Dividend Growth Stocks Of The Past Week

DividendPaying Real Estate Dogs With Yields Up To 18.69%

Source: Seeking Alpha

18 Stocks With Higher Dividend Payments Of The Past Week

Attached is a nice compilation of stocks with dividend growth from the past week. Only a few stocks, in total 18 companies, announced a higher dividend.

The best known stocks are Clarcor, Thor, DineEquity, Masco, LTC Properties, Enterprise Products Partners and Bank or Ozarks.

The biggest hike came from Synnex followed by Riverview Bancorp and American Financial.

Here is the full compilation....

18 Stocks With Higher Dividend Payments Of The Past Week (click to enlarge),
Source: long-term-investments.blogspot.com

Ex-Dividend Date Reminder For February 13, 2012

Here is a current overview of best yielding stocks that have their ex-dividend date on the next trading day. If your broker settles your trade today, you will receive the next dividend. A full list of all stocks with ex-dividend date can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 13, 2012. In total, 67 stocks and preferred shares go ex-dividend of which 32 yielding above 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.03 percent.

The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend. It is important that your broker settles your trade before the ex-dividend date.