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The Largest Marijuana Companies

by Fred Fuld III

Over 60% of states have legalized marijuana, either for medical purposes or for both medical and recreational use. In addition, Canada has legalized recreational cannabis throughout all the provinces after the passage of the Cannabis Act (also known as Bill C-45), joining Uruguay as the second country to do so nationwide.

If you want to invest in a new budding industry (no pun intended), it is generally considered a good idea to choose the largest stocks to invest in. They have greater liquidity, a larger following by analysts, and the large size is usually due to stronger earnings, stronger revenues, or at the very least, greater growth potential of revenues.

So if you are looking to place your investment dollars in the cannabis industry, you might want to start you due diligence with the largest companies by market cap. (market capitalization is the total number of shares times the current market price).

The biggest one by far is Canopy Growth Corp (CGC) with a market cap of $15.3 billion. The company has a big advantage in that Constellation Brands (STZ) invested a huge amount of money in the company, owning over a third of Canopy shares. Constellation known for its beer and wine, markets Pacifico and Corona beer, Robert Monday and Clos du Bois wine, and Svedka vodka. Canopy has a forward price to earnings ratio of 357 and trades at 2.87 times book value.

Coming in second place is Aurora Cannabis (ACB) with an $8.4 billion market cap. The stock has a forward P/E ratio of 555.5 and price to book value of 2.58.

GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPH) is a $5.64 billion company involved in developing cannabinoid biopharmaceutical products. It trades at 8.82 times book value.

Cronos Group (CRON) has a $5.13 billion market cap and produces and sells marijuana products in Canada, Germany, and other areas. The stock trades at 69 times forward earnings and 7.1 times book value.

Tilray (TLRY) has a $4.3 billion market cap. The company is developing cannabis infused beverages in partnership with Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD). Tilray has a nosebleed-level forward P/E ratio of 1,111 and a price to book of 11.1.

Maybe one of these stocks will help your portfolio get higher and higher. Many tiny pot stocks are cropping up like weeds. Be careful with the smaller companies as they may go up in smoke and throw your portfolio out of joint. (Puns intended.)

Don’t forget to read:

Exclusive Interview with Chet Billingsley CEO of Mentor Capital on the Marijuana Industry

Is Apple Getting into the Marijuana Industry?

Disclosure: Author owns CGC.

WTF Is Happening: Women Tech Founders on the Rise

WTF Is Happening: Women Tech Founders on the Rise

By Nisa Amoils

YOUR NEXT BIG INVESTMENT IS WOMEN-LED TECH

While technological innovation is exploding and female pioneers are making remarkable strides across a wide range of emerging tech fields, inequity remains. However, the exciting new book by veteran tech investor, Nisa Amoils, provides a new appreciation of the extraordinary strides being made in disruptive technology by female entrepreneurs who are building a new world.

In WTF Is Happening: Women Tech Founders on the Rise, Amoils profiles thirteen female founders whose remarkable work today will make a profound difference in the way we all live tomorrow. You will find candid interviews with innovative female entrepreneurs in which they share their experiences in their own words. However, from robotics and virtual reality to drone technology and autonomous flight, these women are receiving only a small fraction of the available funding, an inequity that harms both innovators and investors alike.

WTF Is Happening offers powerful, evidence-based stories about young technologies and industries in their infancies led by women paving a path into our future—women who will very likely outperform for their investors. Further, WTF Is Happening also highlights statistics that prove that companies with at least one female founder did a better job creating value for investors.

“I wrote WTF Is Happening simply to shine a light on some amazing women tech founders. I want to raise awareness and to encourage others to follow in their footsteps, because you can’t be what you can’t see,” says Amoils. “The good news for investors and students of STEM alike is that there were so many candidates for inclusion that I had a hard time narrowing it down.”

So, whether you’re a VC searching for new cutting-edge technology, an investor looking for opportunities outside of their usual network or a young woman who’s considering entering the STEM fields, WTF Is Happening is your invitation to help shape the future.

This book is an invitation to young women who may not have thought about working in STEM fields, or starting their own tech companies. It’s an invitation to female entrepreneurs and investors to see themselves and their partners reflected in the stories. Most importantly, this book is an invitation to investors who are seeking exciting companies, calling upon them to see the amazing world female technologists are creating.

Aside from the well-published social benefits to society, there are investment opportunities with women-led companies which are often under-shopped and undervalued. Throughout her career as a tech investor, Amolis has watched female tech entrepreneurs struggle for VC funding as the money flows elsewhere. Readers will realize, investors who aren’t looking hard are leaving money on the table. In it you’ll also discover:

The Gender Funding Discrepancy: why female entrepreneurs only received 2% of VC funding in 2018
Tech predictions for the next five years
Insider tips for stages of funding
12 reasons why women aren’t going anywhere in the future of tech
Women Tech Founders offer the lessons they wish they knew to tomorrow’s STEM superstars
5 key lessons for the future women leaders of tech from today’s female founders and innovators
The dynamic women making blockchain more accessible
How investors are leaving money on the table

For the past decade Nisa Amoils has been a venture investor primarily focused on new technologies. She is a former securities lawyer and on the Boards of several companies and institutions including Wharton Entrepreneurship. She writes for Forbes and Blockchain Magazine and is a regular on CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, Cheddar and others. Prior to investing, she spent many years in business development at companies like Time Warner and NBC Universal and worked with many startups She holds a business degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

The book, WTF Is Happening: Women Tech Founders on the Rise, is available on Amazon and other booksellers.

How to Plan for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting

by Fred Fuld III

It was just a couple weeks ago when Warren Buffett held his Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) (BRKB) Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. The attendance was huge. I understand that they expected around 30,000 attendees, but according to the local press, there were over 40,000! It was like a rock concert festival for investors.

The event was held at the CHI Health Center Omaha Convention Center and Arena. The arena part of the center, which normally hosts basketball and hockey games, was where the meeting was held and the the convention center held the exhibiters of many of the companies that Berkshire Hathaway owns.

It was a three day event starting with the Shareholder Shopping Day and Borsheims Cocktail Reception on Friday, May 3.

Then on Saturday was the all-day annual meeting, starting with a movie about some of the products and services offered by Berkshire companies. After the movie was a question and answer session with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, which lasted all day long, other than a one hour lunch break. I don’t know how Warren and Charlie had the stamina. By two o’clock in the afternoon, I felt like taking a nap (but I didn’t).

After the Q&A, the formal meeting began and lasted about two minutes. Finally, during the evening was the Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Berkshire Picnic.

Sunday was the Berkshire Hathaway “Invest in Yourself” 5K Walk, Jog, and Run. Then the Borsheims Shopping Day took place where an entire indoor shopping center was taken over for the day and opened exclusively to Berkshire shareholders. In addition to the free food, you could watch bridge champions, a table tennis champion, a magician, and music entertainment. Finally, the dinner at Gorat’s Steakhouse.

Berkshire Boat — You could have bought this boat. Price: $165,000. Show special: $125,000

In regards to the exhibits in the convention center, attendees could visit the following:

Borsheims Fine Jewely
BNSF Railway (with a toy train moving around the exhibit) Train
Coca-Cola (KO)
Dairy Queen (lots of inexpensive ice cream)
FlightSafety International (which allowed attendees to try out the company’s flight simulation machines)
GEICO (a giant GEICO gecko was there)
Kraft Heinz (KHC)
NetJets (you could walk through the interior of a jet)
See’s Candies (probably the most popular exhibit)
and many, many more exhibitors

For those of you that want to attend next year, here are some things to keep in mind:

Next year’s meeting is May 2, 2020
If you don’t own shares of Berkshire, make sure you buy your shares far enough ahead of time to be on the corporate records so that you will be entitled to attend
Make your reservation for a hotel room NOW. I made my reservation about a couple months before the event, and the closest hotel I could get was over half an hour away from the convention center.
If you plan on taking Lyft (LYFT) or Uber (UBER) at the airport when you first arrive, plan on not getting a car for a long, long time. I suggest that you immediately stand in the taxi line, and call Lyft or Uber right after you get in line (which may take at least half an hour to get to the front for a taxi). You may be lucky and your ride hailing car may show up before you get to the front of the taxi line. Expect to pay a lot for a taxi ride, far more than Uber or Lyft.
If you want to get a good seat at the meeting, plan on getting there very, very early in the morning. I arrived at 7:45 am and it was already standing room only. (Remember, this is an arena.) I finally got a seat in the afternoon up in the nosebleed section. I was talking to the guy who was sitting behind me and he said he got there at 6:15 and it was the best seat he could get. He told me that people started arriving at 3:30 and 4:00 in the morning in order to get a decent seat.
Expect to got through extensive security to get in. I saw a police officer with an assault rifle.
If you want to attend the Gorat’s Steakhouse dinner, make your reservation now.
You will receive a form from Berkshire asking if you are planning to attend the meeting. Fill out the form and send it in immediately. (Tip: You can save a couple days by downloading the form instead of waiting for it to arrive in the mail.)
Plan on meeting a lot of people from around the world and have fun.

Disclosure: Author owns BRKB.

IPOs for the Next Week

by Fred Fuld III

It seems like everyone is waiting for the long anticipated Uber IPO. The spotlight will be on the trading after Uber goes public, since Lyft (LYFT) has tanked to a record low today.

Your broker might not be participating in any or all of these IPOs, but if you are interested in any of them, it is worth checking. Just remember, just because there is an IPO, doesn’t mean the stock will jump in price. Remember Lyft.

Here are some IPOs scheduled for the next ten days:

NEXTCURE, INC.	NXTC	5/9/19
CORTEXYME, INC.	CRTX	5/9/19
AXCELLA HEALTH INC.	AXLA	5/9/19
MILESTONE PHARMACEUTICALS INC.	MIST	5/9/19
SOUTH PLAINS FINANCIAL, INC.	SPFI	5/9/19
MAYVILLE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.	MEC	5/9/19
DIAMOND EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP. \ DE	DEACU	5/9/19
HEADHUNTER GROUP PLC	HHR	5/9/19
APPLIED THERAPEUTICS INC.	APLT	5/9/19
UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC	UBER	5/10/19
SONIM TECHNOLOGIES INC	SONM	5/10/19
HEALTH SCIENCES ACQUISITIONS CORP	HSACU	5/10/19
POSTAL REALTY TRUST, INC.	PSTL	5/10/19
JIAYIN GROUP INC.	JFIN	5/10/19
CONVERSIONPOINT HOLDINGS, INC.	CPTI	5/14/19
BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC	BEER	5/15/19
PIMCO MORTGAGE INCOME TRUST INC.	PMTG	5/16/19
FASTLY, INC.	FSLY	5/17/19
LUCKIN COFFEE INC.	LK	5/17/19
AVANTOR, INC.	AVTR	5/17/19

Upcoming Stock Earnings Announcements

If you are looking to do some earnings trades, here are some corporate earnings announcements that will be taking place during this week.

Humana Inc	HUM	5/1/19	Before Open
Garmin Ltd	GRMN	5/1/19	Before Open
Iqvia Holdings Inc	IQV	5/1/19	Before Open
Harris Corp	HRS	5/1/19	Before Open
Estee Lauder Companies	EL	5/1/19	Before Open
CVS Corp	CVS	5/1/19	Before Open
L-3 Communications Holdings	LLL	5/1/19	Before Open
Yum! Brands	YUM	5/1/19	Before Open
Southern Company	SO	5/1/19	Before Open
Willis Towers Wts	WLTW	5/1/19	Before Open
Molson Coors Brewing Company	TAP	5/1/19	Before Open
Idexx Laboratories	IDXX	5/1/19	Before Open
Sealed Air Corp	SEE	5/1/19	Before Open
Hilton Inc	HLT	5/1/19	Before Open
Entergy Corp	ETR	5/1/19	Before Open
Pinnacle West Capital Corp	PNW	5/1/19	Before Open
Automatic Data Procs	ADP	5/1/19	Before Open
CME Group Inc	CME	5/1/19	Before Open
Clorox Company	CLX	5/1/19	Before Open
Amtek Inc	AME	5/1/19	Before Open
Johnson Controls Intl	JCI	5/1/19	Before Open
NiSource Inc	NI	5/1/19	Before Open
Qualcomm Inc	QCOM	5/1/19	After Close
HCP Inc	HCP	5/1/19	After Close
Hologic Inc	HOLX	5/1/19	After Close
Equinix Inc	EQIX	5/1/19	After Close
Public Storage	PSA	5/1/19	After Close
Ansys Inc	ANSS	5/1/19	After Close
Hartford Financial Services Group	HIG	5/1/19	After Close
Allstate Corp	ALL	5/1/19	After Close
Host Marriott Financial Trust	HST	5/1/19	After Close
American Water Works	AWK	5/1/19	After Close
Realty Income Corp	O	5/1/19	After Close
Metlife Inc	MET	5/1/19	After Close
Mid-America Apartment Communities	MAA	5/1/19	After Close
Prudential Financial Inflation Retail	PRU	5/1/19	After Close
Marathon Oil Corp	MRO	5/1/19	After Close
Apache Corp	APA	5/1/19	After Close
Lincoln National Corp	LNC	5/1/19	After Close
Williams Companies	WMB	5/1/19	After Close
Cigna Corp	CI	5/2/19	Before Open
Teleflex Inc	TFX	5/2/19	Before Open
Public Service Enterprise Group Inc	PEG	5/2/19	Before Open
Amerisourcebergen Corp	ABC	5/2/19	Before Open
Hanesbrands Inc	HBI	5/2/19	Before Open
Abiomed Inc	ABMD	5/2/19	Before Open
MSCI Inc	MSCI	5/2/19	Before Open
Kimco Realty Corp	KIM	5/2/19	Before Open
Huntington Ingalls Industries	HII	5/2/19	Before Open
Church & Dwight Company	CHD	5/2/19	Before Open
Under Armour Inc Class C Comm	UA	5/2/19	Before Open
Ball Corp	BLL	5/2/19	Before Open
Macerich Company	MAC	5/2/19	Before Open
Aptiv Plc	APTV	5/2/19	Before Open
Kellogg Company	K	5/2/19	Before Open
Zoetis Inc Class A	ZTS	5/2/19	Before Open
Vulcan Materials Company	VMC	5/2/19	Before Open
Under Armour	UAA	5/2/19	Before Open
Global Payments Inc	GPN	5/2/19	Before Open
Discovery Comm A	DISCA	5/2/19	Before Open
Parker-Hannifin Corp	PH	5/2/19	Before Open
Hollyfrontier Corp	HFC	5/2/19	Before Open
Dowdupont Inc	DWDP	5/2/19	Before Open
NRG Energy	NRG	5/2/19	Before Open
S&P Global Inc	SPGI	5/2/19	Before Open
Discovery Comm Inc	DISCK	5/2/19	Before Open
PPL Corp	PPL	5/2/19	Before Open
Xylem Inc	XYL	5/2/19	Before Open
Intercontinental Exchange	ICE	5/2/19	Before Open
Resmed Inc	RMD	5/2/19	After Close
Skyworks Solutions	SWKS	5/2/19	After Close
Expedia Group Inc	EXPE	5/2/19	After Close
Fortinet Inc	FTNT	5/2/19	After Close
Motorola Solutions	MSI	5/2/19	After Close
Activision Blizzard	ATVI	5/2/19	After Close
Federal Realty Investment Trust	FRT	5/2/19	After Close
Cognizant Tech Sol	CTSH	5/2/19	After Close
Fluor Corp	FLR	5/2/19	After Close
Apartment Investment and Management	AIV	5/2/19	After Close
Alliant Energy Corp	LNT	5/2/19	After Close
Gilead Sciences Inc	GILD	5/2/19	After Close
Arista Networks Inc	ANET	5/2/19	After Close
Consolidated Edison Company of New York	ED	5/2/19	After Close
Flowserve Corp	FLS	5/2/19	After Close
CBS Corp	CBS	5/2/19	After Close
Eog Resources	EOG	5/2/19	After Close
Regency Centers Corp	REG	5/2/19	After Close
Dentsply Sirona Inc	XRAY	5/3/19	Before Open
American Tower Corp	AMT	5/3/19	Before Open
Newell Rubbermaid Inc	NWL	5/3/19	Before Open
CBOE Global Markets Inc	CBOE	5/3/19	Before Open
Noble Energy Inc	NBL	5/3/19	Before Open
Dominion Resources	D	5/3/19	Before Open

Blowing Up the Public Company Governance Model to Maximize Long-Term Shareholder Value

by Fred Fuld III

The book, Governance Arbitrage: Blowing Up the Public Company Governance Model to Maximize Long-Term Shareholder Value by Henry D. Wolfe is an interesting take on how publicly traded companies can improve shareholder value by improving their board of directors.

Does anyone remember the corporate raiders from years ago, such as Carl Icahn? They were looked on as the bad guys, at least by corporate management. However, their goal was not to just change the board of directors, their ultimate goal was to make that change in order to fully realize shareholder value.

Wolfe recommends that corporations use the private equity governance model for boards of directors, which would increase the value of the board and thereby increase the performance of the business, with the ultimate result being a growth in shareholder value.

Probably the most important chapter in the book is Chapter 5 Director Selection, where he describes how directors need to be chosen not only for their thinking-like-an-owner mentality but also for their investor sophistication.

If you want to know how the performance of a publicly traded company can improve and long-term shareholder value increase, I recommend you read Governance Arbitrage.

Top Mother’s Day Stocks

by Nkem Iregbulem

Mother’s Day is coming up on May 12th this year in the United States. On this special day, family members honor mothers and motherhood. Mother’s Day is celebrated by over 40 countries around the world in different ways and on various days – particularly in the months of March and May. To display gratitude, family members often shower mothers in gifts such as chocolates, flowers, jewelry, and cards.

The holiday was first created in the United States by Anna Jarvis in 1908 but did not become an official national holiday until 1914. Celebrations of motherhood, however, are centuries old and can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Greeks honored Rhea, their mother of gods, with offerings of honey-cakes, fine drinks, and flowers at dawn. The Romans honored Magna Mater by bringing gifts to the temple they built for her in Rome. During the 1600s, England honored mothers of England with a Christian festival known as “Mothering Sunday.” Since then, the holiday has grown more and more popular around the world.

There are a few stocks that may benefit from the commercialization of Mother’s Day. These include Hershey (HSY), Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. (RMCF), Nestle (NSRGY), 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. (FLWS), and CSS Industries Inc. (CSS). The RMCF and FLWS stocks are traded on the NASDAQ exchange. The HSY and CSS stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and the NSRGY stock is traded over-the-counter.

One company that could benefit from the annual celebration is The Hershey Co., one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. The Hershey Company, headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, controls around 45% of the domestic chocolate market. Its products are offered in about 80 countries including the United States, China, Brazil, India, and Mexico. The leading chocolate company sells Mother’s Day favorites such as chocolate and other sweets to its customers.

The company has a market cap of $26.1 billion and pays a dividend yield of 2.31%. With a price-to-sales ratio of 3.36, its stock is slightly overpriced. The stock trades at 22.59 times trailing earnings and at 22.22 times forward earnings. The company’s stock also has a high price-to-book ratio of 18.47. Its revenue has been increasing each fiscal year since 2015, giving Hershey a 3-year revenue growth rate of 1.79%.

A mother might appreciate a sweet gift from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc, a company that manufactures chocolate candies and confectionery products. Founded in 1981 and based in Colorado, it operates in the United States, Japan, Canada, Philippines, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates. The company’s business activity can be divided into a couple segments: Franchising, Manufacturing, Retail Stores, U-Swirl Operations, and Other. Its products include clusters, truffles, caramels, mints, and molded chocolates – all great Mother’s Day gifts.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. has a low market cap of $57.98 million and pays a dividend yield of 4.92%. With a negative 3-year growth rate of -2.84%, the company has seen decreasing revenue values each fiscal year since 2015. Its stock has a normal price-to-sales ratio of 1.64 and a price-to-book ratio of 2.82. The stock also trades at 23.85 times trailing earnings.

You might find the perfect Mother’s Day gift at Nestle, a well-known chocolate powerhouse founded in 1866.By sales, the Swiss company is the world’s largest food and beverage company. Brands such as Nestle, Nescafe, Perrier, Pure Life, and Purina are all part of the company’s product portfolio. Under these brands and various other brands, the company offers chocolate and other food products.

The company has a market cap of $284.96 billion and pays dividend yield of 2.57%. With a price-to-sales ratio of 3.22, the company’s stock is slightly overpriced. It trades at 24.32 times trailing earnings and at 22.42 times forward earnings. The stock has a price-to-book ratio of 5.07. Nestle’s revenue has been increasing each fiscal year since 2015, giving the company a 3-year growth rate of 0.99%.

Another company that might benefit from Mother’s Day sales is 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. Based in New York, the company was founded in 1982. 1-800-Flowers.com offers flowers, candy, stuffed animals, gift baskets, and candles – gifts a Mother would love to receive on her special day. Other products include fruits, popcorn, steaks, and cookies. These products are offered under brands such as 1-800-Baskets.com, The Popcorn Factory, and Fannie May.

1-800-Flowers.com Inc. has a market cap of $1.23 billion and does not pay a dividend yield. Its stock trades at 36.23 times trailing earnings and at 37.59 times forward earnings. It has a normal price-to-sales ratio of 1.06 and a price-to-book ratio of 3.46. With a 3-year revenue growth rate of 0.90%, the company has seen its revenue increase each fiscal year from 2010 to 2017 before a slight drop in 2018.

Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, CSS Industries Inc. (CSS) is another company that offers Mother’s Day related products. The company makes gift wrap and greeting cards for special occasions. CSS Industries also offers products such as classroom exchange Valentines, journals, floral accessories, and scrapbooks. It distributes and sells these products to mass market retailers in the United States and Canada.

CSS Industries has a low market cap of $55.31 million and pays a dividend yield of 12.78%. The stock trades at 20.20 times forward earnings. The company’s stock has an excellent price-to-sales ratio of 0.14 and a low price-to-book ratio of 0.26. CSS Industries’ revenue has been increasing since 2015, giving the company 3-year revenue growth rate of 4.95%.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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

Stocks Going Ex Dividend in May 2019

by Fred Fuld III

The following is a short list of some of the many stocks going ex dividend during the next month.

Many traders and investors use the stock trading technique called ‘Buying Dividends,’ also commonly referred to as ‘Dividend Capture.’ This is the strategy 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 in bull markets and flat or choppy markets, but you need to avoid the strategy 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 many with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount, and annual yield.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL)	5/1/2019	0.35	2.45%
Citigroup Inc. (C)	5/3/2019	0.45	2.59%
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (AMTD)	5/6/2019	0.30	2.32%
MetLife, Inc. (MET)	5/6/2019	0.44	3.90%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	5/9/2019	0.45	3.75%
Walmart Inc. (WMT)	5/9/2019	0.53	2.09%
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)	5/10/2019	0.87	4.32%
Target Corporation (TGT)	5/14/2019	0.64	3.32%
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA)	5/17/2019	0.44	3.33%
Discover Financial Services (DFS)	5/23/2019	0.40	1.97%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)	5/29/2019	0.85	1.67%
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)	5/31/2019	2.20	2.68%

The additional ex-dividend stocks can be found HERE . (If you have been to the page 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 HERE . 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.

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 21 Sports Betting Stocks

by Fred Fuld III

Last year, the Supreme Court came out with a decision that would allow betting on sports in all states, with each state determining whether or not to allow this form of gambling. Several have already legalized legalized online sports betting. Almost half the states are considering legislation. This should lead to more online gambling, and a transition from illegal gambling to legal betting.

Even NBC Sports Broadcaster Jim Kozimor mentioned in an interview back in September that sports betting will be an extremely strong growth industry.

So if you are looking for a way to profit from sports betting without betting on stocks, you should look at the stocks that should benefit from the online betting of sports.

FanDuel is the second largest daily fantasy sports provider and is anticipated to be a leader in the legal sports betting market. Thast year, FanDuel was taken over by Paddy Power Betfair (PDYPY), which trades on the London Stock Exchange in Britain and on the Pink Sheets in the US. This $6,6 billion market cap company trades at 20 times forward earnings and pays a favorable yield of 4.2%.

Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD), an operator of a company that runs 16 casinos across the United States, has recently released its B Connected Sports app in order to take advantage of increased legalization. The stock trades at 29 times trailing earnings and has a forward price to earnings ratio of 17. It pays a small dividend of 0.8%.

The following is a list of over 20 companies that may benefit from online sports betting.

Company	Symbol	MktCap	Yield
Paddy Power Betfair	PDYPY	6.7 B	4.14%
MGM Resorts	MGM	14.9 B	1.87%
Gaesar’s Entertainment	CZR	6.3 B	0
Madison Square Garden	MSG	7.3 B	0
Penn National	PENN	2.6 B	0
GameHost	GHIFF	177 M	7.04%
Boyd Gaming	BYD	3.4 B	0.79%
Bragg Gaming	BRGGF	16 M	0
Churchill Downs	CHDN	3.8 B	0.58%
Stars Group	TSG	5.1 B	0
William Hill	WIMHY	1.9 B	9.58%
International Game Technology	IGT	2.8 B	5.76%
El Dorado Resorts	ERI	3.9 B	0
Scientific Games	SGMS	1.9 B	0
Wynn Resorts	WYNN	15.8 B	2.04%
Marriott International	MAR	45.7 B	1.21%
Millennial Esports	MLLLF	17 M	0
888 Holdings	EIHDF	731 M	5.13%
GVC Holdings	GMVHF	4.9 B	4.95%
Las Vegas Sands	LVS	51.9 B	4.59%

Here’s hoping the stock you choose provide you with a big payoff.

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

Speed Through Security During Your Summer Travel

by Fred Fuld III

If you haven’t already, you are probably planning your summer travel. However, there is something else you should plan on, one or more of the services available to travelers to help them get though security faster.

There are a few options available to you. One service, that gets to you the front of the security line is called CLEAR. This service has been around since 2010 and is available in more than two dozen airports, everywhere from Atlanta and Austin to Los Angeles and San Francisco to New York and Washington DC.

In addition to being escorted to the front of the line by a CLEAR representative, the company utilizes another feature to speed things up. Biometrics, such as your fingerprints and eyes are used to check your identity, so you don’t have to fumble around with a card.

I have used CLEAR and became an affiliate as it has saved me a ton of time at the airport. CLEAR has one other big advantage. It can be used at stadiums and other venues, such as Oracle Park, Madison Square Garden, and Yankee Stadium.

The cost of CLEAR is $179 per year, and if you have kids under 18, they can accompany you for free. You can add a spouse for only $50.

An additional option is TSA PreCheck which is available in most airports across the United States. This allows you to avoid taking off your shoes and your jacket, and you don’t have to take your laptop out of your bag. The service is primarily for domestic’s flights.

The cost for PreCheck is $85 for five years. Children 12 and under are free if traveling with you, but kids 13 to 18 will require a separate registration. Some airline will PreCheck you for free; check with your airline.

For international travelers, the Global Entry program is available, with includes the same benefits as PreCheck but also allows you to return to the US through customs much faster. The price is $100 and children need their own pass The service is available in about a third of the PreCheck airports.

Happy travels!