Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 13, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 13, 2013. In total, 61 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 26 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.70%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.	ARR	2.39B	8.08	0.88	6.48	13.17%
Shaw Communications, Inc.	SJR	10.35B	13.80	2.60	2.06	4.34%
Consolidated Edison Inc.	ED	18.24B	17.40	1.53	1.48	3.95%
Vectren Corporation	VVC	3.03B	19.15	1.95	1.30	3.86%
ALLETE, Inc.	ALE	2.06B	20.12	1.70	2.15	3.68%
Exelon Corporation	EXC	30.55B	31.88	1.43	1.23	3.47%
E. I. du Pont de Nemours	DD	50.35B	21.88	4.11	1.46	3.29%
Xilinx Inc.	XLNX	10.09B	21.67	3.41	4.65	2.59%
Enbridge Inc.	ENB	39.08B	61.68	3.71	1.56	2.59%
Southwest Gas Corporation	SWX	2.37B	18.02	1.80	1.23	2.58%
Talisman Energy Inc.	TLM	11.95B	-	1.22	1.63	2.34%
Target Corp.	TGT	44.78B	15.41	2.72	0.61	2.06%
IAC/InterActiveCorp.	IACI	4.35B	26.89	2.50	1.55	1.95%
TIM Participacoes S.A.	TSU	9.91B	13.75	1.44	1.06	1.85%
The Kroger Co.	KR	18.09B	12.54	4.25	0.19	1.73%
Teleflex Incorporated	TFX	3.26B	25.66	1.93	2.06	1.72%
Jabil Circuit Inc.	JBL	3.92B	10.69	1.80	0.22	1.65%
Delphi Automotive PLC	DLPH	14.41B	14.63	6.01	0.93	1.48%
TCF Financial Corporation	TCB	2.46B	26.82	1.31	2.82	1.33%
Pool Corp.	POOL	2.40B	30.46	8.37	1.22	1.24%

89 Stocks Boosted Their Dividends To New Levels

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The overall dividend growth continued and ended in an old strength last week.

In total 89 stocks increased their dividend payments of which 30 are High-Yields and 54 are currently recommended to buy. The average dividend growth amounts to 21.05 percent.

Yields come down as a result of the strong stock price gains. The current hikes don’t change the situation because they grow much lower compared to the valuation. Quality dividend stocks getting rare and better priced. That’s my main recognition over the recent months.

Dogs of The Dow: The Cheapest Growth Picks From The Index As Of April 2013

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Each month, I screen the market by the current Dogs of the Dow Jones. The strategy “Dogs of the Dow”  is an often mentioned and well known tool for investors who don’t know what kind of assets are cheap on the market.

The philosophy is to buy 10 stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. 

Below is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. Such stocks have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index.

I’ve no idea if those stocks are really good investments. If I look at the current results, I would only buy a few of them but not all. For sure, every investor needs a clear strategy to follow and it's very easy to stop thinking and making research when you put each year the best dogs into your portfolio.

I truly believe that this strategy is also no guarantee for better returns but you can get new ideas for your asset allocation. The more often your target investment appears on your daily screens, the more attractive is the company.

The 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.53 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 11.98. The average P/B ratio amounts to 2.76 and P/S ratio is 2.40.

5 Canadian And 7 American Stocks With More Than 100 Years Of Dividend Payments

Stocks with over 100 years of dividend payment history originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Everybody loves a long history. The longer the history of a company the bigger the database for investors and the more information’s are available for your desk research.

It’s also a deeply trust building when a company has paid dividends over more than a decade. A great list of the best dividend paying stocks with more than 25 years of consecutive dividend growth can be found on my blog. You can find there also stocks with 5 to 10 years and 10 to 25 years of consecutive growth.

The longest investment categories I cover are Dividend Kings. Those stocks have increased their payments over a period of more than 50 years without an interruption.

Today I like to top all these lists with a compilation of stocks that have paid dividends over more than 100 years. I discovered U.S. stocks as well as Canadian companies.

These U.S. companies have been paying dividends for well over 100 years:

Stanley Works (SWK) – paid dividends since 1877.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) – paid dividends since 1882.

Consolidated Edison (ED) – paid dividends since 1885, increased for 38 years.

Proctor & Gamble (PG) – paid dividends since 1890.

Coca-Cola (KO) – paid dividends since 1893 and a quarterly dividend since 1920.

Colgate-Palmolive (CL) – paid dividends since 1895.

Dupont (DD) – paid dividends since 1904.

These Canadian companies have been paying dividends for well over 100 years:

Bank of Montreal (BMO) – paid dividends since 1829.

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) – paid dividends since 1832.

TD (TD) – paid dividends since 1857.

CIBC (CM) – paid dividends since 1868.

Royal Bank (RY) – paid dividends since 1870.

100 Guru Stock Buy List | The Most Bought Stocks

100 most bought stocks by investment professionals originally published on Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Covering investment professionals does make sense to get inspired. I look at Warren Buffett’s investment choices. Guru stock buys are only one point of hundreds in the selection process of an investment target.

Investment gurus are asset or fund managers with big amounts of cash under management. They became popular by big returns and spectacular investment strategies. I also talk about investors like George Soros. They all have one thing in common: The average return beats the market and if they invest, the market follows.

Today I create a screen of the biggest stock buys from 49 super investors over the recent six months and rank them in my 100 best guru buy list. They all combined bought 571 stocks within the recent half year.

The most wanted stock was Berkshire Hathaway. The company was bought by 14 investment professionals over the recent six months. Microsoft and AIG were also very popular with 13 and 12 guru buys.

69 stocks from the list pay dividends and 68 have a buy or better recommendation.

10 Best Growing Dogs Of The Dow Jones - Portfolio Strategy

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Stock prices go up and yields come down. That’s a major fact we have realized over the recent years. Now, the S&P 500 has a current yield of 2.0 percent (despite dividend hikes) and the P/E ratio of the index is at 18.08.

I like it when stocks are cheap. Sure they maybe cheap now if you count on growth and a recovering economy but every rising stock market will come down one day. I prefer to buy stocks in times when nobody wants equities and everybody is expecting that the world’s economy and financial system dies. That’s the right time but it’s not today in my view.

Dividend Yield of the S&P 500

P/E of the S&P 500

The years 2000 and 2008 were two great years for investors to start an investor career. If you invest money into the stock market when others fear to lose money, you will be compensated by higher returns. Over the long-term, the economy will improve and your assets grow.

The time is not the best for long-term investors with a demand for higher yields. They must look at classical strategies to grow money. An often mentioned and well known strategy is the Dog of the Dow Theory. 

The philosophy is to buy 10 stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. 

Below is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. Such stocks have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index.

Dogs Of The Dow Jones Strategy: The 10 Best Stock Index Picks

Dogs of the Dow Jones originally published on “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. When you read my blog over a longer period, you would get some ideas of stocks you have never heard before. That’s because my database includes all stocks of the market and some of them are working in real small niches. Today I like to go back and show you the 10 hottest dogs of the world’s most mentioned index, the Dow Jones Index.

I cover the “Dogs of the Dow” strategy in my blog “long-term-investments.blogspot.com” on a regular basis. The philosophy is to buy 10 stocks of the Dow Jones with the highest dividend yield and lowest price to earnings ratio at the beginning of the year and to hold these stocks for a year. After this period, the investor should sell stocks that are no more Dogs of the Dow and buy therefore new Dogs of the Dow. Below is an updated sheet of the 10 best Dogs of the Dow. Such stocks have the lowest expected price to earnings ratio and highest dividend yield within the Dow Jones Index.

Compared to the latest screen from last month, Intel, Microsoft and McDonalds are back in the battle and kicked off JP Morgan Chase, Chevron and Procter&Gamble.

The 10 cheapest stocks of the Dow Jones have an average dividend yield of 3.71 percent as well as a forward P/E ratio of 11.85. The average P/B ratio amounts to 3.36 and P/S ratio is 2.41.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On February 13, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 13, 2013. In total, 80 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 33 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.44%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks: 

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc.	ARR	2.18B	7.75	0.89	11.27	13.62%
Pitney Bowes Inc.	PBI	2.78B	6.41	25.18	0.57	10.83%
The GEO Group, Inc.	GEO	2.33B	26.96	1.91	1.43	6.13%
Royal Dutch Shell plc	RDS-B	216.66B	8.14	1.15	0.45	4.99%
Duke Energy Corporation	DUK	48.68B	21.95	1.19	2.81	4.43%
Vectren Corporation	VVC	2.67B	16.33	1.77	1.20	4.37%
Shaw Communications, Inc.	SJR	10.54B	14.07	2.69	2.10	4.32%
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.	CNP	8.94B	22.49	2.10	1.20	3.97%
AstraZeneca PLC	AZN	59.19B	9.52	2.49	2.12	3.80%
Eli Lilly & Co.	LLY	62.55B	14.73	3.76	2.77	3.64%
E. I. du Pont de Nemours	DD	44.62B	18.37	4.42	1.26	3.60%
Apartment Investment & Management	AIV	4.21B	-	4.58	4.07	3.32%
Chevron Corporation	CVX	226.33B	8.68	1.70	0.94	3.11%
Enbridge Inc.	ENB	35.81B	40.44	3.52	1.52	2.86%
International Paper Co.	IP	18.52B	24.81	2.94	0.67	2.85%
Walgreen Co.	WAG	39.20B	18.60	2.13	0.55	2.65%
Southwest Gas Corporation	SWX	2.07B	16.49	1.63	1.06	2.63%
Boeing Co.	BA	57.21B	14.85	9.78	0.70	2.56%
Aqua America Inc.	WTR	4.00B	26.48	3.05	5.39	2.45%
The J. M. Smucker Company	SJM	9.63B	20.64	1.87	1.65	2.34%