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Next Ex-Dividend Date AGG AGZ CFT CIU CMF CSJ EMB GBF GVI HYG IEF IEI IGOV ISHG LQD MBB MUB NYF PFF SHV SHY SUB TIP TLH TLT

 
Monday, April 23rd, 2012 | Vance Harwood
 

The 2012 Ex-Dividend and Pay Date  information below is based on Ishares distribution schedule,

Ex-Dividend Date:   1-Feb-12    1-Mar-12    2-Apr-12     1-May-12   01-Jun-12   2-Jul-12   1-Aug-12   4-Sep-12   1-Oct-12   1-Nov-12   3-Dec-12   26-Dec-12

Pay/ Distribution Date:  7-Jan-12   7-Feb-12   7-Mar-12  9-Apr-12  7-May-12    07-Jun-12    9-Jul-12   7-Aug-12   10-Sep-12   5-Oct-12   7-Nov-12   7-Dec-12   02-Jan-13

AGG    iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund (AGG
AGZ    iShares Barclays Agency Bond Fund (AGZ)
CFT     iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund (CFT)
CIU     iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond Fund (CIU)
CSJ      iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond Fund (CSJ)
EMB    iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (EMB)
GBF     iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund (GBF)
GLJ      iShares 10+ Year Government/Credit Bond Fund (GLJ)
GVI     iShares Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Fund (GVI)
HYG    iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG)
IEF      iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF)
IEI       iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEI)
IGOV  iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund (IGOV)
ISHG  iShares S&P/Citigroup 1–3 Year International Treasury Bond Fund (ISHG)
LQD    iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund (See LQD dividend history below)
MUAA iShares 2012 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series (MUAA)
MUAB iShares 2013 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series (MUAB)
MUAC iShares 2014 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series (MUAC)
MUAD iShares 2015 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series (MUAD)
MUAE iShares 2016 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series (MUAE)
MUAG iShares 2017 S&P AMT-Free Municipal Series (MUAF)
MBB    iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund (MBB)
MUB   iShares S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (MUB)
NYF    iShares S&P New York AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (NYF)
PFF     iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (PFF)
SHV    iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond Fund (SHV)
SHY    iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (SHY)
SUB     iShares S&P Short Term National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund (SUB)
TIP      iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (TIP dividend history)
TLH     iShares Barclays 10-20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLH)
TLT      iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT)



Looking for ex-dividend information for other ETFs?   Check this page.


If you would like the dividend history for another security, see this post.

 

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Option Expiration Calendars

 
Sunday, July 24th, 2011 | Vance Harwood
 

The CBOE and the Options Clearing Corporation both publish nice options expiration calendars

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VIX quotes, VIX option quotes

 
Friday, January 1st, 2010 | Vance Harwood
 

You can get delayed VIX quotes on Yahoo with the symbol ^VIX

You can also get VIX option quotes here.  Go to here for the correct expiration dates (always last trading on a Tuesday, expiration on a Wednesday morning)

You can get free delayed quotes for VIX options on LIVEVOL that also provides correctly computed greeks for these options–something none of the big brokers gets right. .

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Equity Option Expiration Dates Jan, Feb, Mar 2010

 
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 | Vance Harwood
 

The next three expiration dates for Equity options are:

January 16th, 2010  (week before VIX option expiration)
February 20th, 2010
March 20th, 2010
The last day of trading is the day before (Friday) the dates above.
Source:

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Next SPY ex-dividend date

 
Monday, March 26th, 2012 | Vance Harwood
 

SPY went ex-dividend Friday March 16th, 2012.  The dividend was $0.6139 per share with a distribution date of April 30th.  Yes, SPDR takes their time distributing the $480 million in dividend money for this quarter.  The table below summarizes first quarter dividend information for SPY, IVV, and VOO—the three biggest S&P 500 index ETFs.

SYMBOL Next Ex-dividend Next Pay date Previous Dividend Dividend
SPY 15-Jun-2012 30-Apr-2012 $0.7701  $0.6139
IVV 26-Mar-2012 30-Mar-2012 $0.7701  $0.6323
VOO 26-Mar-2012 30-Mar-2012 $0.3430  $0.2850

 

You only have to buy a stock or ETF the day prior to its ex-dividend date to be eligible for the dividend.  You can sell on the ex-dividend date if you want and still collect the dividend when the distribution / pay date arrives.    Be aware that  in a flat market the stock or ETF at opening on its ex-dividend date will typically drop in value by the dividend amount.  See Top 10 questions if you have more questions on dividends.

For more information about ex-dividend and distribution dates for SPDR, iShares, Schwab, and Vanguard ETFs see this post.

See the chart below for SPY’s dividend history since 2004. Click on graph to enlarge.

 

SPY Dividend History

 

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