dividends

What ever system you think you have figured out, there are thousands of hedge fund managers and high frequency trading computers that are doing it a lot better than you could imagine.

What exactly are you trying to do? Note that after dividend payment the stock will open lower the next day by an amount equal to the dividend paid. 

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Originally Posted by JMcsweeny09 

ya, i was just toying with the idea. im basically just gonna keep reinvesting in blue chip companies till i retire. lol

Have you looked into covered calls?

Its an option strategy that could bring in a few more points and is very safe when done right.

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Originally Posted by JMcsweeny09 

Is this harder than it looks? Im guessing a ton of people try to do this and the stock price fluctuates to much to be successful? any history on this would be appreciated. 

If this was the case we would all be doing it. It's very simple to research and you just need to pick a stock and then go back and look at what happened on the previous dividends. Let us know if you find any that would have made you money.

I like this article, it's worth a read on dividends

http://www.patientcashflow.com/2012/02/21/how-to-make-1100-from-10000-with-dividends/

i found this post really interesting and i am agree with stock jock-e. i wrote an article recently about dividend payments.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/797731-coca-cola-dividend-king-a-tad-overstretched

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Originally Posted by qineqt 

i found this post really interesting and i am agree with stock jock-e. i read an article recently about dividend payments.

 

http://seekingalpha.com/article/797731-coca-cola-dividend-king-a-tad-overstretched

You linked to your own article...............

KO is good though but I'm more of a bonds guy to be honest.

not with the yield being what it is. What's the 10 year treasury? less than 3% yeesh, bonds are not worth it. rather buy MO

ex-dividend dates if anyone is still playing these dividend capture plays:

http://www.thestreet.com/dividends/index.html

I personally like REITs for high dividend yield.  I have 3 and all three have appreciated in value as well as putting out 9.16% to 16.94% dividend. 

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Originally Posted by Tom Frasier 

I personally like REITs for high dividend yield.  I have 3 and all three have appreciated in value as well as putting out 9.16% to 16.94% dividend. 

Not like they used too....but still a good dividend play. If real estate ever picks up, they would be a really good buy n hold.

Usually you don't buy just one dividend stock, you create a portfolio of 10-20 dividend stocks with a high potential of growing their dividends with an emphasis of being stable and paying their dividends on time and reliability. To show you of an example, this is the portfolio that I have created with an emphasis on dividend investing, it has worked out quite nicely to say the least:

http://www.patientcashflow.com/money-tree-portfolio

And instead of spending the dividend income every quarter, reinvest those earnings! If you save $20,000, you can invest $1,000 each in this portfolio