Month: December 2016

A Great STOCKing Stuffer

If you are looking for a great STOCKing stuffer, look no further than the book, Stock Market Trivia. The book contains interesting, amusing, and fascinating trivia about Wall Street and the stock market. Did a stock really trade for over a million dollars a share? What stock had the symbol GRRR and why? Can the company’s stock symbol affect the stock’s price? What company paid $8.5 million for a domain name? What stock owned George Washington’s graffiti on a rock? Answers to these investment and stock market questions, and many, many others, are covered in this great resource for unusual facts about the Wall Street industry.

What do the billionaires say about it?

“It is refreshingly different and very fun. It is very much out of the ordinary and unusual.” ~ Ken Fisher, CEO of Fisher Investments, Forbes columnist, billionaire, and author

“great fun.” ~ Steve Forbes, billionaire, publisher Forbes Magazine

“Anything that helps educate the public on the financial services industry is laudable. I’ll share it with my office staff.” ~ T. Boone Pickens, billionaire, chairman of the hedge fund BP Capital Management

The book is available through through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and various fine bookstores.

Top Stock Market Investing Books

We are heading into the holidays and many investors are looking for gifts for their friends, relatives, and themselves. What better gift is there than a top selling investment related book? Many of you will be taking some time off or will be traveling and a good book is a great way to occupy your time. Here are some recent top selling books related to investing and the stock market.

Stocks on the Move: Beating the Market with Hedge Fund Momentum Strategies

Your Complete Guide to Factor-Based Investing: The Way Smart Money Invests Today

Option Strategy Risk / Return Ratios: A Revolutionary New Approach to Optimizing, Adjusting, and Trading Any Option Income Strategy

A Beginner’s Guide to Day Trading Online (2nd edition)

Security Analysis: Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett

Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings

DIY Financial Advisor: A Simple Solution to Build and Protect Your Wealth

Foundations of Trading: Developing Profitable Trading Systems using Scientific Techniques

The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor

Deep Value: Why Activist Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations

Book of Value: The Fine Art of Investing Wisely

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fourth Week of December

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 dividend amount, and yield.

Apollo Investment Corporation (AINV) 12/19/2016 0.15 12.3%
EarthLink Holdings Corp. (ELNK) 12/19/2019 0.05 3.5%
James Hardie Industries plc. (JHX) 12/19/2021 0.075 1.8%
KAR Auction Services, Inc (KAR) 12/19/2022 0.32 2.7%
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) 12/19/2023 0.72 4.9%
Seagate Technology PLC (STX) 12/19/2024 0.63 6.2%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!
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.


Top Real Estate Investing Books

If you are planning to diversify out of the stock market and invest some of your money in real estate, you should probably want to check out some of these books. If you already invest in real estate, and want to improve your returns, additional advice from top real estate books always helps. Or maybe you just want to try flipping homes and didn’t know where to start. Here are some of the top selling books on real estate investing.

The Book on Flipping Houses: How to Buy, Rehab, and Resell Residential Properties 

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buying Foreclosures, 2nd Edition

FLIP: How to Find, Fix, and Sell Houses for Profit

Buy & Rent Foreclosures: 3 Million Net Worth, 22,000 Net Per Month, In 7 Years…You can too!

Foreclosure Investing For Dummies

Buying Real Estate Foreclosures 3/E

The Complete Guide to Investing in Rental Properties

Short-Sale Pre-Foreclosure Investing: How to Buy “No-Equity” Properties Directly from the Bank — at Huge Discounts

Cashing in on Pre-foreclosures and Short Sales: A Real Estate Investor’s Guide to Making a Fortune Even in a Down Market

Finding the Uncommon Deal: A Top New York Lawyer Explains How to Buy a Home For the Lowest Possible Price

Happy Reading and Happy Investing!!!

Debt Free Stocks Selling Below Cash

Are you looking for stocks that are almost guaranteed not to go out of business? If so, you should look for stocks selling below cash per share. In fact, if you want an almost certain way of of making a profit, putting your money into stocks selling below cash is the way to go. Many stocks have been beaten down to very low prices due to tax selling, creating bargain basement opportunities.

Here is what it means when a stock sells below cash per share? First, assuming the company has no debt,  you take the amount of cash that the company has in the bank and divide it by the outstanding number of shares. That represents the cash per share. If a stock is trading for less than that amount, it is a bargain, because if the company went out of business immediately, everything would be liquidated and disbursed on a per share basis. Even if all the company’s inventory, equipment, and real estate were worth nothing, all that cash would provide the investor with a profit.

Once a stock sells for below cash per share, it starts to attract t6he attention of hedge funds, analysts, and companies looking for a takeover candidate, all of which can drive the price of a stock up. You may be wondering, do such stocks really currently exist? The answer is ‘Yes’ and here are a few of them.

Emerson radio (MSN) is a marketer of consumer electronic products and various housewares. The company has about $1.91 in cash per share, yet sells for less than half that amount. The stock trades at 7.5 times forward earnings. The company is debt free.

NeuroMetrix (NURO) makes and markets wearable neuro-stimulation therapeutic devices. Cash per share is $1.37, with the stock selling more than 20% below that. This debt free company has been generating negative earnings, but the stock has a favorable price to sales ratio of 0.70.

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals (OGXI) develops products that are designed to block the production of specific proteins that promote treatment resistance in cancer. The stock is selling for less than half the amount of cash per share. The company has a small amount of debt.

Here are a list of several below cash stocks.

Symbol Price Cash/shr Discount to Cash Debt/Equity
MSN 0.82 1.91 57.07% 0
NURO 1.06 1.37 22.63% 0
OGXI 0.46 1.09 57.80% 0.01
ONTX 2.63 3.50 24.86% 0
PCO 6.20 6.58 5.78% 0
RBCN 0.52 0.60 13.33% 0
SPRT 0.70 0.97 27.84% 0
VICL 2.55 3.40 25.00% 0
WGA 0.20 0.22 9.09% 0

Remember to do your research before investing, since most of these have very low market caps and limited trading which reduces liquidity. If you like interesting stock lists like this, you should check out many of the stock lists here.

Disclosure: Author owns RBCN, SPRT, and VICL.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Third Week of December

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 dividend amount, and yield.

Anadarko Petroleum (APC) 12/12/2017 0.05 0.6%
El Paso Electric Company (EE) 12/12/2019 0.31 2.6%
Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) 12/12/2023 0.51 4.0%
HP Inc. (HPQ) 12/12/2025 0.13 3.1%
Public Storage (PSA) 12/12/2032 2.00 3.2%
Domino’s Pizza Inc (DPZ) 12/13/2035 0.38 0.9%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!
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.


Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Second Week of December

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 dividend amount, and yield.

Ameren Corporation (AEE) 12/5/2016 0.44 3.5%
Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) 12/5/2019 0.41 2.3%
General Motors Company (GM) 12/5/2026 0.38 4.4%
Halliburton Company (HAL) 12/5/2028 0.18 1.5%
Kohl’s Corporation (KSS) 12/5/2030 0.5 3.7%
Praxair, Inc. (PX) 12/5/2032 0.75 2.5%
Schlumberger N.V. (SLB) 12/5/2035 0.5 2.5%
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) 12/6/2018 0.28 2.5%

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.

Book now available: Buying Dividends Revised and Expanded

Book now available: Stock Market Trivia Makes a Great Gift!
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.