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Corporate Stock Earnings Reports for the First Week of January

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings.

If earnings exceed analysts’ expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don’t move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

RECN

SONC

UNF

Thursday

STZ

HELE

MON

WBA

Friday

ANGO

GBX

If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists here at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the First Week of January

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.

American Express Company (AXP)	1/4/2017	0.32	1.6%
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)	1/4/2017	0.15	5.0%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)	1/4/2017	0.39	2.6%
Celadon Group, Inc. (CGI)	1/4/2017	0.02	1.1%
J P Morgan Chase & Co (JPM)	1/4/2017	0.48	2.1%
Monsanto Company (MON)	1/4/2017	0.54	2.1%
Morningstar, Inc. (MORN)	1/4/2017	0.23	1.2%

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.

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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.

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Corporate Stock Earnings Reports for Week 5 of December

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings.

If earnings exceed analysts’ expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don’t move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:

Surprise! Or maybe no surprise. No earnings announcements for the last week of the year.

If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists here at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

Stocks Going Ex Dividend the Fifth Week of December

Cypress Semiconductor (CY)	12/27/2017	0.11	3.7%
Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY)	12/28/2019	0.005	1.2%
Dillard’s, Inc. (DDS)	12/28/2031	0.07	0.4%
Amdocs Limited (DOX)	12/28/2032	0.195	1.3%
Inter Parfums, Inc. (IPAR)	12/28/2039	0.17	1.7%
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW)	12/28/2040	0.65	1.8%
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)	12/30/2016	0.275	1.5%
Gap, Inc. (The) (GPS)	12/30/2018	0.23	3.8%
Invacare Corporation (IVC)	12/30/2019	0.013	0.4%
Raytheon Company (RTN)	12/30/2020	0.733	2.0%

Dividend definitions:

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

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.

Why You Should Buy Stocks with a High Tax Rate

If you are looking for a short term speculation or a long term investment, you may want to look for stocks that are currently paying a high tax rate. Why?

According to the Tax Policy Institute, President-Elect Donald Trump has proposed a substantially reduced rate of 15% for corporations. What that means for stocks is that if companies are currently paying taxes at a high rate, they will benefit significantly from tax savings that will flow to the bottom line.

Surprisingly there are some companies that have a tax rate in excess of 60% (e.g. Amazon (AMZN)), according to a report by Wallet Hub. This includes state taxes.

Here are some of the hight overall tax bracket stocks, which may warrant further investigation.

Comcast (CMCSA) 37.1%

Home Depot (HD) 36.4

Norfolk Southern (NSC) 36.3%

Altria (MO) 35.1%

Verizon (VZ) 34.9%

Emerson Electric (EMR) 34.3%

Do your homework and your own due diligence. Hopefully, a corporate tax break with benefit your portfolio.

Disclosure: Author owns AMZN.

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Corporate Stock Earnings Reports for Week 4 of December

Looking for some interesting moves in some stocks this upcoming week? Check out the companies that will be reporting earnings.

If earnings exceed analysts’ expectations, the stocks can shoot up. If the numbers underperform, the stock can tank. Then again, occasionally, stocks don’t move the way you would have expected.

Anyway, many traders use earnings plays for trading strategies. Also, option traders look for high implied volatility of stocks for for option selling strategies.

Here are many of the enormous number of stocks reporting earnings this week:

Monday

Tuesday

BBRY
KMX
DRI
FDX
GIS
NKE
NAV

Wednesday

BBBY
MU
PAYX
RHT

Thursday

CALM
RAD

Friday

If you like interesting stock lists like this, be sure to check out many of the free stock lists here at WallStreetNewsNetwork.com.

A Great STOCKing Stuffer

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