February 2009 Dividend Paying Stocks

One way that you can earn very high returns is utilizing a technique called 'buying dividends'. Buying dividends is the process of buying a stock just before it goes ex-dividend and selling it shortly after the ex-dividend date at the same [or at a higher] price as the cost price. The ex-dividend date is the date after which a buyer of the stock is no longer entitled to the dividend. In other words, if an investor purchases a stock on or after the ex-dividend date, the investor will not receive the dividend; however, if the stock is purchased prior to the ex-dividend date, the investor will receive the dividend on what is called the payment date.

Sometimes you can sell the stock on the ex-dividend date, sometimes you have to hold the stock for a few days, and sometimes you have to hold the stock for a few weeks in order to sell the stock at what you paid or higher. In other words, this technique doesn't always work. But if it is a stock worth holding for the long term, what do you have to lose?


AGN - 02-18 - .04

AIZ - 02-19 - .14

AXB - 02-11 - .32

CPLP - 02-06 - 1.05

CR - 02-25 - .20

GS - 02-20 - .47

HRZ - 02-25 - .11

IGTE - 02-25 - .11

JNJ - 02-20 - .46

MAIN - 02-18 - .13

MCO - 02-18 - .10

MHP - 02/23 - .23

MMLP - 02-04 - .75

NMM - 02-05 - .40

NSC - 02-04 - .34

PCAR - 02-17 - .18

PFE - 02-04 - .32

TDW - 02-27 - .25

TGT - 02-18 - .16

UHS - 02-26 - .08