Selected Dividends and Earnings for July 19, 2009 to July 25, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

Dividends

• Apache Corporation (APA) - $0.150 payable 22-Aug
• Lennar Corporation (LEN) - $0.040 payable 5-Aug

Earnings

• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) after market close
• Eaton (ETN) before market open
• Halliburton Company (HAL) before market open
• Hasbro, Inc. (HAS)
• Johnson Controls (JCI)
• Legg Mason (LM)
• Lincare Holdings (LNCR) after market close
• M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) before market open
• Texas Instruments (TXN) after market close
• Weatherford International (WFT)
• Zions Bancorp (ZION) after market close

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Dividends

• CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) - $0.076 payable 3-Aug

Earnings

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
• AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS)
• Apple Inc. (AAPL) after market close
• BJ Services Company (BJS)
• Boston Properties (BXP) after market close
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW)
• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
• Comerica Incorporated (CMA) before market open
• DuPont (DD) before market open
• Elan Corporation, plc (ELN) before market open
• Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) before market open
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) before market open
• Gilead Sciences (GILD)
• Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) before market open
• Lexmark International, Inc. (LXK)
• Linear Technology (LLTC) after market close
• Lockheed Martin (LMT) before market open
• Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)
• Nabors Industries (NBR) after market close
• Pactiv (PTV) after market close
• Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU)
• Precision Castparts (PCP) before market open
• QLogic (QLGC) after market close
• Quest Diagnostics (DGX) before market open
• Regions Financial Corp. (RF) before market open
• Robert Half International (RHI)
• Schering-Plough (SGP) before market open
• Sherwin-Williams (SHW) before market open
• SLM Corporation (SLM) after market close
• Southwest Airlines (LUV) before market open
• Starbucks (SBUX) after market close
• State Street Corporation (STT) before market open
• Stryker (SYK)
• The Coca-Cola Company (KO) before market open
• United Technologies (UTX) before market open
• UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) before market open
• VF Corporation (VFC) after market close
• Western Union Co. (WU) before market open
• Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO) after market close

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Dividends

• Colgate-Palmolive (CL) - $0.440 payable 14-Aug
• Procter & Gamble Company (PG) - $0.440 payable 17-Aug

Earnings

• Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) before market open
• Allegheny Technologies (ATI) before market open
• Altria Group, Inc. (MO)
• Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK)
• C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) after market close
• Citrix Systems (CTXS) after market close
• E*TRADE Financial Corp. (ETFC) after market close
• eBay (EBAY) after market close
• Eli Lilly (LLY)
• Equifax Inc. (EFX) after market close
• Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) before market open
• Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. (HST) before market open
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW)
• Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
• iRobot Corp. (IRBT) after market close
• KeyCorp (KEY) before market open
• Morgan Stanley (MS) before market open
• NOBLE CORPORATION BAAR (NE) after market close
• Northern Trust (NTRS) before market open
• PepsiCo (PEP) before market open
• Pfizer (PFE)
• QUALCOMM Inc. (QCOM)
• Range Resources (RRC) after market close
• SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) after market close
• St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ)
• SunTrust (STI) before market open
• Terex Corporation (TEX) after market close
• The Boeing Company (BA)
• The Stanley Works (SWK)
• U.S. Bancorp (USB) before market open
• Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)
• Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) before market open

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Dividends

• Clorox (CLX) - $0.500 payable 14-Aug
• The Washington Post Company (WPO) - $2.150 payable 7-Aug

Earnings

• 3M Company (MMM)
• Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) after market close
• American Express Company (AXP) after market close
• Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) after market close
• AT&T (T) before market open
• Avocent Corporation (AVCT)
• Ball Corporation (BLL) before market open
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
• Broadcom (BRCM) after market close
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI)
• CA (CA) after market close
• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (COG)
• Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) after market close
• Celgene Corp. (CELG) before market open
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) before market open
• Chubb Corporation (CB) after market close
• CIT Group (CIT) before market open
• Compuware Corporation (CPWR)
• Cooper Industries Ltd. (CBE) before market open
• Danaher (DHR) before market open
• Developers Diversified Realty Co. (DDR) after market close
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN)
• EMC Corporation (EMC)
• Ensco International (ESV) before market open
• Federated Investors, Inc (FII) after market close
• Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) before market open
• Ford Motor Company (F) before market open
• Goodrich Corporation (GR) before market open
• Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) before market open
• IMS Health (RX) before market open
• International Game Technology (IGT) before market open
• JetBlue Airways (JBLU) before market open
• Juniper Networks (JNPR)
• Kimberly-Clark (KMB)
• KLA-Tencor (KLAC) after market close
• L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) before market open
• Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) before market open
• Leggett & Platt (LEG) after market close
• McDonald's Corporation (MCD) before market open
• MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) after market close
• Microsoft (MSFT) after market close
• Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM)
• Northrop Grumman (NOC)
• Nucor (NUE)
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) before market open
• Omnicom Group (OMC) before market open
• Philip Morris International (PM)
• PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
• ProLogis (PLD) before market open
• Raytheon (RTN) before market open
• Ryder System, Inc. (R)
• Safeway Inc. (SWY) before market open
• Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL)
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) before market open
• The Hershey Company (HSY) 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)
• Wyeth (WYE) before market open
• Xerox Corporation (XRX)
• Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) before market open

Friday, July 24, 2009

Earnings

• Ashland (ASH) before market open
• Black & Decker Corporation (BDK)
• Dover Corporation (DOV)
• Exelon Corporation (EXC) before market open
• Fortune Brands (FO) before market open
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (IR)
• Schlumberger (SLB)
• T. Rowe Price (TROW)

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 19, 2009 to April 25, 2009

Monday, April 20, 2009

Dividends

• Apache Corporation (APA) - $0.150 payable 22-May
• CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) - $0.076 payable 4-May

Earnings

• Bank of America Corporation (BAC) before market open
• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) after market close
• Eaton (ETN) before market open
• Eli Lilly (LLY) before market open
• Halliburton Company (HAL) before market open
• Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) before market open
• International Business Machines (IBM) after market close
• Lincare Holdings (LNCR) after market close
• PepsiCo (PEP) before market open
• Stryker (SYK)
• Texas Instruments (TXN) after market close
• Weatherford International (WFT) before market open
• Zions Bancorp (ZION) after market close

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Earnings

• Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
• AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS)
• Altera Corporation (ALTR) after market close
• Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) after market close
• Bank of New York Mellon Corp (BK) before market open
• BJ Services Company (BJS) before market open
• Broadcom (BRCM) before market open
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW) after market close
• Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) after market close
• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
• Coach, Inc. (COH) before market open
• Comerica Incorporated (CMA) before market open
• DuPont (DD) before market open
• Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) before market open
• Gilead Sciences (GILD)
• Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) after market close
• Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) before market open
• Johnson Controls (JCI)
• KeyCorp (KEY) before market open
• Lexmark International, Inc. (LXK)
• Lockheed Martin (LMT)
• M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) before market open
• Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) before market open
• Molex Inc. (MOLX)
• Nabors Industries (NBR) after market close
• Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) after market close
• Northern Trust (NTRS) before market open
• Quest Diagnostics (DGX) before market open
• Regions Financial Corp. (RF) before market open
• SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) after market close
• Schering-Plough (SGP) before market open
• State Street Corporation (STT) before market open
• Terex Corporation (TEX) after market close
• The Coca-Cola Company (KO) before market open
• The New York Times Company (NYT) before market open
• U.S. Bancorp (USB) before market open
• United Technologies (UTX) before market open
• UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) before market open
• Western Union Co. (WU) before market open
• Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO) after market close

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Dividends

• Colgate-Palmolive (CL) - $0.440 payable 15-May
• Pall Corp. (PLL) - $0.145 payable 8-May
• Procter & Gamble Company (PG) - $0.440 payable 15-May

Earnings

• Air Products and Chemicals Inc (APD) before market open
• Allegheny Technologies (ATI) before market open
• Altria Group, Inc. (MO)
• Apple Inc. (AAPL) after market close
• AT&T (T) before market open
• C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) after market close
• Dover Corporation (DOV)
• eBay (EBAY) after market close
• Elan Corporation, plc (ELN) before market open
• Equifax Inc. (EFX) after market close
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) before market open
• Genzyme Corporation (GENZ) before market open
• Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (IR)
• iRobot Corp. (IRBT) after market close
• Kimberly-Clark (KMB) before market open
• Leggett & Platt (LEG) after market close
• McDonald's Corporation (MCD) before market open
• Morgan Stanley (MS) before market open
• NOBLE CORPORATION BAAR (NE) after market close
• Northrop Grumman (NOC) before market open
• Novellus Systems, Inc. (NVLS) after market close
• Pactiv (PTV) after market close
• Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) before market open
• Robert Half International (RHI) after market close
• Ryder System, Inc. (R) before market open
• SLM Corporation (SLM) after market close
• Snap-on Incorporated (SNA) before market open
• St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ) before market open
• T. Rowe Price (TROW) before market open
• The Boeing Company (BA)
• Torchmark (TMK) after market close
• WellPoint, Inc. (WLP)
• Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)
• Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX) after market close
• Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) after market close

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Dividends

• C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) - $0.160 payable 8-May
• Clorox (CLX) - $0.460 payable 15-May
• The Washington Post Company (WPO) - $2.150 payable 8-May
• Unum Group (UNM) - $0.075 payable 15-May

Earnings

• Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) after market close
• American Express Company (AXP) after market close
• AmeriSourceBergen (ABC) before market open
• Amgen (AMGN) after market close
• AutoNation (AN) before market open
• Avocent Corporation (AVCT) after market close
• Ball Corporation (BLL) before market open
• Black & Decker Corporation (BDK) before market open
• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNI)
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME) before market open
• Chubb Corporation (CB) after market close
• CIT Group (CIT) before market open
• ConocoPhillips (COP)
• CONSOL Energy (CNX) before market open
• Cooper Industries Ltd. (CBE) before market open
• Danaher (DHR)
• Developers Diversified Realty Co. (DDR) after market close
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) after market close
• EMC Corporation (EMC) before market open
• Ensco International (ESV) before market open
• Exelon Corporation (EXC) before market open
• Federated Investors, Inc (FII) after market close
• Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB)
• Goodrich Corporation (GR) before market open
• Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. (HST) after market close
• IMS Health (RX) before market open
• International Game Technology (IGT) before market open
• Janus Capital Group Inc. (JNS) before market open
• JetBlue Airways (JBLU) before market open
• Juniper Networks (JNPR) after market close
• KLA-Tencor (KLAC) after market close
• L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) before market open
• Laboratory Corporation of America (LH) before market open
• Marriott International (MAR) before market open
• Marshall & Ilsley (MI) before market open
• MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) after market close
• Microsoft (MSFT) after market close
• National Oilwell Varco (NOV) before market open
• Nucor (NUE) before market open
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) before market open
• Philip Morris International (PM) before market open
• PNC Financial Services Group (PNC)
• RadioShack Corporation (RSH) before market open
• Raytheon (RTN) before market open
• Seacoast Banking FL (SBCF) after market close
• Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (SIAL)
• SunTrust (STI) before market open
• Supervalu Inc. (SVU)
• The Hershey Company (HSY) before market open
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) before market open
• Union Pacific (UNP)
• United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
• Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH)

Friday, April 24, 2009

Earnings

• 3M Company (MMM) before market open
• Ford Motor Company (F) before market open
• Honeywell (HON) before market open
• ITT Corporation (ITT) before market open
• Schlumberger (SLB)
• The Stanley Works (SWK) before market open
• Xerox Corporation (XRX)

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 January 25, 2009 to January 31, 2009

Monday, January 26, 2009

Dividends

• Clorox (CLX) - $0.460 payable 13-Feb

Earnings

• American Express Company (AXP) after market close
• Amgen (AMGN) after market close
• Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) before market open
• Covidien Ltd. (COV) before market open
• Danaher (DHR) before market open
• Eaton (ETN) before market open
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX)
• Halliburton Company (HAL)
• Kimberly Clark (KMB)
• McDonald's Corporation (MCD) before market open
• McKesson Corporation (MCK) after market close
• Pactiv (PTV) after market close
• QLogic (QLGC) after market close
• Quest Diagnostics (DGX) before market open
• Sealed Air (SEE)
• Texas Instruments (TXN) after market close
• Tyson Foods (TSN) before market open
• W.W. Grainger (GWW)
• Weatherford International (WFT) before market open
• Zions Bancorp (ZION) after market close

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Earnings

• AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) before market open
• Altera Corporation (ALTR) after market close
• Ashland (ASH) before market open
• Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY)
• Bemis Company, Inc. (BMS) before market open
• BJ Services Company (BJS)
• Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY)
• C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc (CHRW) after market close
• Convergys Corporation (CVG)
• Cooper Industries Ltd. (CBE) before market open
• DuPont (DD) before market open
• E*TRADE Financial Corp. (ETFC) after market close
• EMC Corporation (EMC) before market open
• FPL Group (FPL)
• Gilead Sciences (GILD) after market close
• Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (JEC) before market open
• Lexmark International, Inc. (LXK) before market open
• Molex Inc. (MOLX) after market close
• Norfolk Southern Corp (NSC) after market close
• Nucor (NUE)
• Peabody Energy Corp. (BTU)
• Seacoast Banking FL (SBCF) after market close
• St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ)
• Stryker (SYK) after market close
• Sun Microsystems (JAVA)
• Tellabs (TLAB) before market open
• The Hershey Company (HSY)
• The McGraw Hill Companies (MHP) before market open
• The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV) before market open
• TSYS (TSS) after market close
• United States Steel Corp. (X)
• Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) before market open
• Verizon (VZ) before market open
• Waters Corporation (WAT) before market open
• Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO) after market close

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Dividends

• ConAgra Foods (CAG) - $0.190 payable 2-Mar
• Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) - $0.200 payable 17-Feb
• Morgan Stanley (MS) - $0.270 payable 13-Feb
• NiSource (NI) - $0.230 payable 20-Feb
• Paychex (PAYX) - $0.310 payable 16-Feb
• People's United Financial Inc. (PBCT) - $0.150 payable 15-Feb
• Texas Instruments (TXN) - $0.110 payable 9-Feb
• Weyerhaeuser Co. (WY) - $0.250 payable 2-Mar

Earnings

• Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) after market close
• AT&T (T)
• Avocent Corporation (AVCT)
• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) before market open
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) before market open
• Boston Properties (BXP) after market close
• Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) after market close
• Citrix Systems (CTXS) after market close
• Compuware Corporation (CPWR)
• ConocoPhillips (COP) before market open
• Dover Corporation (DOV) before market open
• Franklin Resources (BEN) before market open
• General Dynamics (GD)
• Hess Corporation (HES)
• Legg Mason (LM) before market open
• LSI Corporation (LSI) after market close
• Manitowoc (MTW) after market close
• McCormick & Company, Inc. (MKC) before market open
• MeadWestvaco (MWV) before market open
• Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) after market close
• Pfizer (PFE)
• Praxair Inc (PX) before market open
• QUALCOMM Inc. (QCOM)
• Robert Half International (RHI) after market close
• Southern Company (SO) before market open
• Starbucks (SBUX) after market close
• Symantec (SYMC) after market close
• Teradyne Inc. (TER) after market close
• The Allstate Corporation (ALL) after market close
• The Boeing Company (BA) before market open
• The New York Times Company (NYT) before market open
• The Stanley Works (SWK) before market open
• Tyco Electronics (TEL) before market open
• WellPoint, Inc. (WLP) before market open
• Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) before market open

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Dividends

• Aon Corporation (AOC) - $0.150 payable 16-Feb
• Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) - $0.150 payable 13-Feb
• Citigroup Inc. (C) - $0.010 payable 27-Feb
• Pall Corp. (PLL) - $0.145 payable 16-Feb
• Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) - $0.525 payable 2-Mar
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $0.142 payable 17-Feb
• Southern Company (SO) - $0.420 payable 6-Mar

Earnings

• 3M Company (MMM)
• Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)
• Altria Group, Inc. (MO) before market open
• Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
• American Electric Power (AEP)
• AutoNation (AN)
• Ball Corporation (BLL) before market open
• Black & Decker Corporation (BDK)
• Broadcom (BRCM) after market close
• C.R. Bard, Inc. (BCR) after market close
• CA (CA) before market open
• Celgene Corp. (CELG) before market open
• Chubb Corporation (CB) after market close
• Colgate-Palmolive (CL) before market open
• CONSOL Energy (CNX)
• Dominion Resources Inc. (D)
• Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) after market close
• Eastman Kodak Company (EK) before market open
• Eli Lilly (LLY)
• Ford Motor Company (F) before market open
• Fortune Brands (FO)
• Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) before market open
• International Paper Co. (IP) before market open
• JetBlue Airways (JBLU) before market open
• Juniper Networks (JNPR) after market close
• KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
• L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) before market open
• Microchip Technology (MCHP) after market close
• Newell Rubbermaid (NWL) before market open
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)
• PerkinElmer (PKI) after market close
• Raytheon (RTN) before market open
• Smith International, Inc. (SII) before market open
• Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) before market open
• T. Rowe Price (TROW) before market open
• Textron Inc. (TXT)
• Umpqua Holdings Corporation (UMPQ) before market open
• Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VAR) after market close
• Wyeth (WYE) before market open
• Xcel Energy (XEL) before market open
• Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) before market open

Friday, January 30, 2009

Dividends

• Hasbro, Inc. (HAS) - $0.200 payable 17-Feb
• Lennar Corporation (LEN) - $0.040 payable 13-Feb

Earnings

• Chevron (CVX) before market open
• ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM)
• Gannett (GCI) before market open
• Honeywell (HON) before market open
• PACCAR (PCAR)
• Procter & Gamble Company (PG) before market open
• Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) 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 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).

Microsoft (MSFT) bids for Yahoo (YHOO), Short XHB?

I missed the boat. The 31 a share offer from Microsoft for Yahoo has pushed the price to the 29 level. I got a bit greedy with how much premium I was trying to sell the put options. I could have made instant bank but now I got nothing.

On another note, this rally makes me want to short the S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB). The market seems to be on looking at the good news and ignoring the stream of consistently bad economic indicators. Even though the government is bailing everyone out, the homebuilders are pretty low on the list. I tried to short a small position (just to see what it's like since I've never actually shorted stocks before) but couldn't borrow any shares. So I guess I have to just sell calls on it.

I also got out of some DRI options. There's a good chance it is going back to 20. Casual dining is a tough business right now.

Tried to grab some EMC, got greedy and missed it

The EMC options did not hit my target price when it opened (just like the model said). I slowly lowered by limit order and chased it all day. Didn't execute. Will try again tomorrow. FOMC statement coming out. It could go either way. If they cut big, then they are panicking and Bernanke put will be in the news. If they don't, people will whine. Either way, it could be up or down but probably volatile.

I noticed that VMW kept dropping during the day while EMC recovered. It was mostly due to the positive earnings report from EMC this morning. However, it does confirm (maybe confirmation bias) my theory that EMC is a fundamental play whereas VMW is a momentum play. Although I am not going to try to short VMW.

I am also going to try to grab some positive delta on Yahoo by selling out of the money naked puts. Today after the close, it reported earnings and wasn't too good. The main problem was that a part of the call was quotable. Everyone is talking about the 'Substantial Headwinds'. Down 9+% to 18.90. Also, laying off 1000 people. The cost cutting should be good for Yahoo to focus on their core business. Google isn't as great as people say and Yahoo isn't as bad. Reversion to the mean happens. I need to do some more due diligence but it's on my watch list (so I must have already looked at it before). We'll see how it trades tomorrow.

Also noticed LEN and other homebuilders at short term highs and overbought. Very tempting to short XHB (Spiders Homebuilders ETF) via options. Shorting the index is probably less risky than shorting individual companies. I am going to wait to see if there is an opportunity to deploy capital in EMC or YHOO. If I have the excess margin, I might get my feet wet. I like collecting premium so I'd probably sell a naked call rather than buy a put.