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Ex Dividend Stocks for April 2022

2022-03-30T16:16:00.004-04:00

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 some with yields over 2%. Here are a few examples showing the stock symbol, the ex-dividend date, the periodic dividend amount.

Company / Symbol	Ex Dividend Date	Periodic Amt.	Yield
Shoe Carnival, Inc. (SCVL)	4/1/2022	0.09	1.17%
Dollar General Corporation (DG)	4/4/2022	0.55	0.96%
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (DGX)	4/5/2022	0.66	1.87%
Oracle Corporation (ORCL)	4/7/2022	0.32	1.52%
WD-40 Company (WDFC)	4/13/2022	0.78	1.68%
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW)	4/19/2022	0.80	1.46%
CVS Health Corporation (CVS)	4/21/2022	0.55	2.10%
Clorox Company (CLX)	4/26/2022	1.16	3.32%
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS)	4/29/2022	0.70	3.24%

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 at WSTNN.com HERE .

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.

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; affiliate links are on this page

Ex Dividend Stocks for February 2022

2022-02-03T12:55:00.003-05:00

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

Citigroup Inc. (C)	2/4/2022	0.51	3.13%
Schlumberger N.V. (SLB)	2/8/2022	0.125	1.28%
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)	2/10/2022	0.49	1.99%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)	2/14/2022	1.94	3.42%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)	2/18/2022	1.06	2.47%
Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT)	2/22/2022	0.24	0.69%
Tyson Foods, Inc. (TSN)	2/28/2022	0.46	2.02%

Dividend definitions:

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

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; affiliate links are on this page.

These are the 18 books that Warren Buffett thinks you should read to get smarter about investing and trading

2022-01-28T19:15:00.000-05:00

by Fred Fuld III

Warren Buffett, head of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA) (BRKB), actually came out with a list of books that he recommends on how to trade stocks and invest.

If you are interested in reading books about how to invest and trade, that are recommended by Warren Buffett, they can be found on the list below:

Business Adventures:

Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

Common Sense on Mutual Funds:

Fully Updated 10th Anniversary Edition

The Great Crash 1929

The Intelligent Investor:

The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel

(Revised Edition)

Investing Between the Lines:

How to Make Smarter Decisions By Decoding CEO Communications

Here are his recommended books about himself.

Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values

Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders

50 Years of Berkshire Hathaway Wall Print
This is actually a wall print poster.

Buffet: The Making of an American Capitalist

Buffett’s Bites: The Essential Investor’s Guide to Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letters

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Fifth Edition

A Few Lessons for Investors and Managers From Warren Buffett

Here are more books that Warren Buffett recommends about himself.

My Warren Buffett Bible: A Short and Simple Guide to Rational Investing: 284 Quotes from the World’s Most Successful Investor

The Oracle & Omaha, How Warren Buffet and His Hometown Shaped Each Other

Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2013

Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha

Warren Buffett’s Ground Rules: Words of Wisdom from the Partnership Letters of the World’s Greatest Investor

Warren Buffett Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World’s Greatest Investor

Enjoy your reading!!!

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Top Rare Earth Elements Stocks

2022-01-28T19:12:00.002-05:00

Recently, Sen. Mark Kelly (D, AZ) co-sponsored a bi-partisan bill called the Restoring Essential Energy and Security Holdings Onshore for Rare Earths Act of 2022, which calls for the development of a strategic reserve of rare earth metals by the year 2025, and bans the use of Chinese rare earth metals by the U.S. military by the following year.

What is a Rare Earth Metal?

So what is a rare earth metal? Rare earth metals, also called rare earth elements or REE, are heavy metals used in numerous industrial applications, many of which are critical.

Where are Rare Earth Metals Used?

Such uses include magnets, catalysts, batteries, glass, metallurgy, polishing, pigments, and ceramics, with the primary industry users being military equipment and renewable energy technology.

The 17 Rare Earth Elements

The following are considered to be the rare earth elements:

Lanthanum
Cerium
Praseodymium
Neodymium
Promethium
Samarium
Europium
Gadolinium
Terbium
Dysprosium
Holmium
Erbium
Thulium
Ytterbium
Lutetium
Scandium
Yttrium

What Countries Produce Rare Earth Metals?

According to Statista, China produces over 57% of the earths rare-earth elements, with the United States in second place at 15.6%. Myanmar (Burma) is third at 12.3%, followed by Australia and Madagascar.

The Top Rare Earth Elements Stocks

The leading rare earth elements company in the United States is MP Materials (MP) with a market capitalization of $7 billion. The company is in the business of rare earth mining and processing, and owns the mineral rights to the Mountain Pass Mine and surrounding areas in Nevada. It produces neodymium and praseodymium.

The company trades at 59 times trailing earnings. Revenues for the latest reported quarter rose by 36% over the previous quarter, and net income increased by over 57%.

The other big producer of rare earth metals is Lynas Rare Earths (LYSCF) (LYSDY). This Australian based company mines, extracts, and processes rare earth minerals in Australia and Malaysia.

The stock has a trailing price to earnings ratio of 55.5 and the company has a market cap of $6.7 billion. Revenues for the latest reported year jumped by 61% over the previous year. Earnings went from negative $19 million to a positive $157 million during the same time period.

There are actually over two dozen companies involved in rare earth metals, including mining, processing, selling, and recycling. To see the list, click HERE.

You also have one other option, and that is VanEck Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX). This ETF invests in a diversified portfolio of companies involved in the mining, refining and recycling of rare earth and strategic metals and minerals.

Hopefully, these stocks may provide a rare opportunity for your portfolio.

Disclosure: Author owns MP.

Amazon’s Top Selling Kindle Books

2021-12-22T00:19:00.001-05:00

by Fred Fuld III

Amazon $AMZN has just released its list of the top selling books on Kindle. In addition, Amazon is offering three months of Kindle Unlimited for just $0.99 through the end of 2021. This includes over two million eBooks, thousands of audiobooks, and up to three select magazine subscriptions.

So what are the top Kindle books? The top five titles in Kindle Unlimited in 2021 are:

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The Stopover

When We Believed in Mermaids

If You Tell

Temptation

Happy reading!

Disclosure: Page contains affiliate links.

8 Ways to Trade or Invest in Gold in an Inflationary Environment

2021-12-22T00:07:00.000-05:00

by Fred Fuld III

You have seen the headlines during the last several months. You have noticed the price increases on Amazon (AMZN), in your supermarket, and even at the dollar stores (which should probably now be called the $1.25 stores). Have you considered using gold as an inflation hedge?

Inflation is here and it’s getting worse. Investors and traders that understand this are now looking for ways to profit from inflation.

Of course no one expects hyperinflation, as was seen in Zimbabwe in 2008.

In Zimbabwe, the country’s peak month of inflation is estimated at 79.6 billion percent month over month, and 89.7 sextillion percent year over year in mid-November of 2008. That’s an inflation rate in numerical terms of 89,000,000,000,000,000,000,000%.

Back then, it cost billions of dollars just to buy basic food items. Inflation was so bad that the country allowed currencies from other countries to be used in April 2009. In 2015, Zimbabwe switched to the U.S. dollar as its national currency.

In 2019, Zimbabwe reintroduced the Zimbabwe dollar, but unfortunately, hyperinflation has hit the country again, measuring 737% last year.

So what is a trader and investor to do? Here are several ways to make gold work for you.

Gold

Gold has long been considered a primary inflation hedge. Over the last 20 years, the price of gold has increased by 597%, which works out to an annualized return of 10.19%. Taking inflation into consideration, gold has gone up by 335%, or 7.622% annualized.

Many studies have shown that gold has provided superior returns during times of inflation. In addition, according to a study at the Stern School of Business at New York University, “overall gold by itself is a safe haven with respect to exhibiting lower volatility in response to shocks or negative return days.”

The big question is, if you want to invest in gold, how should you do it?

Physical Gold

Physical gold means gold that you can hold in your hot little hands. This could either be gold bullion or gold coins.

Gold Bullion

Gold bullion is sometimes referred to as gold bars, similar to the bars in Fort Knox. They can be as small as one gram or as large as 400 ounces (27.5 pounds).

The big advantage of gold bullion is privacy. Bullion bars can be kept anywhere: a home safe, a safe deposit box, or in the ground. Another advantage is that bullion is generally less expensive than gold coins, even bullion gold coins.

Gold Bullion Coins

Gold bullion coins are coins that are issued by governments with a very high gold content, but very little or no numismatic value, but are issued as legal tender. In other words, they sell for very close to the price of gold. These coins include the American Gold Eagle and the Canadian Maple Leaf.

These coins also have the benefit of privacy, but they are also issued in various denominations, making them easier to trade. For example, if you have a one ounce gold bar but you want to sell one quarter of the gold, you would be stuck. However, you do have the ability to own four American Eagle quarter-ounce gold coins, or even ten 1/10th ounce coins.

Many investors believe that the gold coins have better liquidity than bullion. However, the premium on gold coins is higher than the premium on bullion, and the smaller the denomination of the coin, the higher the premium.

Numismatic Gold Coins

Numismatic gold coins are coins which have value due to their scarcity, physical appearance, condition, and many other factors. They are collected by coin collectors.

National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History

The big advantage is that the value of these coins can increase far more than the value of gold, and can even go up in price if the gold price stays the same or even drops. They are less liquid than bullion coins and have a much bigger spread (the price at which you pay for the coin versus what you can sell it for). The other disadvantage is that the coins have a much higher premium than bullion coins.

There is one big estate tax advantage to owning U.S. numismatic gold coins. Talk to your accountant about it. It is currently legal and above board as far as I know, but I am not an accountant or tax attorney. Consult yours.

Gold Securities

Gold ETFs

Gold ETFs are Exchange Traded Funds that have a goal of tracking the price of gold. There are many of them including SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), iShares Gold Trust (IAU), and SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust (GLDM).

There are even some leveraged gold ETFs, such as ProShares Ultra Gold (UGL), which has a goal of providing twice the daily leverage of gold prices.

Gold Mining Stocks

There are many gold mining companies to choose from. The smaller companies are referred to as junior miners (not minor miners). Some of the bigger ones include Newmont Mining (NEM), Barrick Gold (GOLD),AngloGold Ashanti (AU), and Kinross Gold (KGC).

Gold Royalty Trusts

Gold Royalty Trusts do not do any mining. What they do is provide money to mining companies in return for receiving a stream of income based on a percentage of revenues or percentage of gold production.

Some of the biggest gold trusts are Franco-Nevada (FNV), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Royal Gold (RGLD), and Osisko Gold Royalties (OR).

Gold Miners ETFs

Gold Miners ETFs are Exchange Traded Funds that invest in gold mining stocks. VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is the largest of these ETFs. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) holds the smaller (junior) mining companies. Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2x Shares (NUGT) is a double bullish ETF.

Gold Futures

One other way to invest in gold, which is the most speculative way, is through gold futures. These are exchange-traded contracts to buy or sell a specific amount of gold in the future at a specified price. The returns can be substantial but so are the risks, as your losses can far exceed the original investment that you put up.

How Much Should You Invest in Gold

Many financial advisors recommend that you hold a small amount of gold, up to 5% to 10% of your portfolio as a hedge. Hopefully, gold will make your portfolio sparkle and shine.

Disclosure: Author is long AMZN, GLD, WPM, and OR.

Investing & Stock Trading Books for Gifts & Stocking Stuffers

2021-12-20T22:45:00.003-05:00

by Fred Fuld III

Do you still have some Christmas shopping to do? Need some last minute gifts or stocking stuffers? Why not some books about investing and trading stocks.

Check the investment stock book list below.

STOCK TRADING

How to Day Trade for a Living: A Beginners Guide to Trading Tools and Tactics, Money Management
by Andrew Aziz
The fundamentals of day trading and day trading strategies. Over 8,200 five-star ratings.

Trade Like Warren Buffett
by James Altucher
Most people don’t realize that not only is Warren Buffett an investor, but he is also a trader, and a successful one at that.

High-Probability Trade Setups: A Chartists Guide to Real-Time Trading
by Timothy Knight
How to use technical approaches to find the best stock trade setups.

Beat The Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest The Herd By Thinking Differently
by Ken Fisher
This book shows how a true contrarian investor thinks and acts, and why it works more often than not.

Stock Traders Almanac 2022
by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
Every stock trader should have this book.

Day Trading Journal
Wall Street News Network
A journal with over 100 pages of specially designed fill-in-the-blank pages to track all your stock, ETF, and option trades, whether they are long or short trades. Fields include: Date, Symbol, Company, Transaction Recommended By, Why decision was made to do this transaction, Buy or Short, # of Shares, Price/share, Commission, Subtotal of opening transactions, Total opening transaction, and much more.

Stock Trading Journal
Wall Street News Network
A logbook for tracking your stock trades and investments, similar to the Day Trading Journal.

LONG TERM INVESTING & WARREN BUFFETT

Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders
by Warren Buffett
What Buffett has actually said to his shareholders.

Business Adventures Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
This is a book that was recommended by Warren Buffett

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition)
This is a classic investment guide and would make a great gift for the new investor.

Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values
A book about Warren Buffett that Warren Buffett recommends!

WALL STREET HISTORY

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator – first published in 1923
by Edwin Lefevre
This is the classic book on investing, trading, market timing, and crowd psychology, just as true today as it was almost a century ago. It is based on the life of top notorious trader, Jesse Livermore.

My Adventures with Your Money – first published in 1911
by George Graham Rice
About a conman who make money off the early gold mining stock boom.

The PLUNGERS and the PEACOCKS. 150 years of Wall Street – published in 1967
by Dana L. Thomas
Written during the bull market of the 1960s, it provides an entertaining history of the stock market.

Den of Thieves – published in 1991
by James B. Stewart
The “newest” of these old books, it covers the insider trading scandals involving Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, and other Wall Street financiers during the 1980s.

Storming The Magic Kingdom – published in 1987
by John Taylor
A must read book about the fight for control of one of America’s most famous companies.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841) by Charles Mackay included as part of Stock Market Trivia Volume 2(2014)
The Extraordinary Popular Delusions book was written in the mid-1800s. It has many chapters, but most are unrelated to investing, such as alchemy, witches, haunted houses, etc. However, three of the chapters have extensive and entertaining information about three of the largest investment bubbles in history: the Mississippi Scheme, the South Sea Bubble, and the Tulip Mania. These three chapters are included as the last half of the Stock Market Trivia Volume 2 book. (In interest of full disclosure, I wrote the Stock Market Trivia 2 book.) In addition, the trivia book includes such things as the chocolate chip cookie/stock market correlation, celebrity stock indices, weird stock certificates, and more.

Investment Trivia
by Fred Fuld III
This book will give you interesting, amusing, and fascinating trivia about investments, money, stocks, bonds, and Wall Street.

INVESTMENT FRAUDS, SCAMS, AND SCANDALS

Wolf Books

The Wolf of Wall Street
by Jordan Belfort
This is the autobiographical story about the guy who made hundreds of millions of dollars by pumping and dumping low priced and penny stocks. The book is filled with sex and drugs and every other kind of decadence. A Martin Scorsese movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio was made from this story. Be forewarned: the chapter that took place in the hospital gave me nightmares for a couple weeks.

Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison
by Jordan Belfort
This is the followup to the previous book. What happens when Belfort is arrested, how a case was built against him, and what happens after prison.

Madoff Books

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller
by Harry Markopolos
A New York Times bestseller about how Markopolos uncovered Madoff’s scam.

The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust
by Diana B. Henriques
All about how Madoff pulled off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Over 130 five star ratings on Amazon.

The End of Normal: A Wife’s Anguish, A Widow’s New Life
by Stephanie Madoff Mack
An inside look at the Madoff family written by the widow of Mark Madoff and the daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff.Over 200 five star ratings.

Betrayal: The Life and Lies of Bernie Madoff
by Andrew Kirtzman
An in-depth look at Madoff and his victims.

Theranos Books

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by John Carreyrou
Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Time, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. An in-depth look at Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Over 2,600 five star ratings.

Billion Dollar Facade: The Rise And Fall Of Theranos And Elizabeth Holmes
by Phil C. Senior
Short 140 page summary of the Theranos scandal.

Books about Scams

Scam Me If You Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today’s Rip-off Artists
by Frank W. Abagnale
Abagnale was the guy who wrote the book on scamming, Catch Me If You Can, which was made into a major motion picture.

How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud
by Ken Fisher
How investment fraudsters operate and how to avoid them. Written my billionaire money manager and former long time Forbes columnist Ken Fisher.

Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope
Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, it is about the man who swindles $5 billion with the help of Goldman Sachs.

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Ex Dividend Stocks for December 2021

2021-12-01T19:53:00.003-05:00

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

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)	12/1/2021	2.00	2.05%
Home Depot, Inc. (HD)	12/1/21	1.65	1.64%
Nike, Inc. (NKE)	12/3/2021	0.305	0.73%
HP Inc. (HPQ)	12/7/2021	0.25	2.89%
Jack In The Box Inc. (JACK)	12/8/2021	0.44	2.00%
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY)	12/13/2021	0.70	2.44%
DTE Energy Company (DTE)	12/17/2021	0.885	3.20%
Portland General Electric (POR)	12/23/2021	0.43	3.47%
Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY)	12/30/2021	0.03	2.95%
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW)	12/31/2021	0.10	1.19%

Dividend definitions:

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

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;

Ex-Dividend Stocks for September 2021

2021-08-27T13:32:00.002-04:00

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

Home Depot, Inc. (HD)	9/1/2021	1.65	2.03%
Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST)	9/3/2021	0.285	0.92%
HP Inc. (HPQ)	9/7/2021	0.194	2.75%
Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)	9/9/2021	1.14	3.36%
Domino’s Pizza Inc (DPZ)	9/14/2021	0.94	0.75%
Macy’s Inc (M)	9/14/2021	0.15	0.64%
DTE Energy Company (DTE)	9/17/2021	0.825	2.74%
Portland General Electric Company (POR)	9/24/2021	0.43	3.37%
Xerox Holdings Corporation (XRX)	9/29/2021	0.25	4.38%

Dividend definitions:

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

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

Ex-Dividend Stocks for August 2021

2021-07-28T15:14:00.001-04:00

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

ConAgra Brands, Inc. (CAG)	8/2/2021	0.313	3.62%
Intel Corporation (INTC)	8/5/2021	0.347	2.47%
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)	8/11/2021	0.45	1.51%
Walmart Inc. (WMT)	8/12/2021	0.55	1.56%
Southern Company (SO)	8/13/2021	0.66	4.20%
Target Corporation (TGT)	8/17/2021	0.90	1.41%
Molson Coors Beverage Co. (TAP)	8/27/2021	0.34	0.67%
Allstate Corporation (ALL)	8/30/2021	0.81	2.53%

Dividend definitions:

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

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; affiliate links are on this page.

Exclusive Interview: Michelle Phillips, Lead Singer of the Mamas & the Papas, NFT Memorabilia Auction

2021-06-29T10:30:00.003-04:00

The following is posted courtesy of WStNN.com (Wall Street News Network)

The following delightful, informative, and entertaining interview was provided by Michelle Phillips, a vocalist with the Mamas & the Papas, also songwriter, actress, and model. She co-wrote the popular song “California Dreamin'” which was certified as a Gold Record in 1966 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. The song is No. 89 in Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

She has appeared in 43 TV shows, including Knots Landing, Beverly Hills 90210, Fantasy Island, and Hotel, and over 40 movies, including Dillinger, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

This interview covers:

Her NFT (Non-Fungible Token) auction
What is included in the auction
The Painted Turtle charitable organization
The changes in the music industry
Singing versus Acting
Success
Advice for those interested in getting into the entertainment business

The Michelle Phillips Interview

Enjoy listening to this great discussion.

To stream the interview, click:

HERE

You can also download the interview as an mp3 by right-clicking (or Control clicking) HERE and choosing “Save as”.

More Info About the Upcoming “California Girl” Auction

The original “California Girl” memorabilia and her videotaped hand drawn group image through ViciNFT through June 29

ViciNFT Corporation designs, builds and manages digital assets and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for enterprises and creators. The company’s works are carbon neutral, and include a mandatory charity component equal to 25% of auction proceeds, making “NFTs for the common good.”

The video of the original drawing, the digital drawing

For concierge bidding for those who buy via US Dollars and credit cards contact ViciNFT Corporation

More Info About the Painted Turtle

The Painted Turtle’s mission is to provide a year-round, life-changing and authentic camp experience for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. The Painted Turtle supports children’s medical needs, inspires them to reach beyond their illness, and provides care, education, and respite for their families. All campers and families attend free of charge.

California Dreamin’

The Mamas & The Papas “California Dreamin'” (September 24, 1967) On The Ed Sullivan Show

California Dreamin’

Photo source: Wikipedia

Ex Dividend Stocks for July 2021

2021-06-28T19:06:00.001-04:00

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

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)	7/2/2021	0.37	2.79%
Gap, Inc. (GPS)	7/6/2021	0.12	1.10%
WD-40 Company (WDFC)	7/15/2021	0.72	1.13%
Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)	7/20/2021	0.45	2.21%
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW)	7/20/2021	0.80	1.67%
Clorox Company (CLX)	7/27/2021	1.16	2.69%
Hasbro, Inc. (HAS)	7/30/2021	0.68	2.91%

Dividend definitions:

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

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.

Strangest Stock Market Stuff on Amazon

2021-06-08T12:55:00.000-04:00

by Fred Fuld III

Are you looking for a great joke gift for a stock trader friend? Or maybe just a funny gift for your father who likes to invest, and you need to come up with a present for Father’s Day. Then again, you could just be looking for something for yourself to prove what a great trader or investor you are.

If so, there is a great selection of unusual items on Amazon related to investing and the stock market. Here is an interesting list of the out-of-the-ordinary.

ROCKET SHIP WSB WALL STREET BETS STOCK MARKET T-SHIRT

If you made money on GameStop (GME), why not show it off with this attention getting WallStreetBets To the Moon T-Shirt.

WOLF OF WALL STREET POSTER

Here’s an unusual one. A framable quote from Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street.

MINIATURE ATM

All right, it’s not a real ATM. It’s basically a kid’s piggy bank, but instead of being in the shape of a pig, it is in the shape of a bank vault with keypads and everything. A unique gift for a child.

STOCK MARKET DECISION MAKER

If you can’t figure out which way the stock market is going, check out this desk paperweight stock market decision maker that might just tell you whether to buy, sell, short, hold, and so on. Makes a great icebreaker for visitors to your office.

ARE YOU MADE OF MONEY?

People might think so if they look below your pant cuffs and see socks with money raining down.

SHOW THAT YOU’RE THE GODFATHER OF STOCKS

If your father trades stocks, this might be the perfect Fathers Day gift, a T-shirt that says The Stocksfather.

COVID STOCK MARKET CHART

Now here’s a chart that you won’t see every day. A graph of the SPY from December 2019 to May 2020, showing the Coronavirus Crash.

SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU TRADE WHILE YOU DRIVE

This is a chrome plastic license plate frame that proclaims that you would much rather be watching the stock market.

THANK YOU AMC STONK TO THE MOON STICKERS

Here are three stickers for those that made money from AMC (AMC). Put them on your laptop, your front door, your car, your water bottle, your face, or wherever.

ARE YOU A STOCK MARKET GENIUS?

This Stock Market Genius coffee mug is great for braggarts.

WHAT GUY WOULDN’T WANT A THROW PILLOW?

This is a Buy the Fear, Sell the Greed throw pillow, great for punching or throwing if you make a trading mistake.

BULL AND BEAR BRONZE STATUE WITH A TWIST

You have probably seen several of this statues showing a bull and a bear. This one is a little different. The bull is goring the bear, and look at the bear’s expression.

Hopefully you can find some great unusual, weird, strange, investment related gifts for yourself, family, and friends.

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Ex-Dividend Stocks for June 2021

2021-06-08T12:42:00.001-04:00

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

HP Inc. (HPQ)	6/8/2021	0.194	2.60%
MGM Resorts International (MGM)	6/9/2021	0.002	0.02%
Merck & Company, Inc. (MRK)	6/14/2021	0.65	3.43%
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY)	6/16/2021	0.70	2.37%
Dillard’s, Inc. (DDS)	6/29/2021	0.15	0.44%
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP)	6/30/2021	0.188	2.02%

Dividend definitions:

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

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

Ex Dividend Stocks for May 2021

2021-05-07T14:31:00.002-04:00

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

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.

Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA (BUD)	5/4/21	0.447	1.61%
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)	5/6/21	0.1	0.89%
Walmart Inc. (WMT)	5/6/21	0.55	1.57%
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)	5/14/21	1.76	3.00%
Consolidated Edison Inc (ED)	5/18/21	0.775	4.00%
Hershey Company (HSY)	5/20/21	0.804	1.96%
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)	5/24/21	1.06	2.58%
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)	5/28/21	2.6	2.73%

Dividend definitions:

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

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; affiliate links.

Ex Dividend Stocks for April 2021

2021-04-09T15:00:00.005-04:00

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

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.

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)	4/6/2021	0.25	1.85%
General Mills, Inc. (GIS)	4/8/2021	0.51	3.35%
WD-40 Company (WDFC)	4/15/2021	0.72	0.94%
Clorox Company (CLX)	4/20/2021	1.11	2.30%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)	4/22/2021	0.59	1.30%
Scholastic Corporation (SCHL)	4/29/2021	0.15	1.99%

Dividend definitions:

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

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; affiliate links.

Five Low Priced Short Squeeze Stocks Selling for Less than $10 a Share

2021-01-27T22:26:00.006-05:00

by Fred Fuld III

Unless you haven’t paid any attention to financial news at all, you probably already know that GameStop (GME) has gone up over 700% in the last five days. The movie theater chain, AMC (AMC) was available for a little over two bucks ten days ago. Today, it traded for 25.80 this morning in pre-market trading.

You also probably know that these huge gains have been caused by short squeezes. Back on September 18 last year, I published an article called Top Restaurant Short Squeeze Stocks, and it listed four companies that were heavily shorted. In just the last four months, those stocks have had stellar returns.

The worst performing stock was up 38%. Not a bad return for four months. The best performing was Dave & Busters (PLAY), which was up 138%. Here are those four stocks, with the percent of float shorted at the time, the days to cover at the time, and the return if you had bought the stock back then and sold today.

Stock	Symbol	% of Float	Days to Cover	% Gain
Shake Shack	SHAK	26%	5.7	85%
Dave & Buster’s	PLAY	33%	1.8	136%
Red Robin	RRGB	35%	3.4	64%
El Pollo Loco	LOCO	19%	11.2	38%

Many of the heavily shorted stocks you have seen on the news during the last couple days are high priced, with a majority of them trading over $100 a share. That’s a lot of risk. So If you are looking for low priced stocks that might be short squeeze plays, I will cover that shortly.

But first, a review about the short squeeze and its terminology. When you short a stock, it means that your goal is to make money from a drop in the price of a stock. Technically, what happens is that you borrow shares of a stock, sell those shares, then buy back those shares at a hopefully lower price so that those shares can be returned. This all happens electronically, so you don’t actually see all the borrowing and returning of shares; it just shows up on your screen as a negative number of shares.

Short selling can be profitable, but sometimes when the stock moves against the short sellers, and begins to rise, the short sellers jump in right away to buy shares to cover their positions, creating what is called a short squeeze. When a short squeeze takes place, it can cause the share prices to increase fast and furiously. Any good news can trigger the short squeeze.

Some traders utilize this situation by looking for stocks to buy that may have a potential short squeeze. Here is what a short squeeze trader should take into consideration:

Short Percentage of Float ~ The float is the number of freely tradable shares and the short percentage is the number of shares held short divided by the float. Amounts over 10% to 20% are considered high and potential short squeeze plays.

Short Ratio / Days to Cover / Short Interest Ratio -This is probably the most important metric when looking for short squeeze trades, no matter what you call it. This is the number of days it would take the short sellers to cover their position based on the average daily volume of shares traded. This is a significant ratio as it shows how “stuck” the short sellers are when they want to buy in their shares without driving up the price too much. Unfortunately for the shortsellers, the longer the number of days to cover, the bigger and longer the squeeze.

Short Percentage Increase ~ This is the percentage increase in in the number of short sellers from the previous month.

Check out the following list, but be aware, that often some stocks are heavily shorted for a reason. All these stocks have significant short metrics.

Stock	Symbol	% of Float	Days to Cover	Stock Price
Ayro	AYRO	23.28%	0.51	7.24
Clovis Oncology	CLVS	42.43%	6.54	7.94
Senseonics	SENS	30.95%	1.36	2.51
TherapeuticsMD	TXMD	28.89%	14.30	1.59
VBI Vaccines	VBIV	25.64%	6.62	3.15

So as an example, VBI Vaccines has over 25% of the float shorted, and it will take over six days for the short sellers to cover their positions, based on the average daily volume.

Obviously, there is no guarantee that these stocks will go up, but if I was short any stock selling for less than $10 a share, I wouldn’t want to waste any time covering my position, before all the other short sellers clamor in and drive the price way up.

Disclosure: Author owns TXMD. No recommendations are express or implied.

Top Investment & Business Book Gifts

2020-12-19T16:03:00.001-05:00

by Fred Fuld III

There are only several more days until Christmas, and you are probably looking for that last minute gift for a relative or a friend. Why not give a present of an investment or business book?

Here are some examples that you may want to consider, broken down by category.

Stock Trading & Investing Books

These books are all about either day trading, swing trading, or investing in stocks.

Beat The Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest The Herd By Thinking Differently by Ken Fisher

Investment Guide by Gary Charles Palmer

Unleash Your Investments by John Hagensen

Stock Traders Almanac by Jeffrey A. Hirsch(every stock trader should have this book)

Day Trading Journal Wall Street News Network

Stock Trading Journal Wall Street News Network

How to Day Trade for a Living: A Beginners Guide to Trading Tools and Tactics, Money Management by Andrew Aziz

How to Make Money in Stocks: A Winning System in Good Times and Bad by William J. O’Neil

Stock Trading: THE BIBLE This Book Includes: The beginners Guide + The Crash Course + The Best Techniques + Tips and Tricks + The Advanced Guide Immediate Cash With Stock Trading by Samuel Rees

A Beginner’s Guide To Day Trading Online 2nd Edition by Toni Turner

The 1 Hour Trade: Make Money With One Simple Strategy, One Hour Daily by Brian P Anderson

Investment Trivia by Fred Fuld III

Trade Like Warren Buffett by James Altucher. Most people don’t realize that not only is Warren Buffett an investor, but he is also a trader, and a successful one at that.

High-Probability Trade Setups: A Chartists Guide to Real-Time Trading by Timothy Knight. How to use technical approaches to find the best stock trade setups.

Think & Trade Like a Champion: The Secrets, Rules & Blunt Truths of a Stock Market Wizard by Mark Minervini. The book covers personal trading rules and the secret techniques that made the author one of America’s most successful stock traders.

Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude by Mark Douglas. Learn the reasons for lack of consistency and how to overcome the ingrained mental habits that cost money.

Wall Street News Network Day Trading Journal: Notebook Diary Log for your Stock, ETF, and Option Trades by Wall Street News Network. A journal with over 100 pages of specially designed fill-in-the-blank pages to track all your stock, ETF, and option trades, whether they are long or short trades. Fields include: Date, Symbol, Company, Transaction Recommended By, Why decision was made to do this transaction, Buy or Short, # of Shares, Price/share, Commission, Subtotal of opening transactions, Total opening transaction, and much more.

Wall Street News Network Stock Trading Journal: Notebook Diary Log for tracking your stocks, options, and ETFs trades by Wall Street News Network. A logbook for tracking your stock trades and investments, priced at less than $7.

Option Volatility and Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques, 2nd Edition by Sheldon Natenberg. An extensive guide to trading stock options.

Swing Trading with Options: How to Trade Big Trends for Big Profits by Ivaylo Ivanov. Using stock momentum to generate profits on options over a three to six month time period.

Penny Stock Trading Journal: Notebook Diary Tracker of Your Penny Stock Transactions by Borsa Valori. A five star rated book designed for you to keep track of your penny stock trades and transactions.

Warren Buffett Books

Here are his recommended books about himself.

Berkshire Beyond Buffett: The Enduring Value of Values

Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders

50 Years of Berkshire Hathaway Wall PrintThis is actually a wall print poster.

Buffet: The Making of an American Capitalist

Buffett’s Bites: The Essential Investor’s Guide to Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letters

Historical Books About Wall Street

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator – first published in 1923 by Edwin Lefevre. This is the classic book on investing, trading, market timing, and crowd psychology, just as true today as it was almost a century ago. It is based on the life of top notorious trader, Jesse Livermore.

My Adventures with Your Money – first published in 1911 by George Graham Rice. About a conman who make money off the early gold mining stock boom.

The PLUNGERS and the PEACOCKS. 150 years of Wall Street – published in 1967 by Dana L. Thomas. Written during the bull market of the 1960s, it provides an entertaining history of the stock market.

Den of Thieves – published in 1991 by James B. Stewart. The “newest” of these old books, it covers the insider trading scandals involving Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, and other Wall Street financiers during the 1980s.

Storming The Magic Kingdom – published in 1987 by John Taylor. A must read book about the fight for control of one of America’s most famous companies.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841) by Charles Mackay included as part of Stock Market Trivia Volume 2 (2014) The Extraordinary Popular Delusions book was written in the mid-1800s. It has many chapters, but most are unrelated to investing, such as alchemy, witches, haunted houses, etc. However, three of the chapters have extensive and entertaining information about three of the largest investment bubbles in history: the Mississippi Scheme, the South Sea Bubble, and the Tulip Mania. These three chapters are included as the last half of the Stock Market Trivia Volume 2 book. (In interest of full disclosure, I wrote the Stock Market Trivia 2 book.) In addition, the trivia book includes such things as the chocolate chip cookie/stock market correlation, celebrity stock indices, weird stock certificates, and more.

Books About Investment Scams

Wolf of Wall Street Books

The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort. This is the autobiographical story about the guy who made hundreds of millions of dollars by pumping and dumping low priced and penny stocks. The book is filled with sex and drugs and every other kind of decadence. A Martin Scorsese movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio was made from this story. Be forewarned: the chapter that took place in the hospital gave me nightmares for a couple weeks.

Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison by Jordan Belfort. This is the followup to the previous book. What happens when Belfort is arrested, how a case was built against him, and what happens after prison.

Bernie Madoff Books

No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller by Harry Markopolos. A New York Times bestseller about how Markopolos uncovered Madoff’s scam.

The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques. All about how Madoff pulled off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. Over 130 five star ratings on Amazon.

The End of Normal: A Wife’s Anguish, A Widow’s New Life by Stephanie Madoff Mack. An inside look at the Madoff family written by the widow of Mark Madoff and the daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff.Over 200 five star ratings.

Betrayal: The Life and Lies of Bernie Madoff by Andrew Kirtzman. An in-depth look at Madoff and his victims.

Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos Books

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, Time, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. An in-depth look at Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes. Over 2,600 five star ratings.

Billion Dollar Facade: The Rise And Fall Of Theranos And Elizabeth Holmes by Phil C. Senior. Short 140 page summary of the Theranos scam.

Other Books about Scams

Scam Me If You Can: Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today’s Rip-off Artists by Frank W. Abagnale. Abagnale was the guy who wrote the book on scamming, Catch Me If You Can, which was made into a major motion picture.

How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud by Ken Fisher. How investment fraudsters operate and how to avoid them. Written my billionaire money manager and former long time Forbes columnist Ken Fisher.

Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright & Bradley Hope. Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, it is about the man who swindles $5 billion with the help of Goldman Sachs.

Real Estate Investing

The following are some recent top selling books on real estate investing, shown by category.

Rental Property Investing by Charles Pennyfeather

Real Estate Investment by Lee Strong

Preparing for a Property Upturn: Trends and Pitfalls in Real Estate Investments by Ku Swee Yong

Keep Claiming It!: A Guide To Property Depreciation by Tyron Hyde

Real Estate Investment 101: Learn The Passive Income That Everyone Is Talking About by Meir Zaslavskiy

Real Estate Investing UNCENSORED: Real Answers From The Flipping Coach by Delinda Harrelson

Success Secrets of Real Estate Investorsby Peter Crisp

How To Jump Into Property Investing: Without Being Eaten By Sharks by Mike Harvey

Real Estate Trivia by Fred Fuld III

Business Books

Strategize to Win By Carla A. Harris. A Wall Street veteran offers proven strategies for success.

The Pocket Small Business Owner’s Guide to Building Your Business By Kevin Devine. Each step of the entrepreneur’s journey.

Boost Your Career By Sander Flaum and Mechele Flaum. How to climb the corporate ladder.

The Serving Mindset By Farnoosh Brock. Practical guide to making sales pitches.

The 7 Principles of Public Speaking By Richard Zeoli. Improve your communication skills.

10-Minute Focus By Daniel Walter. Guide to maintaining your focus and maximizing productivity.

Chasing the High By Michael G. Dash. How to manage the highs and lows of business.

Getting to Yes By Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton. Master the art of win-win agreements.

Your Living Trust & Estate Plan By Harvey J. Platt. Tips on creating a living trust, will, and estate plan.

Happy Reading! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year!

Disclosure: A few of the above books were written by me. This page contains Amazon Affiliate links

Tax Selling Stocks Below Cash per Share

2020-12-03T16:59:00.003-05:00

by Fred Fuld III

A tax selling stock is a stock that is currently selling for a low price but was trading at much higher levels earlier in the year.

What is Tax Harvesting?

As the year-end approaches, many investors use the strategy called tax harvesting , which is selling stocks the have tanked to offset any gains that may have been established sometime during the year.

With strong selling, the price of stocks that have had big drops tends to fall far more than what would normally take place during the rest of the year.

So traders and investors are on the lookout for stocks that are heavily hit, hoping for a little (or big) bounce in January, once the tax selling is over.

What is Cash per Share?

But if you can find a stock that is selling below cash per share, you have a double bonus. The cash per share is the amount of cash the company has divided by the number of shares.

So if you are looking for these types of stocks, see below for a selection of some that have dropped by over 50% year-to-date. Most have low market capitalizations so they should be considered speculative. However, all of these stocks are selling below cash per share.

What is the Price to Book Ratio?

In addition, they all have a price to book ratio of less than one. The Price toBook ratio, in simple terms, is what each share would be worth if the company went out of business today and all assets sold off. The lower the ratio, the better. And if the number is less than one, it means that each share is worth more than the assets.

Here is the list. Dropped more than 50% this year, selling below cash per share, low priced to book ratio, and a price to sales ratio of less than one. All are United States based companies.

List of Tax Selling Stocks

Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.	ACOR
Peabody Energy Corporation	BTU
Cumulus Media Inc.	CMLS

For a list of over 10 tax selling stocks selling below cash per share, go HERE.

Just remember, these stocks may be trading at a very low price for a reason.

Happy investing.

Ex Dividend Stocks for December 2020

2020-12-03T16:51:00.000-05:00

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

TOP DIVIDEND STOCKS

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.

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)	12/1/20	10	0.72%
Nike, Inc. (NKE)	12/4/20	0.275	0.82%
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc (DKS)	12/10/20	0.313	2.10%
Walmart Inc. (WMT)	12/10/20	0.54	1.42%
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY)	12/14/20	0.55	1.95%
ADT Inc. (ADT)	12/18/20	0.035	1.75%
Portland General Electric Company (POR)	12/24/20	0.407	3.83%
Xerox Holdings Corporation (XRX)	12/30/20	0.25	4.31%

Dividend definitions:

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

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.

TOP DIVIDEND STOCKS

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; affiliate links.

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Ex Dividend Stocks for November 2020

2020-11-06T11:55:00.004-05:00

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

TOP DIVIDEND STOCKS

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.

Intel Corporation (INTC)	11/5/2020	0.33	3.00%
American Electric Power Company, Inc. (AEP)	11/9/2020	0.74	3.27%
Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)	11/10/2020	0.45	2.04%
Target Corporation (TGT)	11/17/2020	0.68	1.76%
CSX Corporation (CSX)	11/27/2020	0.26	1.34%
Coca-Cola Company (KO)	11/30/2020	0.41	3.42%

Dividend definitions:

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

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.

TOP DIVIDEND STOCKS

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

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Exclusive Interview with Ken Fisher about the Stock Market Under Trump versus Biden

2020-10-09T17:13:00.002-04:00

by Fred Fuld III

The following informative interview was provided by Kenneth L. Fisher, founder and chairman of the money management firm Fisher Investments, who had the longest continuous running column in Forbes Magazine. He is a billionaire on the Forbes 400 list and author of numerous investment related books.

According to Investment Advisor magazine, he is one of the 30 most influential people in the investment advisory business over the last 30 years. Fisher is considered to be the largest wealth manager in the United States.

We cover a lot in this interview, including:

The stock market under President Donald Trump versus former Vice President Joe Biden
The influence of corporate tax rate on the stocks
The potential of the reversal of Trump’s tax bill on Day One if Joe Biden & Kamila Harris win the election
The market under Republicans versus Democrats
Whether inflation is on the horizon
The petroleum industry
Gross Output, GDP, and the economy versus the stock market
Are stock ratios dead? (PE, PS, PEG)
And much, much more

Two Timeless Books Mentioned by Ken Fisher in the Interview

The Only Three Questions That Still Count: Investing By Knowing What Others Don’t (A great companion to the Beat the Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest the Herd by Thinking Differently book, which I enjoyed reading.)

Wall Street Waltz

(My favorite of all his books is The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!) Second Edition, because it is so different from all the other financial publications. It basically tells you ten ways, with all the steps, to get really rich, including “marrying a billionaire.” Lot’s of insight and lots of humor. You can find more info about this book on a previous podcast: Interview with Billionaire Ken Fisher about the 10 Roads to Riches.)

The Interview

Enjoy listening to the great insights and information that Ken Fisher provides.

To access a link to the interview, click:

HERE

Enjoy the interview and Happy Investing!

All opinions are those of Ken Fisher, and do not represent the opinions of this site or the interviewer. Neither this site, nor the interviewer, nor the interviewee are rendering tax, legal, or investment advice in this interview. As an Amazon Associate, earnings may be generated from qualifying purchases of books from affiliate links.

Top Online Gambling Stocks

2020-10-02T15:08:00.007-04:00

Sports are coming back. Online betting is increasing. What companies are benefiting?

Two years ago, the Supreme Court allowed betting on sports in all states, with each state deciding whether to allow this form of gambling or not. Several states have already legalized online sports betting. Many more states are considering legislation. These changes 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 that sports betting will be an extremely strong growth industry.

So if you are looking for a way to profit from sports gambling, you should look at the stocks that should benefit from the online betting on sports events.

DraftKings (DKNG) is one of the largest pure plays in the online sports betting arena. This was one of the stocks that was created from a SPAC. Revenues for this $20.6 billion market cap company were up 23.6% for the latest quarter. Earnings are minimal giving it a price to earnings ratio of over 1000.

Flutter Entertainment (PDYPY) is one of the largest daily fantasy sports providers and a leader in the legal sports betting market. The company was formerly named Paddy Power Betfair. This $25 billion market cap company trades at 47.5 times earnings.

Boyd Gaming Corp. (BYD), an operator of a company that runs over a dozen casinos across the United States, offers its B Connected Sports app in order to take advantage of increased legalization. The stock trades at 30.9 times forward earnings.

to see a list of over 20 companies that may benefit from online sports betting and Internet gambling, sorted in order of market cap, click HERE.Maybe some of these stocks will win big.

Disclosure: Author owns DKNG

Ex Dividend Stocks for October 2020

2020-10-02T14:23:00.004-04:00

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

TOP DIVIDEND STOCKS

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.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP)	10/1/2020	0.15	2.21%
Oracle Corporation (ORCL)	10/7/2020	0.24	1.61%
Foot Locker, Inc. (FL)	10/15/2020	0.15	1.87%
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW)	10/20/2020	0.60	1.48%
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM)	10/22/2020	0.48	2.15%
Royal Bank Of Canada (RY)	10/23/2020	0.828	4.68%

Dividend definitions:

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

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.

TOP DIVIDEND STOCKS

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; affiliate links.

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Top Psychedelic Stocks

2020-09-20T22:05:00.004-04:00

by Fred Fuld III

It was one year ago at the San Francisco MoneyShow that I gave a speech called Stocks of Leading Future Industries. In that presentation on August 16, 2019, I covered seven leading industries, plus one bonus industry.

The bonus industry was Legalized Hallucinogenic Drugs, primarily the legalization of psilocybin and the industry around its use for therapeutic purposes.

First Public Psilocybin Stock

At that time, there was only one publicly traded stock involved in researching psilocybin, Wuhan General (WUHN), which had a division, M2BIO, that was exploring the medical use of psilocybin for treatments of various conditions.

I didn't recommend the stock during the speech, (I never make any recommendations, I only come up with suggestions for you to research), but I did say that one of these days, this stock will start to move up, other psilocybin companies will go public, and these stocks could take off just like the cannabis stocks did in the past. I told the audience to watch this stock and the industry. You can see my speech below. The section on the psilocybin and psychedelic pharmaceutical industry is at the 25 minute mark.

If you want to see a pdf of the slides from the presentation, you can go HERE.

The Alert About Psychedelic Stocks

So why was it important to keep an eye on this stock? From November 20, 2019 to May 20, 2020, the stock traded between 2 cents a share to 4 cents a share. The next day, the stock almost doubled to 7 cents a share. It then traded at 8 cents a share for a couple days, and jumped by 50% to 12 cents a share the next day. After that, it really started to move.

So there were exactly six months that you could have picked up the stock for, let's say, 3 cents a share, halfway between the trading range. The stock closed at 33 cents on Friday (actually 32.75 cents but I rounded to make the calculation easier).

This works out to a 1,000% profit on Wuhan. In other words, if you had invested $5,000 at 3 cents per share, the shareholdings would now be worth $50,000. Actually the stock has even traded above 42 cents since May.

The movement of the shares should have been an alert to investors and traders.

Why the Potential for the Psychedelic Drug Industry

In my presentation, I discussed how extensive research is being done with health treatment studies on the use of psilocybin to treat:

•Anxiety disorders

•Major depression

•Addictions

•Drug dependence

•Mood disorders

•Treatment Resistant Depression

•OCD

•PTSD

I also mentioned that psilocybin and magic mushrooms have been decriminalized or legalized in:

–Denver, Colorado (May 2019)

–Oakland, California (June 2019)

–Austria (possession decriminalized 2016)

–Brazil

–Iceland (fresh mushrooms only)

–Jamaica

–Netherlands (legal as truffle)

–Portugal (decriminalized)

–Samoa

–Spain (decriminalized for personal use)

–Vietnam

Since then, Santa Cruz has decriminalized psilocybin in January of this year.

Is There a Precedent for Using Hallucinogenic Drugs Medically?

There have actually been examples of hallucinogenic drugs being used for medical purposes. One example is Lorcaserin [BELVIQ], which is a hallucinogen, but has been marketed for weight loss in very low doses. The Schedule I hallucinogen psilocybin has the same mechanism of action as Lorcaserin, according to the U. S. Government National Institute of Health. Arena (ARNA) markets the drug in the U.S. and South Korea, and Eisai Co Ltd (ESALY) manufactures and distributes the drug.

Another example is Spravato, which is a derivative of the psychedelic ketamine, and is being used for depression. It is produced by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

What's Happening Now with Psychedelic Drugs and Stocks

On Friday, September 18, 2020, Compass Pathways (CMPS) went public, trading on the NASDAQ. The company's IPO was priced at $17 per share, up from a range of $14 to $16, due to the huge demand.

Once it started trading it skyrocketed to $29 a share, an increase of over 70%, and putting the market cap at almost a billion dollars.

The company, which is based in England, is doing therapeutic research on the use of psilocybin for depression.

There are now over a dozen stocks involved in the psilocybin and psychedelic drug industry. To see a list of these stocks, click HERE.

Maybe some of these stocks will get higher and higher.

Disclosure: Author owns a very small amount of CMPS (less than 10 shares) at the time the article was written.