Dividend Stock Investing: December 2015

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Cypress Semiconductor (CY) trades ex-dividend date on 12/29/15

Div/yield 0.11/4.44 On 11/9/15,

CY announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share, payable on 1/21/16 to shareholders, with an ex-dividend date of 12/29/15.

Gap (GPS) trades ex-dividend on 1/4/16

Div/yield 0.23/3.58

On 11/13/15, GPS announced a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share, payable on 1/27/16 to shareholders, with an ex-dividend date of 1/4/16.

Monday, December 28, 2015

iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ) : Distribution Paid: 12/28/15 - $0.23

Div/yield 0.23/3.88

Annaly Capital Management (NLY) trades ex-dividend on December 29, 2015

Div/yield 0.30/12.32

Annaly Capital Management Inc (NLY) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 29, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.3 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 29, 2016. Shareholders who purchased NLY prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 9th quarter that NLY has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $9.75, the dividend yield is 12.31%.

NLY is a part of the Consumer Services sector, which includes companies such as Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) and Public Storage (PSA). NLY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$.98. Zacks Investment Research reports NLY's forecasted earnings growth in 2015 as 7.79%, compared to an industry average of -3.9%.

Follow-up 6 weeks later:

Friday, December 18, 2015

Nordic American Tanker Shipping (NAT) confirms dividend policy unchanged

Div/yield 0.38/10.61

Nordic American Tanker issues a financial and operational update; 4Q15 is progressing well : Co stated:
"We also wish to make it absolutely clear that NAT has no financial or operational relationships with MLPs. Our dividend policy remains in place. NAT has paid dividend for 73 consecutive quarters since the autumn of 1997. The financial position of NAT is solid. The net debt stood at $6.8 million per ship at the end of the third quarter 2015. The 4th quarter 2015 is progressing well. The tanker market is strong now, impacting the 4Q2015 results for NAT positively."