George Soros’s Biggest Dividend Stock Buys As Of Q1/2013

The biggest dividend stocks buys from George Soros originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". George Soros is well known within the financial industry. He is a hedge fund manager who serves around $8.56 billion in 207 stocks. Last quarter, he added 74 new companies. It’s very interesting to see how big investors act because if they move, the market changes. The amounts are really big when they decide to place a 1 percent stake.

Today I like to look at the biggest dividend stock buys from George Soros. George is a real speculator. His 20 biggest changes had an impact to his portfolio between 0.34 percent and 1.3 percent. Only eight of his 20 biggest stock buys pay dividends.

In total, George Soros has a much diversified fund. His biggest position, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF – Put, has a portfolio weighting of 4.8 percent. The second biggest position is the oil & gas company Pioneer Natural Resources with a 3.4 percent share.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 23, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 23, 2013. In total, 9 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which none yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 2.91%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	248.84B	24.14	3.71	3.63	2.98%
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc.	DNKN	4.41B	43.58	12.74	6.61	1.84%
Assurant Inc.	AIZ	3.90B	9.67	0.76	0.45	1.66%
Delek US Holdings Inc.	DK	2.18B	7.14	2.30	0.25	1.65%
Guaranty Bancorp	GBNK	1.17B	81.86	6.47	16.86	0.87%
Griffon Corporation	GFF	700.58M	55.67	1.10	0.38	0.86%
Rocky Brands, Inc.	RCKY	122.20M	13.54	0.96	0.53	0.62%
Hecla Mining Co.	HL	960.99M	84.25	0.84	3.14	0.30%
Vulcan Materials Company	VMC	7.14B	-	1.92	2.78	0.07%

Warren Buffett’s Latest Buys and Sells | Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2013 Fund Portfolio

Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway Q1/2013 Fund Investing Strategies By Dividend Yield – Stock Capital, Investment. Recently, Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha published his first quarter results and released the recent buys and sells.

Below is a current portfolio update of Warren Buffett’s - Berkshire Hathaway - portfolio movements as of Q1/2013 (March 31, 2013). In total, he has 41 stocks with a total portfolio worth of USD 85,001,344,000. Buffett bought two new companies and added nine additional stocks to his fund. The most important buys were Wells Fargo and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.

In return, Buffett reduced three stocks and closed two positions completely. The biggest changer on the short side was General Dynamics.

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On May 22, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks May 22, 2013. In total, 27 stocks and preferred shares go ex dividend - of which 7 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 3.38%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks:

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Medley Capital Corporation	MCC	449.15M	10.79	1.23	6.99	9.20%
Cablevision Systems Corporation	CVC	4.09B	-	-	0.62	3.92%
HSBC Holdings plc	HBC	218.32B	15.88	1.25	3.85	3.41%
Exelis, Inc.	XLS	2.27B	7.51	2.16	0.43	3.39%
Carnival Corporation	CCL	27.39B	18.69	1.16	1.78	2.83%
Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd.	GSH	3.46B	16.50	0.81	1.38	2.83%
Questar Corporation	STR	4.53B	21.72	4.19	3.94	2.79%
Carnival plc	CUK	28.60B	19.51	1.21	1.86	2.71%
The Scotts Miracle-Gro	SMG	3.00B	34.28	4.95	1.12	2.67%
American Water Works Company	AWK	7.59B	19.87	1.68	2.62	2.62%
W&T Offshore Inc.	WTI	1.15B	15.41	2.12	1.28	2.36%
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.	NUS	3.67B	17.07	5.95	1.62	1.91%
Hershey Co.	HSY	19.87B	28.74	17.87	2.95	1.89%
Robert Half International Inc.	RHI	4.96B	22.81	5.72	1.21	1.80%
Marriott International, Inc.	MAR	13.32B	23.57	-	1.07	1.57%
Heartland Financial USA Inc.	HTLF	465.47M	9.97	1.13	2.47	1.45%
National Interstate Corporation	NATL	596.92M	18.23	1.64	1.15	1.45%
Equifax Inc.	EFX	7.51B	27.08	3.72	3.41	1.41%
Core-Mark Holding Company	CORE	662.51M	20.46	1.66	0.07	1.32%
ITT Corporation	ITT	2.76B	24.15	4.22	1.22	1.30%

20 Biggest Foreign Dividend Growth Stocks

Large capitalized dividend growth stocks from foreign countries originally published at "long-term-investments.blogspot.com". Europe is still on fire. The economy is in a triple dip recession and the European member states cut spending. The unemployment is high but every economic depression could be a solid basis for future engagements in the stock market. Today I like to scout for some dividend growth opportunities outside the United States.

I screened my database of stocks with a consecutive dividend increase of at least five years by foreign stocks. Around 35 (approx. 8 percent) of them have headquarters abroad. Below is a small list of the 20 biggest results. 11 of them are currently recommended to buy. Canada is the most represented country in the screen.