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 May 3, 2009 to May 9, 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009

Earnings

• Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) after market close
• Entergy (ETR) before market open
• EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) after market close
• Loews Corp. (L) before market open
• McKesson Corporation (MCK)
• Sprint Nextel Corporation (S)
• SYSCO Corporation (SYY)
• The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) before market open
• The Principal Financial Group (PFG)
• Tyson Foods (TSN) before market open
• Vulcan Materials (VMC) after market close

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Dividends

• FirstEnergy (FE) - $0.550 payable 1-Jun
• Intel Corporation (INTC) - $0.140 payable 1-Jun
• KB Home (KBH) - $0.063 payable 21-May
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) - $0.230 payable 1-Jun

Earnings

• Allegheny Energy, Inc. (AYE) before market open
• American Capital Ltd. (ACAS) after market close
• Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) before market open
• Automatic Data Processing (ADP) before market open
• Avon Products Inc. (AVP)
• Centex Corporation (CTX)
• Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) before market open
• Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (CEG)
• CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) before market open
• D.R. Horton (DHI) before market open
• Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) before market open
• Electronic Arts (ERTS) after market close
• Emerson Electric (EMR) before market open
• FirstEnergy (FE)
• GENPACT LIMITED (G)
• IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) before market open
• Kraft Foods (KFT)
• Legg Mason (LM)
• Lincoln National (LNC) after market close
• Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP)
• Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW)
• Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) after market close
• Precision Castparts (PCP) before market open
• Progress Energy (PGN)
• Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) after market close
• Sempra Energy (SRE)
• SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. (SIRF) after market close
• Spectra Energy (SE) before market open
• Tenet Healthcare (THC) before market open
• The St. Joe Company (JOE) before market open
• Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) before market open
• Walt Disney (DIS)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) before market open

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Dividends

• ALCOA Inc (AA) - $0.030 payable 25-May
• American Electric Power (AEP) - $0.410 payable 10-Jun
• Charles Schwab (SCHW) - $0.060 payable 22-May
• CMS Energy Corp. (CMS) - $0.125 payable 29-May
• Federated Investors, Inc (FII) - $0.240 payable 15-May
• Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) - $0.150 payable 30-May
• International Business Machines (IBM) - $0.550 payable 10-Jun
• Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LYG) - payable 12-May
• Pfizer (PFE) - $0.160 payable 2-Jun
• The Boeing Company (BA) - $0.420 payable 5-Jun
• Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) - $0.050 payable 1-Jun

Earnings

• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) after market close
• Cisco Systems (CSCO) after market close
• Devon Energy Corporation (DVN) before market open
• Embarq Corporation (EQ) after market close
• Expeditors International WA (EXPD) after market close
• Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) before market open
• Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) after market close
• PG&E Corporation (PCG) before market open
• Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) after market close
• RR Donnelley (RRD) before market open
• Sunoco (SUN) after market close
• Symantec (SYMC)
• Tesoro Corporation (TSO) after market close
• Towerstream Corporation (TWER) after market close
• Transocean LTD. (RIG) before market open
• XTO Energy Inc. (XTO)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Dividends

• Altera Corporation (ALTR) - $0.050 payable 1-Jun
• Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) - $0.050 payable 20-May
• Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL) - $0.180 payable 26-May
• PPG Industries (PPG) - $0.530 payable 12-Jun
• Sunoco (SUN) - $0.300 payable 10-Jun
• Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) - $0.950 payable 12-Jun
• W.W. Grainger (GWW) - $0.460 payable 1-Jun

Earnings

• American International Group (AIG) after market close
• Cameron (CAM)
• CBS Corporation (CBS) after market close
• Crocs, Inc. (CROX)
• Dynegy, Inc. (DYN)
• Frontier Communications Corporation (FTR) before market open
• Frontier Oil (FTO) before market open
• Genworth Financial, Inc. (GNW) after market close
• Luxottica Group (LUX)
• Markel Corporation (MKL)
• Microchip Technology (MCHP) after market close
• Millipore Corp. (MIL) after market close
• NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)
• Pepco Holdings, Inc. (POM)
• Public Storage (PSA)
• Rowan Companies, Inc. (RDC)
• Sara Lee (SLE)
• Teradata (TDC) before market open
• The Allstate Corporation (ALL) after market close
• The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (DTV) before market open
• VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN) after market close
• Wendy's / Arby's Group, Inc. (WEN) before market open

Friday, May 8, 2009

Dividends

• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG) - $0.030 payable 26-May
• Veolia Environnement SA (VE) - $1.359 payable

Earnings

• Edison International (EIX)
• El Paso Corp. (EP) before market open
• Scripps Networks Interactive Inc (SNI) before market open
• Windstream Communications (WIN)

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 October 26, 2008 to November 1, 2008

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Dividends

• ConAgra Foods (CAG) - $0.190 payable 1-Dec
• ConocoPhillips (COP) - $0.470 payable 1-Dec
• NiSource (NI) - $0.230 payable 20-Nov
• Paychex (PAYX) - $0.310 payable 15-Nov
• People's United Financial Inc. (PBCT) - $0.150 payable 15-Nov
• Rohm and Haas Company (ROH) - $0.410 payable 1-Dec
• Texas Instruments (TXN) - $0.110 payable 17-Nov

Earnings

• Aetna Inc. (AET)
• Allergan (AGN)
• Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (AW) after market close
• Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) after market close
• Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY) after market close
• CA (CA) after market close
• Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) before market open
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) after market close
• Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) before market open
• Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) before market open
• Corning (GLW) before market open
• DTE Energy Company (DTE) after market close
• Equity Residential (EQR)
• Harman International Industries (HAR)
• Hartford Financial Services (HIG) after market close
• Hess Corporation (HES) before market open
• JDSU (JDSU) after market close
• Jones Apparel Group Inc. (JNY) before market open
• Kellogg Co. (K) before market open
• Kraft Foods (KFT) before market open
• Legg Mason (LM) before market open
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) before market open
• Meredith Corporation (MDP) before market open
• MetLife, Inc. (MET) after market close
• Moody's Corporation (MCO) before market open
• Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR)
• Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) before market open
• Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL)
• Office Depot Inc. (ODP) before market open
• Praxair Inc (PX) before market open
• Procter & Gamble Company (PG)
• Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) after market close
• Questar Corp. (STR) after market close
• Qwest Communications (Q) before market open
• Realty Income Corporation (O) after market close
• Scripps Networks Interactive Inc (SNI) before market open
• Sealed Air (SEE)
• SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. (SIRF) after market close
• Symantec (SYMC) after market close
• Tesoro Corporation (TSO) after market close
• Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (WPI) before market open

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Dividends

• Aon Corporation (AOC) - $0.150 payable 17-Nov
• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) - $0.150 payable 14-Nov
• Citigroup Inc. (C) - $0.160 payable 26-Nov
• Eastman Kodak Company (EK) - $0.250 payable 12-Dec
• Eaton (ETN) - $0.500 payable 21-Nov
• Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) - $0.200 payable 17-Nov
• Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL) - $0.180 payable 17-Nov
• Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) - $0.525 payable 1-Dec
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $0.141 payable 17-Nov
• Southern Company (SO) - $0.420 payable 6-Dec

Earnings

• Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)
• Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) after market close
• AmeriSourceBergen (ABC) before market open
• Apache Corporation (APA) before market open
• Assurant, Inc. (AIZ) before market open
• Avon Products Inc. (AVP)
• Ball Corporation (BLL) before market open
• BJ Services Company (BJS) before market open
• BMC Software (BMC) after market close
• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG) before market open
• Cameron (CAM) before market open
• CBS Corporation (CBS) before market open
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) after market close
• CIGNA (CI) before market open
• Colgate-Palmolive (CL) before market open
• CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) before market open
• Dominion Resources Inc. (D)
• Eastman Kodak Company (EK) before market open
• Electronic Arts (ERTS) after market close
• Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) before market open
• Express Scripts, Inc. (ESRX) after market close
• ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM)
• IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) before market open
• International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) before market open
• International Game Technology (IGT) before market open
• International Paper Co. (IP) before market open
• KLA-Tencor (KLAC) after market close
• Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO)
• Massey Energy Company (MEE) after market close
• Millipore Corp. (MIL) after market close
• Monster Worldwide (MNST) after market close
• Motorola Inc. (MOT) before market open
• Mylan Inc. (MYL) before market open
• Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) before market open
• Otter Tail Power (OTTR) after market close
• Southwestern Energy (SWN) after market close
• Sun Microsystems (JAVA)
• TECO Energy Inc. (TE) before market open
• Unisys (UIS) before market open
• Unum Group (UNM)
• Waste Management (WMI) before market open
• Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) before market open

Friday, October 31, 2008

Earnings

• American Electric Power (AEP) before market open
• Aon Corporation (AOC) before market open
• Apartment Investment & Management (AIV) before market open
• Chevron (CVX) before market open
• Clorox (CLX) before market open
• Cummins Inc. (CMI) before market open
• NYSE Euronext (NYX) before market open
• Progress Energy (PGN)
• PSEG (PEG)
• 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).

Gasoline Turnaround? Reducing exposure to refiners (VLO, TSO, FTO)

Valero (VLO), Tesoro (TSO), and Frontier Oil (FTO) are my favorite refiners. I use them to play the crack spread. They are ideal for put selling because of high volatility and strong book values (refineries are easy to value at replacement cost times some modifier).

After a 4.3M draw in gasoline inventories vs. 1.3M expected draw, refiners are up ~10%. So I am taking some positions off the table. In particular, FTO Aug 17.5/15 Put spread and TSO Aug 15/12.5 Put spread. I am hoping to sell another similar spread in Sep options on any pullback. If this is actually a turn around, naked puts in FTO, TSO, and VLO will be making money. So I am leaving those on the table as they are several months out and I am near breakeven.

Nice to have a stable day after a massive rally, even if you are taking loses are hedges.

Two Interesting Drops: Whole Foods Market (WFMI) and Otter Tail (OTTR)

During the day, Otter Tail (OTTR), a wind energy play, is down 20% and back to reasonable valuations after an earnings miss. Possible slow down trend in days to come as the Cramerica crowd get nervous. After that, it's a good put selling stock. High dividend payout means that there is some pricing support (and it's great to carry the stock while selling calls against it). I am looking at selling some longer term options.

Don't know much about OTTR. Did a rush read through the annual report during the day. They are a bunch of diversified businesses. So I am going to add some delta and then see where it heads. I like dividend stocks in interesting industries.

With the new lower multiple, it might be interesting to pair trade OTTR and FPL (i.e. short FPL and long OTTR).

Whole Foods Market (WFMI) misses and guides down. WFMI is down 20% after hours. I am short some Aug 24 calls against some naked Nov 25 puts. Looking to increase delta at these levels through a combination of events. Let the Aug 24 calls expire. Buy back the puts and the stock (artificial assignment). Then sell some more out of the money puts.

It wasn't hard to guess that WFMI would miss and guide down. High end groceries in a consumer led downturn. It's a matter of whether the news is priced in. On a huge rally day, the news seems particularly bad.

So, the interim plan is: Sell covered calls on banks (WB, BAC, BCS); sell front month naked calls (as a way of initiating a short position) on credit risk plays (COF, FNM, FRE); sell long term out of the money naked puts on commodities (CHK, FCX, VLO, TSO, FTO).