There are over 35 stocks going ex-dividend in early August. Many traders use a technique called
dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the
definitions of the various dividend dates.
The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, yields over 1%, and are going ex-dividend in early August. Eight of the stocks have yields over 4%.
Cedar Fair, L.P. (FUN) 8/1/2008 Market cap: $982.7M
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) 8/4/2008 Market cap: $2.4B
Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) 8/4/2008 Market cap: $17.4B
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (ALEX) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $1.9B
Autoliv Inc. (ALV) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $3.4B
Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $2.2B
FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $23.5B
The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $15.0B
The Boeing Company (BA) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $50.3B
Equitable Resources, Inc. (EQT) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $7.5B
Lubrizol Corporation (LZ) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $3.1B
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $123.8B
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $90.3B
Rockwell Automation (ROK) 8/7/2008 Market cap: $6.5B
Sunoco, Inc. (SUN) 8/7/2008 Market cap: $4.3B
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (PAG) 8/7/2008 Market cap: $1.3B
Adams Express Company (ADX) 8/8/2008 Market cap: $1.0B
Petroleum & Resources (PEO) 8/8/2008 Market cap: $859.6M
Wyeth (WYE) 8/11/2008 Market cap: $63.4B
Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) 8/12/2008 Market cap: $25.1B
Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $1.1B
CIT Group Inc. (CIT) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $2.3B
Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJR) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $1.3B
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $21.7B
Ferro Corporation (FOE) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $938.9M
The Kroger Co. (KR) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $19.1B
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $55.0B
Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $6.7B
Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $9.3B
Sonoco Products Company (SON) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $3.1B
Southwest Gas Corporation (SWX) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $1.2B
United Technologies (UTX) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $62.2B
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $226.4B
Spectra Energy Corp. (SE) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $16.0B
Fastenal Company (FAST) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $7.4B
International Paper Company (IP) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $9.9B
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $10.9B
PACCAR Inc (PCAR) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $16.1B
Ryder System, Inc. (R) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $4.1B
Author owns PFE.
By Fred Fuld at
Stockerblog.com
-