Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of August 2012

  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 market capitalization, the ex-dividend date and the yield.



Cliffs Natural Resources Inc
CLF
8/13/2012
5.4%
$6.6B
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.
ARR
8/13/2012
16.1%
$1.7B
International Paper Company
IP
8/13/2012
3.3%
$14.1B
Eli Lilly & Co.
LLY
8/13/2012
4.4%
$51.3B
Shaw Communications Inc.
SJR
8/13/2012
5.0%
$8.1B
Fifth Street Finance Corp.
FSC
8/13/2012
11.4%
$829.2M
Duke Energy Corp
DUK
8/15/2012
4.6%
$46.6B
H&R Real Estate Inv Trust
HRUFF
8/15/2012
4.8%
$4.6B
Sonoco Products Company
SON
8/15/2012
4.1%
$3.0B
Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
TRK
8/15/2012
3.5%
$703.1M
Walgreen Company
WAG
8/15/2012
3.2%
$29.7B



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

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Back to the upside today as the Dow gained 217 points on light volume.  The advance/declines were about 5 to 1 positive.  The employment numbers were better than expected and today what Europe said yesterday was viewed as positive.  What?  Yesterday Europe was viewed as negative.  This is the kind of game we play.  That is why we stick to the technicals and they have rolled back up for the stock indexes.  It is a dicey affair at the moment.  We're basically moving in channel with a slight upward bias.  The volume today was light and we never trust light volume rallies.  But it is a Friday in the summer.  So the questions continue and the trading is never easy anyway.  Not a lot of data out next week so it could be slow.  However we are still at the ongoing risk of a headline.  GE was up 3/8 and the volume was light.  I've decided not to attempt a trade here for now.  2 weeks to go before option expiration.  Gold rallied a bit as the US dollar got crushed, which didn't make any sense considering the jobs number was better than expected.  The gold futures rose $18.  The XAU was up 2 1/2 but was higher before the last 15 minutes of the session when the gold shares abruptly sold off.  ABX and GG rose around 1/2, while NEM was up a buck.  Volume was nothing special.  My ABX calls remain in the red.  I still plan on holding them for a while.  Gold has been in a sideways channel as well since the middle of April.  Still waiting for a breakout one way or the other.  Mentally I'm feeling OK.  Looks like we should continue to drift higher here.  I may try the August OEX calls on weakness next week but I may be too late.  With all the data out this week when it was all said and done the Dow gained 20 points.  That is a lot of trouble for nothing.  Perhaps on the sidelines is the place to be until all the players return after Labor Day.  I'll check the charts over the weekend and go from there.  It's a Friday afternoon in the summer.  Time to take a break.

The ECB followed the Fed with not much to say and the Dow moved lower.  The major average fell 92 points on average volume.  The advance/declines were negative.  We were down twice as much during the session.  I have expected higher equity prices and we have done nothing but move lower.  However the decline has not been as bad as it could be.  Considering the lack of Central Bank follow through to their previous statements, we should be down much further.  But that is simply my opinion.  The daily technicals have rolled over for the stock indexes and the summation index is now trending lower.  That could all change on tomorrows employment report or the averages will confirm the downside by moving lower.  Or the number could be a non-event since it will be a Friday in the summer.  We'll soon know the answer.  GE was off 1/4 on average volume.  GE had a pretty wide range for the day, I'm guessing due to the uncertainty going forward with the employment report.  No trades there for now.  Gold dropped again, off $16 on the futures.  The US dollar rose again today.  The XAU held up OK, considering the dollar and the overall slump in the indices.  ABX, GG and NEM all had fractional losses but NEM led the way down and that isn't bullish.  My October ABX calls are still in the red.  The gold shares have held up better than lately in the recent gold decline.  We'll see what that means going forward.  Mentally I'm feeling tired, did not sleep well.  All eyes will be on the employment numbers tomorrow.  I have no idea what they will be.  We will have to see how the market reacts and take it from there.  Even with the recent decline I'm still in the bullish camp for now.  We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Why Starbucks is a Death Stock

Death stocks are companies involved in the business of cemeteries, cremation, coffins, funeral parlors, and headstones. So what is the connection that Starbucks (SBUX) has with this industry? The company is putting one of its gourmet coffee shops in a funeral home! The Robinson Funeral Home in Easley, South Carolina plans to open a Starbucks in its facilities during the month of August. This gives a whole new meaning to the term 'Waking the dead.'

But seriously, this is an industry that won't go away, the 'inevitable death and taxes' situation. There are many plays in this sector, and according to the free list at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com, there are ten companies in the death business. For example, Matthews International (MATW) is in the business of memorialization products for cemeteries. The company produces manufactures cast bronze and granite memorials, cast and etched architectural products, mausoleums, and wood and metal caskets. The stock trades at 13.3 times present earnings and 11.5 times future earnings. It sports a yield of 1.2%.

Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest funeral service company by market cap. The company also owns cemeteries and crematoria, and even sell s caskets. The company pays a decent yield of 1.9%, and trades at 16.3 times forward earnings.

Hillenbrand (HI) is the largest publicly traded casket manufacturer, which also makes cremation caskets, containers, vaults, and urns. The forward price to earnings ratio is 9.4, and the yield is a generous 4.4%.

To access a free list of all the death stocks, which can be downloaded, sorted, and added to, go to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

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

By Stockerblog.com

All the Physics British Honda Commercial

According to info I got from the Internet:

If you thought that the people who set up a room full of dominoes to have them knocked over later was amazing, you haven't seen any-thing yet. This is the new Honda commercial in the UK . Very important that you understand: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in these images. Everything that you see happened in real time exactly as you see it.

The recording required 606 takes and in the first 605 takes there always was something, usually of minor importance, that didn't work. It was necessary for the recording team to install the set-up time after time and it took several weeks working day and night to achieve this effect. The recording cost 6 million dollars and it took 3 months to finish.

The duration of the video is only 2 minutes, but every time that Honda (HMC) shows the commercial on British television, they make enough money to support any of us for the rest of our lives. However, this commercial has turned out to be the most displayed in the history of the Internet. Honda execs think that it will pay for itself simply because of the free showings. There are only six Honda Accords built by hand in the whole world, and to the horror of Honda engineers, the recording team dis-assembled two of them for the recording.

Everything you see in the sequence (besides the walls, floor, ramp and the untouched Honda Accord) is part of those two automobiles. The voice is that of Garrison Keiller. The commercial was so well received by Honda execs when they saw it, that their first comment was how amazing the computer graphics were. They almost fell out of their chairs when told that the recording was real without any graphics manipulation. By the way, about the windshield wipers in the new Honda Accords, they are sensitive to water and designed to start working as soon as they get wet.

The Fed has come and is gone once again.  Nothing new was said and that wasn't unexpected.  The markets sold off, came back and sold off once again.  The Dow fell 32 points on good volume.  The advance/declines were negative.  Now that's out of the way and we'll see what comes from the ECB.  Still more overbought than oversold on the stock index technicals.  The summation index is trending sideways.  I'm still a believer that we are in an uptrend but it's a slow moving affair.  GE was flat on the day and the volume was light.  No trades there for me at the moment.  If anything, I may try the August calls.  Gold fell today as the US dollar moved higher.  The precious metal futures were off $7 and a bit more in the aftermarket.  The XAU lost 1 3/4.  ABX, GG and NEM all had fractional losses and the volume was good.  The gold shares sold off hard early in the session and then made a comeback.  Not exactly sure of what to make of things here but at least it wasn't a total sell off.  My ABX October calls are still in the red.  Mentally I'm feeling OK.  The small stocks had a worse day than the big caps and that usually isn't a positive going forward.  The transports had a rough day as well and they often times lead the way.  Perhaps we are simply in a waiting game until the employment report on Friday.  Gold sold off today but it wasn't as bad as it could have been.  The gold share technicals are breaking down from overbought.  August and September are historically the best months for the price of gold.  We'll see.  All eyes and ears will be on the ECB tomorrow.  It should be some type of market mover.