Wednesday, April 29, 2009

4/29 buy : Targa Resources Partners (NGLS) @ $11.25

Ex-Dividend Date:   5/4   Dividend:  $0.5175   Div Yield:  18%   Payable Date:  5/15

Targa Resources Partners LP is a limited partnership formed by Targa Resources, Inc. (Targa). Targa is a provider of midstream natural gas and natural gas liquid (NGL) services in the United States, to own, operate, acquire and develop a portfolio of midstream energy assets. The Company is engaged in the business of gathering, compressing, treating, processing and selling natural gas and fractionating and selling NGL and NGL products. The Company operates in the Fort Worth Basin/Bend Arch in North Texas (the Fort Worth Basin), the Permian Basin of West Texas and in Southwest Louisiana. The Company gathers natural gas from producers at the wellhead or central delivery points, move the wellhead natural gas through the gathering system, treat and process the natural gas and then sell the resulting residue natural gas and NGLs. In October 2007, the Company acquired San Angelo Operating Unit System (the SAOU System) and Louisiana Operating Unit System (the LOU System) from Targa.

Company Info
Headquarters:1000 Louisiana
Suite 4300
Houston, TX 77002
Web Address:
http://www.targaresources.com

4/29 buy Capital Product Partners (CPLP) @ $8.55



Ex-Dividend Date:   5/5  Dividend:  $0.41  Div Yield:  26%  Payable Date:  5/15

Capital Product Partners L.P. (CPP) is an international owner of product tankers. The Company is engaged in the seaborne transportation services of crude oil and refined petroleum products, edible oils and soft chemicals, by chartering its vessels under medium to long-term time and bareboat charters. The Company's fleet consists of 18 double-hull tankers with an average age of approximately 3 years as of February 28, 2009. As of February 28, 2009, Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. (CMTC) owned a 46.6% interest in the Company. The Company's 18 vessels trade on a worldwide basis and are capable of carrying crude oil, refined oil products, such as gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and jet fuel, as well as edible oils and certain chemicals, such as ethanol. CPP charters its vessels to charterers, such as BP Shipping Limited, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., Trafigura Beheer B.V., Shell International Trading & Shipping Company Ltd. and subsidiaries of Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.


Company Contact
Headquarters:3, Iassonos Street
Piraeus
Athens
GRC


4/29 buy : Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) @ $27.95

Ex-Dividend Date:   5/8  Dividend:  $0.4375   Div Yield:  6.19%  Payable Date:  5/28
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) is a bulk shipping company engaged primarily in the ocean transportation of crude oil and petroleum products. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company owned or operated a fleet of 122 vessels (aggregating 12.5 million deadweight tons and 864,800 cubic meters), of which 101 vessels operated in the international market and 21 operated in the United States Flag market. OSG's newbuilding program of owned and chartered-in vessels totaled 32 international and United States Flag vessels, bringing the Company's total operating and newbuild fleet to 154 vessels. OSG's vessel operations are organized into business units and focused on market segments each serve: crude oil, refined petroleum products, United States Flag vessels and gas. In August 2008, the Company announced the sale of subsidiaries that time chartered-in two non-core assets, the Matilde and Chrismir, both 1997-built dry bulk carriers.

Company Info:
Headquarters:666 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Web Address:
http://www.osg.com

The following stocks are trading ex-dividend tomorrow Thur 4/30

Yields > 3% only, ave daily vol > 300,000

Stock Symbol        Company Name        Dividend Yield (%) - Ex-dividend date
MWE             MarkWest Energy Partners            16%          4/29/09

dividend $.64   payable 5/15

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ex-dividend within next 7 days : May 4 - May 8

CPLPCapital Product Partners L.P.28.39%5/5/09

NGLS
Targa Resources Partners LP19.90%5/4/09

LINE
Linn Energy, LLC15.50%5/4/09

ASR
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ADR)15.19%5/8/09

WPZ
Williams Partners L.P.15.07%5/6/09

VE
Veolia Environnement (ADR)7.15%5/8/09

OSG
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.6.92%5/8/09

OLN
Olin Corporation5.57%5/7/09

FE
FirstEnergy Corp.5.43%5/5/09

ENI
Enersis S.A. (ADR)5.33%5/5/09

PPG
PPG Industries, Inc.4.81%5/7/09

HCBK
Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.4.79%5/6/09

PFE
Pfizer Inc.4.74%5/6/09

SUN
Sunoco, Inc.4.48%5/7/09

CMS
CMS Energy Corporation4.26%5/6/09

FII
Federated Investors, Inc.4.18%5/6/09

INTC
Intel Corporation3.66%5/5/09

AXA
AXA (ADR)3.38%5/4/09

SXT
Sensient Technologies Corporation3.23%5/6/09

The following stocks are trading ex-dividend tomorrow Wed 4/29

Yields > 3% only, ave daily vol > 300,000

Stock Symbol        Company Name        Dividend Yield (%) - Ex-dividend date

CPNO             Copano Energy, L.L.C.            14.92% 4/29/09

CUZ                Cousins Properties Inc            11.16%          4/29/09

O                     Realty Income Corp             7.80%          4/29/09

BMO               Bank of Montreal (USA)     7.01%          4/29/09

PAYX             Paychex, Inc.                             4.60%          4/29/09

CAG               Conagra Foods, Inc.             4.22%          4/29/09

BAM              Brookfield Asset Management 3.52%         4/29/09