transportation Inc (STB) 7/29/2013 9.5%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded
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

Invest in Rare Earth Metals through Stocks

With the huge demand for scarce elements used in cellphones, superconductors, magnets, televisions, wind turbines, car batteries, luminescent materials, lasers, medical equipment, regenerative brakes, and radar, investors are looking for ways to invest in these rare earth metals, also known as rare earth minerals or rare earth elements.
Although they are relatively abundant, these elements are hard to mine due to the fact that they are dispersed and not often found concentrated. These rare metals group consists of Scandium, Yttrium, Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium.
Lithium and manganese are often lumped in with rare earth metals due to their scarcity, but technically, they are not part of the rare earth element family. The easiest way to invest in these elements is through companies involved in the mining of the rare earth metals, over 25 of which have been turned up by WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

One example is Rare Element Resources Ltd. (REE) is a Lakewood, Colorado based $90 million market cap company involved in the exploration and development of rare earth mineral and gold properties. It has a 100% interest in the Bear Lodge Property in Wyoming, USA, which contains one of the largest disseminated rare-earth element deposits in North America, according to the US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1049D. Indicated resources at the company's Whitetail Ridge project includes U. S. Department of Energy critical rare earth elements Europium, Terbium, Dysprosium, and Yttrium, along with other elements Gadolinium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, and Lutetium. The company, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, is debt-free with 0.75 in cash per share. For the latest reported quarter, Rare Element generated negative earnings of 67 cents per share.

Another company is Molycorp, Inc. (MCP), based in Greenwood Village, Colorado, produces and markets rare earth and rare metal materials, including lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, praseodymium, and yttrium; heavy rare earth concentrates, which include samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium. It owns the Molycorp Mountain Pass mine in San Bernardino County, California. The company has $1.37 billion in debt, and over $404 million in cash, with $2.15 in cash per share. 73.30%. Revenues spiked 73.30% for the latest reported quarter ending March 31, with a 4.09 loss per share. The company reports latest earnings on August 8.

A diversified way to invest in rare earth stocks is with the Market Vectors Rare Earths/Strategic Metals Exchange Traded Fund (REMX). This ETF has a goal of tracking the performance of the Market Vectors® Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index. It has price to earnings ratio of 20 with a dividend yield of 2.4%.

For a list of rare earth metals stocks, which can be downloaded, sorted, and updated, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. This site also has a list of lithium stocks, which are not technically rare earth stocks, by are often included in the same investment arena.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.
By Stockerblog.com

Stocks that Al Gore Has Been Buying

In case you weren't aware, Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President, set up an investment management company several years ago with David Blood, former Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The company is called Generation Investment Management, and it specializes in investing on companies involved in sustainability, social responsibility, and environmental responsibility.

Gore's company made a few purchases in the first quarter of the year. One was SYSCO (SYY), the food service industry company. The stock trades at 21 times trailing earnings and 18 times forward earnings. It pays a generous yield of 3.1%.

Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) is another Gore company. The stock has a price to earnings ratio of 16 and a forward P/E of 13. It does not pay a dividend.

Teradata (TDC) is a data warehousing solutions company. The stock trades at 26 times trailing earnings and 17 times forward earnings. This one also doesn't pay a dividend.

HDFC Bank (HDB) based in India, has a trailing P/E of 139 and a forward P/E of 25. The company pays a small dividend yield of 0.8%.

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

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