Bill Ackman’s Highest Yielding Dividend Stock Bets And His Complete Portfolio

Bill Ackman’s latest portfolio transactions and his biggest positions originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Some of you might know Bill Ackman because of the phone battle against Carl Icahn on CNBC. He is an activist with around USD 10 billion in assets under management. In his management company “Pershing Square Capital” he has only 10 stock holdings.

As an activist, Ackman tries to increase pressure on the management of a company in order to implement own visions of the company’s future. Nearly half of his positions have voting rights over 10 percent.

His main investment focus is on defensive stocks from the consumer and industrial sector. Around 70 percent of his exposure is related to these two sectors.

Below is a small list of Bill Ackman’s latest Portfolio transactions. He is a lazy guy. Last quarter, he bought only one stock and he needed more than a year to complete his latest 20 transactions.

From his 20 latest transactions are 12 unique positions of which 10 pay dividends. Dividend payments are not in focus of Ackman’s investment strategy. Only one company yields above the 3 percent mark.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On April 12, 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 April 12, 2013. In total, 7 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 3 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.63%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Camden National Corp.	CAC	247.48M	10.61	1.05	2.72	3.34%
Saul Centers Inc.	BFS	888.86M	62.69	3.33	4.68	3.24%
McGrath Rentcorp	MGRC	749.15M	16.88	2.06	2.06	3.19%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	19.59B	-	2.57	7.80	2.30%
Quaker Chemical Corporation	KWR	767.52M	16.12	2.73	1.08	1.68%
Credicorp Ltd.	BAP	12.61B	16.03	3.04	5.46	1.45%
EOG Resources, Inc.	EOG	34.97B	61.25	2.63	2.99	0.58%

Dividend Growth: 63 Stocks and Funds Boosted Dividend Payments To The Next Level

Stocks with dividend hikes from last week originally published at “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Last week was a great week with some attractive dividend hikes. In total, 63 stocks and funds raised dividends of which 41 have a dividend growth of more than 10 percent. The average dividend growth amounts to 32.31 percent. Below is a current list of all companies and funds with a dividend increase within the recent week.

On the list are some favorites of me. MMM is one of the companies. I owned some shares of the company a few years before but I sold the stake in expectation of a recession. MMM has some cyclic products and is a supplier for the industrial sector.

What I have learned from this asset sale was that it wasn’t necessary. I didn’t need the money and my view about the future perspectives was false. If you are a long-term investor, you shouldn’t be so anxious like I was. If the recession comes, you only need money to increase your stakes very wise and smart. Cash is king in the investment scene.

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares On December 12, 2012

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 ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December 12, 2012. In total, 121 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 53 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.69%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Total SA	TOT	118.25B	8.26	1.19	0.51	5.93%
Seagate Technology PLC	STX	10.91B	3.83	3.21	0.69	5.26%
BCE, Inc.	BCE	33.61B	13.82	2.44	1.66	5.25%
Encana Corporation	ECA	15.64B	-	2.84	2.60	3.76%
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	23.22B	15.33	6.37	1.85	3.53%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	ADP	27.83B	20.33	4.41	2.58	3.04%
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	25.92B	18.66	2.56	1.47	2.58%
Teck Resources Limited	TCK	20.95B	16.03	1.17	1.96	2.51%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	13.05B	14.36	3.89	0.92	2.43%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	HOT	10.62B	18.94	3.15	1.68	2.31%
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	10.68B	20.94	1.61	1.84	2.20%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	19.03B	-	2.48	7.38	2.17%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	TROW	16.33B	19.96	4.23	5.62	2.12%
Macy's, Inc.	M	15.55B	12.34	2.80	0.57	2.03%
Viacom, Inc.	VIAB	27.23B	12.41	3.69	1.96	2.03%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	MSI	15.33B	23.26	3.96	1.79	1.90%
Devon Energy Corporation	DVN	21.19B	30.24	0.97	2.23	1.53%
Canadian Natural Resources Limited	CNQ	31.07B	13.02	1.28	2.03	1.48%
Ingersoll-Rand Plc	IR	14.38B	14.44	1.94	1.02	1.34%
Range Resources Corporation	RRC	10.37B	-	4.54	7.56	0.25%

Best Dividend Paying Ex-Dividend Shares Between December 10 - 16, 2012

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 week.

A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks on December10 - 16, 2012. In total, 196 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 88 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.47%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Total SA	TOT	117.73B	8.18	1.19	0.50	5.96%
Seagate Technology PLC	STX	10.70B	3.75	3.14	0.67	5.36%
BCE, Inc.	BCE	33.34B	13.80	2.42	1.66	5.29%
Merck & Co. Inc.	MRK	135.68B	20.29	2.44	2.84	3.85%
Hewlett-Packard Company	HPQ	27.41B	-	1.22	0.23	3.79%
Encana Corporation	ECA	15.64B	-	2.84	2.60	3.76%
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI	23.00B	15.28	6.30	1.84	3.57%
Public Storage	PSA	24.43B	39.98	2.93	13.53	3.09%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	ADP	27.82B	20.32	4.41	2.58	3.04%
Cenovus Energy Inc.	CVE	25.45B	18.42	2.52	1.45	2.63%
Teck Resources Limited	TCK	20.42B	15.77	1.13	1.92	2.58%
ACE Limited	ACE	27.51B	10.30	1.02	1.55	2.42%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	13.16B	14.48	3.92	0.93	2.41%
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	HOT	10.64B	18.99	3.16	1.68	2.30%
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	10.60B	20.78	1.60	1.83	2.21%
General Growth Properties Inc.	GGP	18.97B	-	2.47	7.36	2.18%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	TROW	16.53B	20.20	4.28	5.69	2.10%
Viacom, Inc.	VIAB	26.89B	12.25	3.65	1.94	2.05%
Macy's, Inc.	M	15.86B	12.35	2.80	0.59	2.03%
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	MSI	15.32B	23.23	3.96	1.79	1.90%