Selected Dividends and Earnings for January 30, 2011 to February 5, 2011

Monday, January 31, 2011

Earnings

• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) after market close
• C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) after market close
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN)
• ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM)
• Gannett (GCI) before market open
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW)
• Manitowoc (MTW) after market close
• McKesson Corporation (MCK)
• Novellus Systems, Inc. (NVLS)
• Plum Creek Timber (PCL) after market close

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Dividends

• KB Home (KBH) - $0.063 payable 17-Feb
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) - $0.250 payable 1-Mar

Earnings

• Aflac Incorporated (AFL) after market close
• Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) before market open
• Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) before market open
• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) after market close
• Broadcom (BRCM) after market close
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW)
• Covidien Plc. (COV) before market open
• Cummins Inc. (CMI) before market open
• Electronic Arts (ERTS) after market close
• Emerson Electric (EMR) before market open
• Leggett & Platt (LEG) after market close
• Lexmark International, Inc. (LXK) before market open
• Massey Energy Company (MEE) after market close
• MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)
• NiSource (NI) before market open
• PACCAR (PCAR)
• Pfizer (PFE)
• The McGraw Hill Companies (MHP) before market open
• Unisys (UIS) after market close
• United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
• Western Union Co. (WU) after market close

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Dividends

• ALCOA Inc (AA) - $0.030 payable 25-Feb
• Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) - $0.150 payable 25-Feb
• Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) - $0.400 payable 10-Mar
• Pfizer (PFE) - $0.200 payable 1-Mar
• Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) - $0.050 payable 1-Mar

Earnings

• Allergan (AGN)
• Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) after market close
• Assurant, Inc. (AIZ) after market close
• Avalonbay Communities (AVB) after market close
• Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY)
• BMC Software (BMC)
• Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
• Cameron (CAM)
• Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) after market close
• Convergys Corporation (CVG)
• Equity Residential (EQR)
• Genworth Financial, Inc. (GNW) before market open
• Hartford Financial Services (HIG) after market close
• Hospira (HSP) before market open
• IAC (IACI) before market open
• Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO)
• Mattel (MAT) before market open
• Tesoro Corporation (TSO) after market close
• The Hershey Company (HSY) before market open
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) before market open
• Time Warner Inc. (TWX) before market open
• Unum Group (UNM) after market close
• Vulcan Materials (VMC) after market close
• Whirlpool Corporation (WHR)
• Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) after market close

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Dividends

• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) - $0.150 payable 18-Feb
• CMS Energy Corp. (CMS) - $0.210 payable 28-Feb
• Eaton (ETN) - $0.680 payable 25-Feb
• FirstEnergy (FE) - $0.550 payable 1-Mar
• Intel Corporation (INTC) - $0.181 payable 1-Mar
• Intel Corporation (INTC) - $0.181 payable 1-Mar
• Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL) - $0.180 payable 22-Feb
• Southern Company (SO) - $0.455 payable 5-Mar

Earnings

• AutoNation (AN)
• Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) before market open
• CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBG) after market close
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) before market open
• CIGNA Corporation (CI)
• CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) before market open
• Fiserv (FISV) after market close
• Goodrich Corporation (GR) before market open
• Harman International Industries (HAR)
• International Paper Co. (IP) before market open
• ITT Corporation (ITT)
• JDSU (JDSU) after market close
• Kellogg Co. (K)
• Markel Corporation (MKL)
• MasterCard Incorporated (MA) before market open
• Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)
• Moody's Corporation (MCO) before market open
• National Oilwell Varco (NOV) before market open
• PerkinElmer (PKI) after market close
• Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI) before market open
• Ryder System, Inc. (R)
• Snap-on Incorporated (SNA) before market open
• Spectra Energy (SE) before market open
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) before market open
• Sunoco (SUN) after market close
• The Dow Chemical Company (DOW)
• The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL)
• The New York Times Company (NYT) before market open

Friday, February 4, 2011

Dividends

• CONSOL Energy (CNX) - $0.100 payable 18-Feb
• Federated Investors, Inc (FII) - $0.240 payable 15-Feb
• Pall Corp. (PLL) - $0.175 payable 23-Feb

Earnings

• Aetna Inc. (AET) before market open
• AmerisourceBergen (ABC) before market open
• Apartment Investment & Management (AIV) before market open
• Clorox (CLX)
• Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (CEG)
• Fortune Brands (FO)
• PPL Corporation (PPL) before market open
• PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM) before market open
• Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) before market open
• TECO Energy Inc. (TE) before market open
• Tyson Foods (TSN)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) 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).

Selected Dividends and Earnings for July 26, 2009 to August 1, 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009

Earnings

• Amgen (AMGN) after market close
• Corning (GLW) before market open
• Honeywell (HON) before market open
• Lorillard, Inc. (LO)
• Manitowoc (MTW) after market close
• Masco (MAS) after market close
• Plum Creek Timber (PCL) after market close
• RadioShack Corporation (RSH) before market open
• Seacoast Banking FL (SBCF) after market close
• Tellabs (TLAB)
• Torchmark (TMK) after market close
• Verizon (VZ) before market open

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Earnings

• Coach, Inc. (COH) before market open
• Coventry Health Care, Inc (CVH)
• Ecolab Inc. (ECL) before market open
• Fidelity National Information (FIS) after market close
• FPL Group (FPL) before market open
• Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC) before market open
• Luxottica Group (LUX) after market close
• Massey Energy Company (MEE) after market close
• McKesson Corporation (MCK)
• National Oilwell Varco (NOV) before market open
• Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) after market close
• Office Depot Inc. (ODP) before market open
• PACCAR (PCAR)
• Questar Corp. (STR) after market close
• Rockwell Automation (ROK) before market open
• Smith International, Inc. (SII) before market open
• Supervalu Inc. (SVU)
• TECO Energy Inc. (TE) after market close
• Textron Inc. (TXT) before market open
• The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) before market open
• The McGraw Hill Companies (MHP) before market open
• TSYS (TSS)
• Unisys (UIS) before market open
• United States Steel Corp. (X)
• Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) before market open
• Waters Corporation (WAT)
• XL Capital Ltd (XL) after market close

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Dividends

• ConAgra Foods (CAG) - $0.190 payable 1-Sep
• ConocoPhillips (COP) - $0.470 payable 1-Sep
• Morgan Stanley (MS) - $0.050 payable 14-Aug
• NiSource (NI) - $0.230 payable 20-Aug
• People's United Financial Inc. (PBCT) - $0.153 payable 15-Aug
• Texas Instruments (TXN) - $0.110 payable 17-Aug
• Tyco International (TYC) - $0.200 payable 26-Aug
• Unum Group (UNM) - $0.083 payable 21-Aug
• Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) - $0.050 payable 31-Aug

Earnings

• Aetna Inc. (AET)
• Aflac Incorporated (AFL) after market close
• Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM)
• American Tower Corp. (AMT)
• Assurant, Inc. (AIZ) after market close
• Avalonbay Communities (AVB) after market close
• Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) after market close
• CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBG) after market close
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE)
• ConocoPhillips (COP)
• Equity Residential (EQR) after market close
• Express Scripts, Inc. (ESRX) after market close
• Fiserv (FISV) after market close
• General Dynamics (GD)
• Hartford Financial Services (HIG) after market close
• Hess Corporation (HES)
• Hospira (HSP) before market open
• IAC (IACI) before market open
• Jones Apparel Group Inc. (JNY) before market open
• Lincoln National (LNC) after market close
• LSI Corporation (LSI) after market close
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) before market open
• Medco Health Solutions (MHS) before market open
• Meredith Corporation (MDP) before market open
• Moody's Corporation (MCO) before market open
• Praxair Inc (PX) before market open
• Qwest Communications (Q)
• Realty Income Corporation (O) after market close
• Sealed Air (SEE)
• Southern Company (SO)
• Sprint Nextel Corporation (S)
• Symantec (SYMC)
• Teradyne Inc. (TER)
• Tesoro Corporation (TSO) after market close
• Time Warner Inc. (TWX) before market open
• Tyco Electronics (TEL) before market open
• Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VAR) after market close
• Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI) before market open
• WellPoint, Inc. (WLP)
• Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) before market open

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Dividends

• Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) - $0.170 payable 17-Aug
• Aon Corporation (AOC) - $0.150 payable 17-Aug
• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) - $0.150 payable 14-Aug
• Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) - $0.090 payable 11-Aug
• Eaton (ETN) - $0.500 payable 21-Aug
• Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) - $0.200 payable 17-Aug
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) - $0.230 payable 1-Sep
• Paychex (PAYX) - $0.310 payable 17-Aug
• Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) - $0.525 payable 1-Sep
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $0.142 payable 17-Aug
• Southern Company (SO) - $0.438 payable 5-Sep

Earnings

• AmeriSourceBergen (ABC) before market open
• Aon Corporation (AOC) before market open
• Apache Corporation (APA) before market open
• Automatic Data Processing (ADP) before market open
• Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY)
• Avon Products Inc. (AVP)
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)
• CIGNA (CI) before market open
• Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) before market open
• CMS Energy Corp. (CMS) before market open
• Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
• CONSOL Energy (CNX) before market open
• Convergys Corporation (CVG)
• Covidien Plc. (COV) before market open
• Cummins Inc. (CMI) before market open
• DTE Energy Company (DTE) after market close
• Eastman Kodak Company (EK) before market open
• Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) before market open
• ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM) before market open
• Franklin Resources (BEN)
• Genworth Financial, Inc. (GNW)
• International Paper Co. (IP) before market open
• Kellogg Co. (K)
• Kimco Realty Corporation (KIM) before market open
• MasterCard Incorporated (MA) before market open
• MetLife, Inc. (MET) after market close
• Motorola Inc. (MOT)
• Mylan Inc. (MYL) before market open
• Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) before market open
• Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL)
• NYSE Euronext (NYX)
• Parker Hannifin Corp. (PH) before market open
• PerkinElmer (PKI)
• Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) after market close
• Rockwell Collins, Inc. (COL)
• Southwestern Energy (SWN) after market close
• The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) before market open
• The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) before market open
• Tyco International (TYC) before market open
• Walt Disney (DIS)
• Waste Management (WMI) before market open
• Xcel Energy (XEL) before market open

Friday, July 31, 2009

Earnings

• Allergan (AGN) before market open
• Apartment Investment & Management (AIV) before market open
• AutoNation (AN)
• Chevron (CVX)
• Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (CEG) before market open
• Dominion Resources Inc. (D)
• ITT Corporation (ITT)
• Nicor Inc. (GAS) before market open
• PSEG (PEG) before market open
• Sempra Energy (SRE)
• Snap-on Incorporated (SNA) before market open
• The Washington Post Company (WPO)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) 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).

Selected Dividends and Earnings for April 26, 2009 to May 2, 2009

Monday, April 27, 2009

Earnings

• Corning (GLW) before market open
• Humana Inc. (HUM) before market open
• Lorillard, Inc. (LO) before market open
• Masco (MAS) after market close
• Omnicom Group (OMC) before market open
• Plum Creek Timber (PCL) after market close
• QUALCOMM Inc. (QCOM)
• Smith International, Inc. (SII) before market open
• Southwestern Energy (SWN) after market close
• United States Steel Corp. (X) after market close
• Verizon (VZ) before market open
• Whirlpool Corporation (WHR)
• XL Capital Ltd (XL) after market close

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Dividends

• Morgan Stanley (MS) - $0.067 payable 15-May
• NiSource (NI) - $0.230 payable 20-May
• Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU) - $0.060 payable 21-May
• Texas Instruments (TXN) - $0.110 payable 18-May
• Tyco International (TYC) - $0.200 payable 27-May

Earnings

• Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY)
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX)
• Bemis Company, Inc. (BMS) before market open
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG)
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE) before market open
• Convergys Corporation (CVG) before market open
• Coventry Health Care, Inc (CVH) before market open
• DaVita (DVA) before market open
• E*TRADE Financial Corp. (ETFC) after market close
• Ecolab Inc. (ECL) before market open
• Fidelity National Information (FIS) after market close
• FPL Group (FPL) before market open
• Franklin Resources (BEN) before market open
• HCP, INC. (HCP) before market open
• Hospira (HSP) before market open
• Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC) before market open
• Massey Energy Company (MEE) after market close
• Office Depot Inc. (ODP) before market open
• PACCAR (PCAR)
• Pfizer (PFE)
• Range Resources (RRC) after market close
• Rockwell Collins, Inc. (COL) before market open
• Sun Microsystems (JAVA)
• Tellabs (TLAB)
• The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (IPG) before market open
• The McGraw Hill Companies (MHP) before market open
• TSYS (TSS)
• Unisys (UIS) before market open
• Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) before market open
• VF Corporation (VFC) after market close
• Waters Corporation (WAT) before market open

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Dividends

• Aon Corporation (AOC) - $0.150 payable 15-May
• Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) - $0.090 payable 11-May
• ConAgra Foods (CAG) - $0.190 payable 1-Jun
• Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) - $0.200 payable 15-May
• IMS Health (RX) - $0.030 payable 5-Jun
• Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) - $0.340 payable 10-Jun
• Paychex (PAYX) - $0.310 payable 15-May
• People's United Financial Inc. (PBCT) - $0.153 payable 15-May
• Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) - $0.525 payable 1-Jun
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $0.142 payable 15-May
• Schering-Plough (SGP) - $0.065 payable 26-May
• Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) - $0.250 payable 1-Jun

Earnings

• Aetna Inc. (AET) before market open
• Aflac Incorporated (AFL) after market close
• Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) after market close
• American Tower Corp. (AMT)
• Assurant, Inc. (AIZ) after market close
• Avalonbay Communities (AVB) after market close
• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) before market open
• Boston Properties (BXP) after market close
• Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
• CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (CBG) after market close
• CenterPoint Energy (CNP) before market open
• Citrix Systems (CTXS) after market close
• DTE Energy Company (DTE) after market close
• Express Scripts, Inc. (ESRX) after market close
• General Dynamics (GD)
• Harman International Industries (HAR)
• Hess Corporation (HES) before market open
• IAC (IACI) before market open
• JDSU (JDSU) after market close
• Jones Apparel Group Inc. (JNY) before market open
• LSI Corporation (LSI) after market close
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) before market open
• Medco Health Solutions (MHS) before market open
• Meredith Corporation (MDP) before market open
• MGIC Investment Corp. (MTG) before market open
• Moody's Corporation (MCO) before market open
• Praxair Inc (PX) before market open
• ProLogis (PLD) after market close
• Questar Corp. (STR) after market close
• Qwest Communications (Q)
• Realty Income Corporation (O)
• Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI)
• Rockwell Automation (ROK) before market open
• Sealed Air (SEE)
• Southern Company (SO)
• Starbucks (SBUX) after market close
• Teradyne Inc. (TER)
• Textron Inc. (TXT) before market open
• Time Warner Inc. (TWX) before market open
• Tyco Electronics (TEL) before market open
• Unum Group (UNM)
• Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VAR) after market close
• Waste Management (WMI) before market open
• Wyeth (WYE)
• Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) before market open

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Dividends

• Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) - $0.170 payable 18-May
• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) - $0.150 payable 15-May
• Eaton (ETN) - $0.500 payable 22-May
• Southern Company (SO) - $0.438 payable 6-Jun

Earnings

• Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)
• Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY)
• Apache Corporation (APA)
• Ashland (ASH)
• Celgene Corp. (CELG)
• CenturyTel, Inc. (CTL) before market open
• CIGNA (CI) before market open
• Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) before market open
• CMS Energy Corp. (CMS) before market open
• Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
• Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) before market open
• Covidien Ltd. (COV) before market open
• Cummins Inc. (CMI)
• Dominion Resources Inc. (D)
• Eastman Kodak Company (EK)
• Equity Residential (EQR) before market open
• Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) before market open
• ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM)
• Fiserv (FISV) after market close
• Hartford Financial Services (HIG) after market close
• Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (TEG) after market close
• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) before market open
• International Paper Co. (IP) before market open
• Kellogg Co. (K)
• Kimco Realty Corporation (KIM)
• Manitowoc (MTW) after market close
• Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO)
• MetLife, Inc. (MET) after market close
• Motorola Inc. (MOT)
• Mylan Inc. (MYL) before market open
• Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) before market open
• Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM)
• Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL)
• NYSE Euronext (NYX) before market open
• PerkinElmer (PKI) after market close
• Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
• QLogic (QLGC) after market close
• Safeway Inc. (SWY)
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) before market open
• The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) before market open
• The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) before market open
• Tyco International (TYC) before market open
• Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI) before market open
• Williams Companies Inc. (WMB) before market open
• Xcel Energy (XEL) before market open

Friday, May 1, 2009

Dividends

• CONSOL Energy (CNX) - $0.100 payable 22-May
• HCP, INC. (HCP) - $0.460 payable 21-May
• Lennar Corporation (LEN) - $0.040 payable 20-May

Earnings

• Allergan (AGN)
• Ameren Corporation (AEE) before market open
• Aon Corporation (AOC) before market open
• Apartment Investment & Management (AIV) before market open
• Chevron (CVX)
• Clorox (CLX) before market open
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED)
• Dean Foods (DF) before market open
• Fortune Brands (FO)
• MasterCard Incorporated (MA) before market open
• Nicor Inc. (GAS) before market open
• NiSource (NI) before market open
• PPL Corporation (PPL) before market open
• Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) before market open
• TECO Energy Inc. (TE) before market open
• The Washington Post Company (WPO)

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 October 19, 2008 to October 25, 2008

Monday, October 20, 2008

Dividends

• Apache Corporation (APA) - $0.150 payable 21-Nov

Earnings

• American Express Company (AXP) after market close
• Eaton (ETN) before market open
• Equifax Inc. (EFX) after market close
• Halliburton Company (HAL) before market open
• Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) before market open
• Lincare Holdings (LNCR) after market close
• Mattel (MAT) before market open
• Nabors Industries (NBR) after market close
• Pactiv (PTV) after market close
• SanDisk Corp. (SNDK)
• Sun Microsystems (JAVA) after market close
• Texas Instruments (TXN) after market close
• Weatherford International (WFT) before market open

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Dividends

• Lennar Corporation (LEN) - $0.040 payable 13-Nov

Earnings

• 3M Company (MMM)
• AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) before market open
• Apple Inc. (AAPL) after market close
• Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY) before market open
• Avocent Corporation (AVCT)
• Biogen Idec Inc. (BIIB) before market open
• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX)
• Broadcom (BRCM) after market close
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW) after market close
• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) before market open
• Coach, Inc. (COH) before market open
• Coventry Health Care, Inc (CVH) after market close
• DuPont (DD) before market open
• E*TRADE Financial Corp. (ETFC) after market close
• Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) before market open
• Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) before market open
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) before market open
• KeyCorp (KEY)
• Lexmark International, Inc. (LXK) before market open
• Lockheed Martin (LMT) before market open
• M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) before market open
• National City (NCC) before market open
• Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) after market close
• Omnicom Group (OMC) before market open
• PACCAR (PCAR)
• Pfizer (PFE)
• Precision Castparts (PCP) before market open
• QLogic (QLGC) after market close
• Quest Diagnostics (DGX) before market open
• Regions Financial Corp. (RF) before market open
• Schering-Plough (SGP) before market open
• Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL) after market close
• Tellabs (TLAB) before market open
• The Stanley Works (SWK)
• U.S. Bancorp (USB) before market open
• Waters Corporation (WAT) before market open
• Western Union Co. (WU) before market open
• Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO) after market close

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Dividends

• Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) - $0.240 payable 3-Nov
• Colgate-Palmolive (CL) - $0.400 payable 14-Nov
• Procter & Gamble Company (PG) - $0.400 payable 14-Nov

Earnings

• Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) before market open
• Allegheny Technologies (ATI) before market open
• Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
• Amgen (AMGN) after market close
• Applied Biosystems Inc. (ABI) before market open
• AT&T (T) before market open
• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) before market open
• C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) after market close
• Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) after market close
• Citrix Systems (CTXS) after market close
• ConocoPhillips (COP) before market open
• Dover Corporation (DOV) before market open
• EMC Corporation (EMC)
• General Dynamics (GD)
• Genzyme Corporation (GENZ)
• iRobot Corp. (IRBT) after market close
• Kimberly Clark (KMB) before market open
• LSI Corporation (LSI) after market close
• McDonald's Corporation (MCD) before market open
• Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)
• Noble Corporation (NE) after market close
• Northern Trust (NTRS)
• Northrop Grumman (NOC) before market open
• Philip Morris International (PM) before market open
• Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) after market close
• Range Resources (RRC) after market close
• Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI)
• Robert Half International (RHI) after market close
• Rohm and Haas Company (ROH) before market open
• Ryder System, Inc. (R) before market open
• Seacoast Banking FL (SBCF) after market close
• SLM Corporation (SLM) after market close
• Teradyne Inc. (TER) after market close
• Terex Corporation (TEX) after market close
• The Allstate Corporation (ALL) after market close
• The Boeing Company (BA) before market open
• The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) before market open
• Torchmark (TMK) after market close
• Wachovia Corporation (WB) before market open
• WellPoint, Inc. (WLP) before market open
• Wyeth (WYE) before market open

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Dividends

• Apartment Investment & Management (AIV) - $1.200 payable 1-Dec
• Apartment Investment & Management (AIV) - $0.600 payable 1-Dec
• Goldman Sachs (GS) - $0.350 payable 24-Nov
• The Washington Post Company (WPO) - $2.150 payable 7-Nov
• Unum Group (UNM) - $0.075 payable 21-Nov

Earnings

• Aflac Incorporated (AFL) after market close
• Altria Group, Inc. (MO) before market open
• Black & Decker Corporation (BDK)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI) after market close
• Celgene Corp. (CELG)
• Chubb Corporation (CB) after market close
• Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE) before market open
• Compuware Corporation (CPWR) after market close
• CONSOL Energy (CNX)
• Cooper Industries Ltd. (CBE) before market open
• Developers Diversified Realty Co. (DDR) after market close
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) after market close
• Ecolab Inc. (ECL) before market open
• Elan Corporation, plc (ELN) before market open
• Eli Lilly (LLY)
• Ensco International (ESV) before market open
• Federated Investors, Inc (FII) after market close
• Franklin Resources (BEN) before market open
• Goodrich Corporation (GR) before market open
• IMS Health (RX) before market open
• Janus Capital Group Inc. (JNS) before market open
• JetBlue Airways (JBLU) before market open
• Johnson Controls (JCI)
• Juniper Networks (JNPR) after market close
• L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) before market open
• Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) before market open
• MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR)
• Microchip Technology (MCHP) after market close
• Microsoft (MSFT) after market close
• National Oilwell Varco (NOV) before market open
• PerkinElmer (PKI) after market close
• ProLogis (PLD) before market open
• RadioShack Corporation (RSH)
• Raytheon (RTN) before market open
• Snap-on Incorporated (SNA) before market open
• Southern Company (SO) before market open
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) before market open
• SunTrust (STI) before market open
• The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) before market open
• The New York Times Company (NYT) before market open
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) before market open
• Union Pacific (UNP) before market open
• United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) before market open
• Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VAR) after market close
• Xcel Energy (XEL) before market open
• Xerox Corporation (XRX) before market open
• Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH)

Friday, October 24, 2008

Dividends

• Clorox (CLX) - $0.460 payable 14-Nov
• IMS Health (RX) - $0.030 payable 5-Dec

Earnings

• Exelon Corporation (EXC) before market open
• Fortune Brands (FO)
• Gannett (GCI) before market open
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (IR) before market open
• ITT Corporation (ITT) before market open
• T. Rowe Price (TROW) before market open
• UST Inc. (UST) 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).

Not so surprising results from Darden (DRI)

Today, Darden (DRI) is up 8% after management gave some upbeat numbers and guidance. The same stock that was near 20 is now near 30. Yes, I regret selling my Jul 30 options for 2.95 when I could have sold them for 4 today. But what I regret more is not picking up more when they were at 0.60.

Investing (in the long term sense) is all about the numbers and valuation. Trading (in the short term sense) is much more about emotions. It's about having the confidence to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. I have this problem of picking a stock near its 52 week low, holding it while it gets killed some more, and then selling it for a small profit. That's better than some alternatives but still sucks. The problem is that this works most of the time but some times, they don't come back up. You need a couple large gains (10-baggers) to achieve abnormal returns.

Darden is a perfect example of this. It would have been an easy 50% gain had I put more money in at the bottom. I had the conviction (I wouldn't have in the past but I am getting better) but I lacked the margin. The thing I tend to forget is that when the markets are down, the maintenance requirements go up. I tend to run out of buying power and get margin calls near the bottom. So instead of adding delta, I am reducing delta at the worst time.

In an attempt to learn from my mistake, I didn't trade today. There are so many opportunities out there (EMC, SIRF, CDNS, BHI, JNJ, GE, etc.) but I figured the smart thing to do is to build up buying power and wait for a retest of the bottom. Usually volatility is pretty high during expiration week but today was rather tame. I am hoping the rest of the week is as quiet. Quiet days make for easy money from decaying time premium.

Analyst downgrades on Cadence (CDNS)

Analysts were out with a bunch of downgrades on Cadence after the bad guidance yesterday. See Cadence (CDNS) - Decision making in the face of uncertainty for more details.

* Tim Fox, Deutsche Bank: Cut to Hold from Buy
* Sterling Autry, J.P. Morgan: Cut to Underweight from Neutral
* Harlan Sur, Morgan Stanley: Cut to Equal Weight from Overweight
* Jay Vleeschhouwer, Merrill Lynch: Cut to Neutral from Buy
* S&P: Cut to 3-star from 4-star

Today, CDNS is up almost 5%. Is it just me or are analysts usually behind the curve?

Cadence (CDNS) - Decision making in the face of uncertainty

Today was one of those days that I hate. Everything is up and by a lot. As an options trader who makes money from selling time premium, this isn't my thing. Sure, I make money since I am generally positive delta and negative vega. (I will probably explain all the option greeks sometime -- mostly to help myself gather my thoughts learn them better. I mostly only use delta and I am trying to learn to use vega.) However, I write options expecting them to expire. So a market rally just helps to speed up that process a little bit. However, I ran out of margin a while back during the big dip and thus do not have many open positions for March. If the market is up, then it is hard for me to find a good risk/reward balance in options to write since I am mostly selling puts naked. So the ideal market is one that is perfectly flat (historical volatility of zero) while having a high implied volatility. That's what I dream about. Of course, the markets aren't so nice.

So I was looking for options to sell and noticed that CDNS (Cadence Design Systems) was down 33% to 10 a share. Cadence makes CAD (computer aided design) software for the electronics industry (some people call it EDA -- Electronic Design Automation). CDNS is to semiconductors as ADSK (Autodesk) is to buildings. Brought up a maximum length chart on Yahoo finance and saw:



CDNS is basically back to 1996 levels. Always a good sign. I like things that are at long term lows (that's my style of investing most days).

Took a look at the AP bulletin which was pretty useless. I am convinced that they are written by robots (or people playing robots). It calls CDNS a "semiconductor manufacturing equipment maker". Never a good sign.

Basically 4Q '07 was ok but guidance for 2008 is bad. 1Q is going to be a loss and full year guidance is down to non-GAAP EPS of $1.11 to $1.19 (GAAP EPS tends to be lower since EDA companies take write-offs for their acquisitions). The current Street consensus estimate $1.53 a share. With earnings potentially down over 28%, the price drop seems reasonable, right?

I disagree. I think the bad new was already mostly priced in. I am more than happy to go long this company at P/E of 10 (after lowered guidance, even better!). I sold a bunch of Mar 10 puts at 0.85 which would give me a basis of 9.15 if assigned. Otherwise, I get about an 8% return on maximum risk or a 50% return on initial margin (for 50 or so days).

I also feel good about the fact that 53 million traded out of 268 million outstanding. Combine that kind of volume with the flat intraday price action, it smells of major buying. There was a floor around 10 all day and a volume spike and the end of the day. We might see an SEC filing some time soon.

We'll see what happens. It could prove really dumb to try to catch this falling knife. Sometimes, there is no time for analysis, and it's mostly gambling with an estimate of the odds.