Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares Between February 25 - March 03, 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 week.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks February 25 – March 03, 2013. In total, 184 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 69 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.05%.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	28.51B	10.54	734.33	0.60	5.22%
Sun Life Financial Inc.	SLF	17.17B	29.21	1.04	0.86	5.06%
Dominion Resources, Inc.	D	32.40B	27.24	2.99	2.47	3.99%
Novartis AG	NVS	187.27B	17.79	2.42	3.25	3.58%
Northeast Utilities	NU	13.01B	20.72	1.39	2.30	3.55%
NextEra Energy, Inc.	NEE	30.79B	15.85	1.92	2.16	3.30%
McDonald's Corp.	MCD	95.63B	17.77	6.89	3.47	3.23%
Time Warner Cable Inc.	TWC	26.07B	12.54	3.53	1.22	3.01%
Corning Inc.	GLW	18.57B	10.97	0.86	2.32	2.85%
Pepsico, Inc.	PEP	116.90B	19.28	5.24	1.78	2.85%
Barrick Gold Corporation	ABX	30.52B	9.10	1.21	2.16	2.62%
CSX Corp.	CSX	23.58B	12.77	2.62	2.01	2.45%
Weyerhaeuser Co.	WY	16.12B	41.86	3.96	2.28	2.29%
Time Warner Inc.	TWX	49.39B	17.15	1.65	1.72	2.17%
The Allstate Corporation	ALL	22.39B	10.01	1.09	0.67	2.14%
Omnicom Group Inc.	OMC	15.11B	15.84	-	1.06	2.10%
TE Connectivity Ltd.	TEL	17.23B	14.59	2.12	1.30	2.05%
Union Pacific Corporation	UNP	63.83B	16.43	3.21	3.05	2.03%
Diageo plc	DEO	75.84B	19.35	7.65	4.43	1.90%
Suncor Energy Inc.	SU	47.65B	17.77	1.22	1.24	1.66%

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.

20 Stocks To Buy | The Most Recommended Utilities At The Market

Utilities with a buy or better rating originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Some investors love utilities, others hate them. I am somewhere in the middle. I never invested money into the utility sector because I know that strong growth is nearly impossible at low investment cots. So you should not get a quick big return.

The only chance to make a little money is with time optimized stock trading. But that's to complicated for me and means hard work. I love it to buy some high-quality growth stocks to receive the dividends without keeping an eye on anything and having fun with my live.

The good thing on utilities is that they generate stable cash flows and they can use the incoming money to pay high dividends and repurchase own shares. I believe that it makes more sense to buy bonds of those companies because if the company jumps into trouble the dividend payments and share buyback programs will be reduced as first. The bondholders suffer at the end.

However, I like to show you today which utilities are the most recommended at the market. I made a small list of the 20 best stocks which excludes stocks with a market capitalization below USD 2 billion because I personally think the risk should be much higher as for mid-capitalized stocks.

Below the 20 hottest utilities are sixteen with a dividend; two are high-yields.

Best Dividend Paying Stocks | Ex-Dividend Shares November 28, 2012

The Best Yielding And Biggest Ex-Dividend Stocks Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. 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 November 28, 2012. In total, 139 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 61 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.10%. If you like to receive the next dividend you need to buy the dividend stocks now.

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

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
National Grid plc	NGG	41.62B	11.33	2.87	1.92	5.54%
Lorillard, Inc.	LO	15.77B	14.59	-	2.41	5.09%
Dominion Resources, Inc.	D	28.95B	24.47	2.41	2.21	4.17%
Northeast Utilities	NU	11.96B	19.06	1.28	2.11	3.60%
NextEra Energy, Inc.	NEE	28.34B	13.22	1.81	1.92	3.53%
CSX Corp.	CSX	20.64B	11.18	2.29	1.75	2.80%
The Coca-Cola Company	KO	167.57B	19.46	5.05	3.52	2.73%
Magna International, Inc.	MGA	10.62B	7.69	1.16	0.35	2.41%
Time Warner Cable Inc.	TWC	28.09B	13.41	3.71	1.34	2.41%
TE Connectivity Ltd.	TEL	14.82B	12.94	1.86	1.12	2.39%
Barrick Gold Corporation	ABX	35.28B	10.53	1.40	2.49	2.27%
Union Pacific Corporation	UNP	57.33B	15.10	2.94	2.76	2.26%
Time Warner Inc.	TWX	44.05B	17.62	1.47	1.53	2.24%
Dover Corp.	DOV	11.40B	13.75	2.20	1.35	2.20%
The Allstate Corporation	ALL	19.49B	7.65	0.94	0.59	2.18%
Nordstrom Inc.	JWN	10.90B	16.54	5.78	0.93	1.99%
The Goldman Sachs Group	GS	56.83B	11.64	0.77	1.47	1.65%
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.	AU	12.05B	9.44	2.12	1.79	1.33%
Estee Lauder Companies	EL	22.97B	26.72	7.60	2.35	0.89%
SunTrust Banks	STI	14.66B	8.86	0.72	2.44	0.74%