The Latest Top Investing Books

If you re looking for new and interesting books to read during the spring that are related to the stock market and investing, look no further than the following list. These are books that have recently been released or will be released this year. Happy reading!

Winning the Loser’s Game, Seventh Edition: Timeless Strategies for Successful Investing by Charles D. Ellis

International Money and Finance, Ninth Edition by Michael Melvin and Stefan Norrbin

Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street by Sheelah Kolhatkar

The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later by Ric Edelman

The Crowdsourceress: Get Smart, Get Funded, and Kickstart Your Next Big Idea by Alex Daly

MILLIONAIRE HABITS: 16 TOP SECRETS MILLIONAIRES USE TO CREATE LASTING WEALTH by Uyi Abraham

The 100 Best Stocks to Buy in 2017 by Peter Sander and Scott Bobo

The Secrets of Successful Financial Planning: Inside Tips from an Expert by Dan Gallagher

The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques

 

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of April

Here is our latest update on the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the process of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at about the same price, yet still being entitled to the dividend.

This technique generally works only in bull markets, and can work in flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the technique during bear markets. In order to be entitled to the dividend, you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date, and you can’t sell the stock until after the ex date.

The actual dividend may not be paid for another few weeks. WallStreetNewsNetwork.com has compiled a downloadable and sortable list of the stocks going ex dividend in the near future. The list contains many dividend paying companies, lots with market caps over $500 million, and yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the quarterly dividend amount, and annual yield.

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) 4/3/2017 0.16 1.48%
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX) 4/3/2017 0.45 1.67%
Gap, Inc. (GPS) 4/3/2017 0.23 3.87%
Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) 4/4/2017 0.29 3.06%
J P Morgan Chase & Co (JPM) 4/4/2017 0.50 2.12%
American Express Company (AXP) 4/5/2017 0.32 1.55%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) 4/5/2017 0.15 6.78%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) 4/5/2017 0.39 2.72%
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) 4/5/2017 0.84 1.61%
General Mills, Inc. (GIS) 4/6/2017 0.48 3.22%
Intuit Inc. (INTU) 4/6/2017 0.34 1.08%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found here at wstnn.com. (If you have been to the website before, and the latest link doesn’t show up, you may have to empty your cache.) If you like dividend stocks, you should check out some of the other high yield stock lists at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com or WStNN.com. Most of the lists are free.

Dividend definitions: Declaration date: the day that the company declares that there is going to be an upcoming dividend.

Ex-dividend date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

Monthly Dividend Stock List
 

Record date: the day when you must be on the company’s books as a shareholder to receive the dividend. The ex-dividend date is normally set for stocks at two business days before the record date.

Payment date: the day on which the dividend payment is actually made, which can be as long at two months after the ex date. 

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Don’t forget to reconfirm the ex-dividend date with the company before implementing this technique.

Disclosure: Author did not own any of the above at the time the article was written.