Selected Dividends and Earnings for December 5, 2010 to December 11, 2010

Monday, December 6, 2010

Dividends

• Ameren Corporation (AEE) - $0.385 payable 31-Dec
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) - $0.090 payable 22-Dec
• Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) - $0.150 payable 30-Dec
• PSEG (PEG) - $0.343 payable 31-Dec

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Dividends

• Frontier Communications Corporation (FTR) - $0.188 payable 31-Dec
• Southwest Airlines (LUV) - $0.005 payable 6-Jan

Earnings

• AutoZone Inc. (AZO) before market open
• H&R Block, Inc. (HRB) after market close

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Dividends

• Automatic Data Processing (ADP) - $0.360 payable 1-Jan
• Baxter International Inc. (BAX) - $0.310 payable 5-Jan
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) - $0.410 payable 31-Dec
• CBS Corporation (CBS) - $0.050 payable 1-Jan
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) - $1.150 payable 27-Dec
• Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (CEG) - $0.240 payable 3-Jan
• First Horizon National Corporation (FHN) - payable 1-Jan
• Gannett (GCI) - $0.040 payable 3-Jan
• Genuine Parts (GPC) - $0.410 payable 3-Jan
• Johnson Controls (JCI) - $0.160 payable 4-Jan
• Kimberly-Clark (KMB) - $0.660 payable 4-Jan
• Northern Trust (NTRS) - $0.280 payable 3-Jan
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) - $0.380 payable 15-Jan
• Pepco Holdings, Inc. (POM) - $0.270 payable 31-Dec
• PPL Corporation (PPL) - $0.350 payable 3-Jan
• Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI) - $0.490 payable 3-Jan
• Textron Inc. (TXT) - $0.020 payable 1-Jan
• The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) - $0.360 payable 31-Dec
• VF Corporation (VFC) - $0.630 payable 20-Dec
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) - $0.303 payable 3-Jan
• Williams Companies Inc. (WMB) - $0.125 payable 27-Dec

Earnings

• Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Dividends

• Allegheny Energy, Inc. (AYE) - $0.150 payable 27-Dec
• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) - $0.500 payable 27-Dec
• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) - $0.110 payable 27-Dec
• CA, Inc. (CA) - $0.040 payable 22-Dec
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) - $0.470 payable 3-Jan
• H&R Block, Inc. (HRB) - $0.150 payable 3-Jan
• Microchip Technology (MCHP) - $0.345 payable 27-Dec
• Walt Disney (DIS) - $0.400 payable 18-Jan

Earnings

• Ciena Corporation (CIEN) before market open
• National Semiconductor (NSM) after market close
• Pall Corp. (PLL) after market close

Friday, December 10, 2010

Dividends

• T. Rowe Price (TROW) - $0.270 payable 28-Dec

Underlined tickers are those that are particularly interesting for me; they may be on my watch list or I may have open positions (i.e. likely naked put options or the underlying).

Selected Dividends and Earnings for November 14, 2010 to November 20, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

Dividends

• Aflac Incorporated (AFL) - $0.300 payable 1-Dec
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) - $0.595 payable 15-Dec
• Corning (GLW) - $0.050 payable 17-Dec
• L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) - $0.400 payable 15-Dec
• Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO) - $0.250 payable 10-Dec
• Sunoco (SUN) - $0.150 payable 10-Dec
• Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) - $0.050 payable 15-Dec

Earnings

• Exceed Company Ltd (EDS) after market close
• Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC) after market close
• Lowe's Companies (LOW)
• Nordstrom (JWN) after market close

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Dividends

• Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) - $0.150 payable 9-Dec
• Chevron (CVX) - $0.720 payable 10-Dec
• Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) - $0.070 payable 9-Dec
• Marriott International (MAR) - $0.088 payable 7-Jan
• Microchip Technology (MCHP) - $0.344 payable 2-Dec
• Microsoft (MSFT) - $0.160 payable 9-Dec
• Starbucks (SBUX) - $0.130 payable 3-Dec

Earnings

• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) before market open
• Home Depot Inc (HD) before market open
• The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) before market open
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) before market open

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Dividends

• 3M Company (MMM) - $0.525 payable 12-Dec
• Apartment Investment & Management (AIV) - $0.100 payable 30-Nov
• Barclays PLC (BCS) - $0.065 payable 10-Dec
• Carnival Corporation & Carnival plc (CCL) - $0.100 payable 10-Dec
• Honeywell (HON) - $0.303 payable 10-Dec
• Moody's Corporation (MCO) - $0.105 payable 10-Dec
• PACCAR (PCAR) - $0.120 payable 6-Dec
• Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) - $0.365 payable 12-Dec
• Questar Corp. (STR) - $0.140 payable 13-Dec
• Sherwin-Williams (SHW) - $0.360 payable 3-Dec
• Snap-on Incorporated (SNA) - $0.320 payable 10-Dec
• Target Corporation (TGT) - $0.250 payable 10-Dec
• The Principal Financial Group (PFG) - $0.550 payable 3-Dec
• United Technologies (UTX) - $0.425 payable 10-Dec
• Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) - $0.430 payable 15-Dec

Earnings

• Applied Materials (AMAT) after market close
• Limited Brands (LTD) after market close
• NetApp, Inc. (NTAP) after market close
• Target Corporation (TGT) before market open

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Dividends

• AmerisourceBergen (ABC) - $0.100 payable 6-Dec
• Cummins Inc. (CMI) - $0.263 payable 1-Dec
• FedEx (FDX) - $0.120 payable 17-Dec
• Ryder System, Inc. (R) - $0.270 payable 17-Dec

Earnings

• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO)
• Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK) after market close
• Dell Inc. (DELL)
• Gamestop Corp. (GME)
• Gap Inc. (GPS)
• Intuit (INTU) after market close
• Salesforce.com, Inc. (CRM) after market close
• Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD) before market open
• Staples, Inc. (SPLS) before market open

Friday, November 19, 2010

Dividends

• Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) - $1.150 payable 17-Dec

Earnings

• H.J. Heinz Company (HNZ)

Underlined tickers are those that are particularly interesting for me; they may be on my watch list or I may have open positions (i.e. likely naked put options or the underlying).

Selected Dividends and Earnings for June 28, 2009 to July 4, 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

Dividends

• Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) - $0.450 payable 10-Aug
• Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) - $0.175 payable 15-Jul
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) - $0.075 payable 15-Jul
• Discover Financial Services (DFS) - $0.020 payable 22-Jul
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $0.142 payable 15-Jul
• State Street Corporation (STT) - $0.010 payable 15-Jul

Earnings

• Apollo Group (APOL) after market close
• H&R Block, Inc. (HRB) after market close

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Dividends

• American Express Company (AXP) - $0.180 payable 10-Aug
• General Dynamics (GD) - $0.380 payable 7-Aug
• Monsanto Company (MON) - $0.265 payable 24-Jul
• SYSCO Corporation (SYY) - $0.240 payable 24-Jul

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Dividends

• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) - $0.100 payable 17-Jul
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) - $0.310 payable 3-Aug
• Campbell Soup (CPB) - $0.250 payable 2-Aug
• JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) - $0.050 payable 31-Jul
• Kimco Realty Corporation (KIM) - $0.060 payable 15-Jul
• McCormick & Company, Inc. (MKC) - $0.240 payable 20-Jul
• Quest Diagnostics (DGX) - $0.100 payable 20-Jul
• Torchmark (TMK) - $0.140 payable 31-Jul

Earnings

• Constellation Brands, Inc. (STZ) before market open
• General Mills, Inc. (GIS) before market open

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Dividends

• Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) - $0.140 payable 28-Jul
• Raytheon (RTN) - $0.310 payable 4-Aug

Underlined tickers are those that are particularly interesting for me; they may be on my watch list or I may have open positions (i.e. likely naked put options or the underlying).

Selected Dividends and Earnings for March 8, 2009 to March 14, 2009

Monday, March 9, 2009

Dividends

• Ameren Corporation (AEE) - $0.385 payable 31-Mar
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) - $0.090 payable 25-Mar
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI) - $0.400 payable 1-Apr
• CBS Corporation (CBS) - $0.050 payable 1-Apr
• CIGNA (CI) - $0.040 payable 10-Apr
• FedEx (FDX) - $0.110 payable 1-Apr
• H&R Block, Inc. (HRB) - $0.150 payable 1-Apr
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) - $0.080 payable 1-Apr

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Dividends

• Allegheny Technologies (ATI) - $0.180 payable 27-Mar
• Developers Diversified Realty Co. (DDR) - $0.200 payable 21-Apr
• Home Depot Inc (HD) - $0.225 payable 26-Mar
• Legg Mason (LM) - $0.240 payable 13-Apr

Earnings

• Nautilus, Inc. (NLS)
• The Kroger Co. (KR)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Dividends

• Automatic Data Processing (ADP) - $0.330 payable 1-Apr
• Black & Decker Corporation (BDK) - $0.420 payable 27-Mar
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE) - $0.070 payable 26-Mar
• Comerica Incorporated (CMA) - $0.050 payable 1-Apr
• Family Dollar (FDO) - $0.135 payable 15-Apr
• First Horizon National Corporation (FHN) - payable 1-Apr
• Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) - $0.010 payable 1-Apr
• Johnson Controls (JCI) - $0.130 payable 2-Apr
• Leggett & Platt (LEG) - $0.250 payable 15-Apr
• Macy's, Inc. (M) - $0.050 payable 1-Apr
• NYSE Euronext (NYX) - $0.300 payable 31-Mar
• Smith International, Inc. (SII) - $0.120 payable 13-Apr
• Textron Inc. (TXT) - $0.020 payable 1-Apr
• The Allstate Corporation (ALL) - $0.200 payable 1-Apr
• The Coca-Cola Company (KO) - $0.410 payable 1-Apr
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) - $0.273 payable 6-Apr
• Williams Companies Inc. (WMB) - $0.110 payable 30-Mar
• XL Capital Ltd (XL) - $0.100 payable 31-Mar

Earnings

• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) before market open
• National Semiconductor (NSM)
• Pall Corp. (PLL) after market close
• Staples, Inc. (SPLS)

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Dividends

• Altria Group, Inc. (MO) - $0.320 payable 10-Apr
• BJ Services Company (BJS) - $0.050 payable 15-Apr
• Devon Energy Corporation (DVN) - $0.160 payable 31-Mar
• DTE Energy Company (DTE) - $0.530 payable 15-Apr
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) - $0.440 payable 1-Apr
• Equity Residential (EQR) - $0.483 payable 9-Apr
• Fidelity National Information (FIS) - $0.050 payable 30-Mar
• Hess Corporation (HES) - $0.100 payable 31-Mar
• Public Storage (PSA) - $0.550 payable 31-Mar
• T. Rowe Price (TROW) - $0.250 payable 30-Mar

Earnings

• Luxottica Group (LUX)

Friday, March 13, 2009

Dividends

• CenturyTel, Inc. (CTL) - $0.700 payable 31-Mar
• Embarq Corporation (EQ) - $0.688 payable 31-Mar
• Massey Energy Company (MEE) - $0.060 payable 31-Mar
• Range Resources (RRC) - $0.040 payable 31-Mar
• Seacoast Banking FL (SBCF) - $0.010 payable 31-Mar

Underlined tickers are those that are particularly interesting for me; they may be on my watch list or I may have open positions (i.e. likely naked put options or the underlying).

Selected Dividends and Earnings for November 23, 2008 to November 29, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Dividends

• Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (TEG) - $0.670 payable 20-Dec
• Limited Brands (LTD) - $0.150 payable 12-Dec
• Meredith Corporation (MDP) - $0.215 payable 15-Dec
• Vulcan Materials (VMC) - $0.490 payable 10-Dec
• Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) - $0.040 payable 11-Dec

Earnings

• Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) after market close
• Campbell Soup (CPB) before market open
• Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) after market close

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Dividends

• Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) - $0.175 payable 16-Dec
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE) - $0.070 payable 11-Dec
• Cooper Industries Ltd. (CBE) - $0.250 payable 2-Jan
• Dover Corporation (DOV) - $0.250 payable 15-Dec
• FPL Group (FPL) - $0.445 payable 15-Dec
• Marshall & Ilsley (MI) - $0.320 payable 12-Dec
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) - $0.230 payable 1-Dec
• Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP) - $0.200 payable 15-Dec
• Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) - $0.210 payable 15-Dec
• Nordstrom (JWN) - $0.160 payable 15-Dec
• RadioShack Corporation (RSH) - $0.250 payable 17-Dec
• Scripps Networks Interactive Inc (SNI) - $0.075 payable 10-Dec
• The Allstate Corporation (ALL) - $0.410 payable 2-Jan
• Time Warner Inc. (TWX) - $0.063 payable 15-Dec
• Wachovia Corporation (WB) - $0.050 payable 15-Dec

Earnings

• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) before market open
• D.R. Horton (DHI) before market open

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dividends

• Ashland (ASH) - $0.075 payable 15-Dec
• Ball Corporation (BLL) - $0.100 payable 15-Dec
• CSX Corporation (CSX) - $0.220 payable 15-Dec
• Dominion Resources Inc. (D) - $0.395 payable 20-Dec
• Expeditors International WA (EXPD) - $0.160 payable 15-Dec
• Goodrich Corporation (GR) - $0.250 payable 2-Jan
• Hartford Financial Services (HIG) - $0.320 payable 2-Jan
• Lockheed Martin (LMT) - $0.570 payable 26-Dec
• Loews Corp. (L) - $0.063 payable 12-Dec
• M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) - $0.700 payable 31-Dec
• Manitowoc (MTW) - $0.020 payable 11-Dec
• Marriott International (MAR) - $0.088 payable 9-Jan
• McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - $0.500 payable 15-Dec
• McKesson Corporation (MCK) - $0.120 payable 2-Jan
• Northrop Grumman (NOC) - $0.400 payable 13-Dec
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $0.141 payable 15-Dec
• Sara Lee (SLE) - $0.110 payable 8-Jan
• Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL) - $0.130 payable 15-Dec
• SunTrust (STI) - $0.540 payable 15-Dec
• Supervalu Inc. (SVU) - $0.173 payable 15-Dec
• Tesoro Corporation (TSO) - $0.100 payable 15-Dec
• The Coca-Cola Company (KO) - $0.380 payable 15-Dec
• The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) - $0.550 payable 17-Dec
• The New York Times Company (NYT) - $0.060 payable 15-Dec
• Tyson Foods (TSN) - $0.040 payable 15-Dec
• Union Pacific (UNP) - $0.270 payable 2-Jan
• Waste Management (WMI) - $0.270 payable 19-Dec
• Wendy's / Arby's Group, Inc. (WEN) - $0.015 payable 15-Dec

Earnings

• Deere & Company (DE) before market open
• Tiffany & Co. (TIF) before market open

Friday, November 28, 2008

Dividends

• CA (CA) - $0.040 payable 16-Dec
• CenturyTel, Inc. (CTL) - $0.700 payable 15-Dec
• KeyCorp (KEY) - $0.063 payable 15-Dec
• Lorillard, Inc. (LO) - $0.920 payable 12-Dec

Underlined tickers are those that are particularly interesting for me; they may be on my watch list or I may have open positions (i.e. likely naked put options or the underlying).

Selected Dividends and Earnings for September 21, 2008 to September 27, 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

Dividends

• Kraft Foods (KFT) - $0.290 payable 8-Oct
• Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) - $0.040 payable 1-Oct

Earnings

• AutoZone Inc. (AZO) before market open

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Dividends

• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) - $5.000 payable 10-Oct
• Safeway Inc. (SWY) - $0.083 payable 16-Oct
• Sempra Energy (SRE) - $0.350 payable 15-Oct
• Xcel Energy (XEL) - $0.238 payable 20-Oct

Earnings

• Lennar Corporation (LEN) before market open

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Dividends

• Danaher (DHR) - $0.030 payable 31-Oct
• Developers Diversified Realty Co. (DDR) - $0.690 payable 7-Oct
• Frontier Oil (FTO) - $0.060 payable 16-Oct
• Hercules (HPC) - $0.050 payable 17-Oct
• Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) - $0.050 payable 10-Oct

Earnings

• Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY)
• Nike (NKE)
• Paychex (PAYX) after market close

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Dividends

• American Eagle Outfitters Inc (AEO) - $0.100 payable 10-Oct

Earnings

• Discover Financial Services (DFS) before market open
• McCormick & Company, Inc. (MKC)

Friday, September 26, 2008

Dividends

• Boston Properties (BXP) - $0.680 payable 31-Oct
• Deere & Company (DE) - $0.280 payable 3-Nov
• Dillard's (DDS) - $0.040 payable 3-Nov
• Edison International (EIX) - $0.305 payable 31-Oct
• Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) - $0.150 payable 21-Oct
• Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. (HST) - $0.200 payable 15-Oct
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) - $0.310 payable 14-Oct
• Massey Energy Company (MEE) - $0.050 payable 14-Oct
• Molex Inc. (MOLX) - $0.153 payable 24-Oct
• Nicor Inc. (GAS) - $0.465 payable 1-Nov
• Nucor (NUE) - $0.520 payable 11-Nov
• PG&E Corporation (PCG) - $0.390 payable 15-Oct
• The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) - $0.420 payable 30-Oct
• U.S. Bancorp (USB) - $0.425 payable 15-Oct
• Umpqua Holdings Corporation (UMPQ) - $0.190 payable 15-Oct
• Windstream Communications (WIN) - $0.250 payable 15-Oct
• Xerox Corporation (XRX) - $0.043 payable 31-Oct
• XTO Energy Inc. (XTO) - $0.120 payable 15-Oct

Earnings

• Jabil Circuit, Inc. (JBL) before market open
• KB Home (KBH) before market open

Underlined tickers are those that are particularly interesting for me; they may be on my watch list or I may have open positions (i.e. likely naked put options or the underlying).

Beware of bad quotes on TD Ameritrade and Prophet

Hope everyone had a good trading day.

I don't know if it was because of the volume but after the fed today, Prophet charts were very spotty. I also noticed that options bid/ask on Ameritrade was broken. Trade execution worked flawlessly and I got a couple trades done (mostly rolling out calls). Keep an eye on it and be careful. Yet another reason why you should always use limit orders.

For example, AEO May 17.5 Puts were being quoted on Ameritrade as 0.75/0.75 or 0.75/0.85 but the actual quote was 0.65/0.75.

I am going to try to avoid the market the next two days due to the quadruple expiration.

Short Idea: True Religion Apparel (TRLG)

I was listening to the American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) conference call and noticed that women's bottoms (denim in particular) was weak and that AEO is revamping the entire jean line for the back to school season.

So this gave the idea that True Religion Apparel (TRG) would be an interesting short. They make high end jeans. High end is bad when consumers are trading down. Jeans are bad (apparently, due to some fashion cycle which I don't understand). TRLG is currently trading 17x earnings while AEO and many other apparel retailers are trading around 10x earnings.

This is the first of many such quick pitches I plan to do to give my readers ideas for their watchlist (which I am always in need of). I haven't done any due diligence but I am definitely watching TRLG. I am thinking of either shorting it or doing a long/short pair with AEO to reduce sector risk.

I don't like much about Jim Cramer but I do like the fact that he knows a little about a lot of stocks. Someday I hope to copy that trait.

Shifted HD hedges to XHB

Yesterday, my GTC order to buy to close +HDCZ (HD Mar 32.5 call option) for 0.05 hit. This was a covered call I sold on some HD stock I was assigned from previous put selling at the 32.5-37.5 levels. At 0.05, it was not a good hedge and wasn't earning me much time premium. Given that HD reported today, I figured I'd want to get the upside if there was any. There wasn't and the reason I was able to close the options yesterdays was because other people already knew that and the implied volatility had fallen. Either way, I am just following my risk management plan.

I have been wanting to short some XHB for a while now but they are hard to borrow. So yesterday, I tried to sell some XHB Mar 21 call options naked at the ask but that didn't work. And for the first time in a while, luck was on my side. Despite more nasty economic numbers, we get another 6.4% gain in XHB lead by gains in HOV and LEN. So I sold a few front month call options naked at the 22 strike for around 1.50. This should give me a short position at 23.50 which is a little below the 200 day moving average. I haven't done much shorting before so I am just playing around. I figured that with my housing heavy portfolio (CBG, HD, BBBY), having a bit of a hedge on XHB couldn't be that bad.

I also tried to sell some April 65 FWLT puts (idea stolen from here) for 3.90 but it didn't execute. I like going long after a big drop but I have learned from experience. Stocks that fall hard tend to fall slowly afterwards. Often, you'll get another chance at the current price some time later or at a better price. So, I wasn't too eager to buy on an up day. But I will try again tomorrow, if it keeps dropping. 61.10 is an ok breakeven price for FWLT but not the sort of value I am looking for. For example, it is not as good of a value as AEO at 15.

I am practicing market discipline right now and keeping buying power high while hedging any of my positions that hit near term highs. I want to get out of as much stock as I can while maintaining positive delta. If EMC keeps going up, I am going to sell calls on my stock and start closing the puts I recently put on.

And here comes the crash, well maybe.

I am all excited because the markets are down and I don't feel so bad about putting on hedges. I really wished I had been able to short XHB. Instant 8% right there. Oh well, all my consumer discretionary are tanking (AEO, BBBY, HD) as well as many of my financials (WB).

I am short a bunch of the near month in the money calls so today is not bad. I am still losing a 5% on my portfolio but given the leverage I am using, that's a good day.