Wednesday, October 27, 2010

These stocks are trading ex-dividend Nov 2 – Nov 5

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

Stock Symbol

Company Name

Dividend Yield (%)

Ex-dividend date

NRF

Northstar Realty Finance Corp.

8.97%

11/3/10

LINE

Linn Energy, LLC

7.89%

11/2/10

FE

FirstEnergy Corp.

6.04%

11/3/10

OSG

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.

5.34%

11/5/10

HCBK

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

5.24%

11/3/10

CMS

CMS Energy Corporation

4.58%

11/3/10

ISIL

Intersil Corporation

3.82%

11/5/10

MDC

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.

3.82%

11/5/10

NWBI

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

3.55%

11/2/10

INTC

Intel Corporation

3.14%

11/3/10

Today's buy : Copano Energy (CPNO) @ $28.68

Jan 2013: Copano Energy (CPNO) was acquired by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) for $5B, or $40.91 per share. It was merged into Kinder Morgan (KMI) in 2014. 
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ex-dividend date 10/28/10
dividend $0.575 (Yield 8.02%)
payable 11/11/10


Copano Energy, L.L.C. (Copano) is an energy company engaged in the business of providing midstream services to natural gas producers, including natural gas gathering, compression, dehydration, treating, marketing, transportation, processing, conditioning and fractionation services. Copano's assets include approximately 6,400 miles of active natural gas gathering and transmission pipelines and seven natural gas processing plants, with over one billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of combined processing capacity. In addition to the natural gas pipelines, it operates 256 miles of natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines. During the year ended December 31, 2009, it operated 59-mile crude oil pipeline. Copano operates in three geographic segments: Oklahoma, Texas and Rocky Mountains.


Company Info
Headquarters:2727 Allen Parkway
Suite 1200
Houston, TX 77019
Web Address:http://www.copanoenergy.com

Monday, October 25, 2010

Today's buy : Pengrowth Energy Trust(PGH) @ 11.73


Div & Yield: 0.82 (7.10%)
Ex-Dividend Date 10/27/10
Dividend Payable Date 11/15/10

Pengrowth Energy Trust (the Trust) is an open-end investment trust. The purpose of the Trust is to directly and indirectly explore for, develop, and hold interests in petroleum and natural gas properties, through investments in securities, royalty units, net profits interests and notes issued by subsidiaries of the Trust.


Company Info
Headquarters:240-4th Avenue S.W.
Suite 2100
Calgary T2P 0B4
CAN
Web Address:http://www.pengrowth.com
Notes:
  • Pengrowth Energy Trust paid a high dividend, yielding an annual rate of 15.9% in early 2008; in addition, it paid out monthly, a relative rarity for equities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Since Pengrowth's assets were considered a depletable resource, its dividend payments were not taxed at the regular dividend rate, but rather as return of capital instead of return on investment; this is an additional tax advantage in the United States, and applies to all royalty trusts.
  • In December 2015 the company suspended all dividends as it struggled to fund upcoming bond payoffs. In June 2018, the company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and changed its ticker symbol from PGH to PGHEF.

Today's buy : Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund (FAX) @ 6.97


Declared Dividend 0.035 (Yield 6.03%)
Ex-Dividend Date 10/27/10
Dividend Payable Date 11/12/10


Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek current income. The Fund would seek to achieve its investment objective, through investment in Australian and Asian debt securities.


Company Contact
Headquarters:800 Scudders Mill Road,
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Web Address:
http://www.aberdeen-asset.com

Saturday, October 23, 2010

The following stocks are trading ex-dividend Oct 25 - 28

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

Stock Symbol Company Name Dividend Yield (%) - Ex-dividend date
PSEC
Prospect Capital Corporation
12.11%
10/27/10
MSB
Mesabi Trust
8.75%
10/27/10
CPNO
Copano Energy, L.L.C.
8.10%
10/28/10
HPT
Hospitality Properties Trust
7.59%
10/27/10
Pengrowth Energy Trust (USA)
7.11%
10/27/10
KMP
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.31%
10/27/10
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
6.29%
10/27/10
FAX
Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc.
6.06%
10/27/10
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
5.54%
10/27/10
NNN
National Retail Properties, Inc.
5.53%
10/27/10
NI
NiSource Inc.
5.19%
10/27/10
GSK
GlaxoSmithKline plc (ADR)
5.04%
10/27/10
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
4.98%
10/28/10
FNFG
First Niagara Financial Group Inc.
4.95%
10/29/10
PBCT
People's United Financial, Inc.
4.92%
10/28/10
O
Realty Income Corp
4.87%
10/28/10
SO
The Southern Company
4.75%
10/28/10
PWE
Penn West Energy Trust (USA)
4.66%
10/27/10
BMO
Bank of Montreal (USA)
4.57%
10/28/10
PAYX
Paychex, Inc.
4.43%
10/28/10
PNM
PNM Resources, Inc.
4.23%
10/27/10
CAG
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
4.01%
10/27/10
OKE
ONEOK, Inc.
3.83%
10/27/10
COP
ConocoPhillips
3.57%
10/27/10
CLX
The Clorox Company
3.23%
10/25/10

Saturday, October 16, 2010

The following stocks are trading ex-dividend Oct 20 - Oct 22

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

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

ETJ

Eaton Vance Risk Managed Diversified

12.85%

10/20/10

PVX

Provident Energy Trust (USA)

9.30%

10/20/10

CWH

CommonWealth REIT

7.59%

10/20/10

HCSG

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

3.81%

10/20/10

RY

Royal Bank of Canada (USA)

3.63%

10/22/10

CMTL

Comtech Telecomm. Corp.

3.37%

10/20/10

PG

The Procter & Gamble Company

3.07%

10/20/10