https://www.sixfigureinvesting.com/2014/02/2014-ex-dividend-and-pay-date-information-for-amlp/

Apparently  Alerian likes to keep their future ETF ex-dividend and distribution dates a secret. As a result, the dates below are just guesses, based on this and previous year’s ex-dividend and distribution dates.   For historic ex-dividend, pay dates, and dividend amounts see this Alerian link for getting the confirmed dates and amounts. 2014 Estimated Alerian AMLP  ETF Quarterly Ex-dividend & Distributions Dates:  2014 Ex-Dividend Dates …

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What is the Arbitrage Driven Range for VIX Futures?

The VIX style calculation for the March 22nd SPX options closed today at 17.06.  The data is from the CBOE’s VIX Term Structure website. The CBOE will use the March SPX options to compute the settlement value for the February VIX Futures when they expire on February 19th. February VIX futures, on the other hand closed at 16.25, a 5% discount to the March SPX …

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2023 Ex-div. & Pay Dates: QQQ, EWEM, EWMC, EWRE, EWSC, OEW, RCD, RFG, RFV, RGI, RHS, RPG, RPV, RZG, RZV, RSP, RTM, RYE, RYF, RYH, RYT, RYU, XLG

I was unable to find any distribution schedules of the Invesco products, so these dates are just estimates. Invesco Quarterly Equity ETFs for Invesco’s QQQ and ADRE 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates (estimates) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 22-March 21-June 20-Sept 20-Dec Pay / Distribution Dates (estimates) 31-March 3-July 2-Oct 29-Dec Ex-Dividend Dates for Invesco’s:  EWEM, EWMC, EWRE, EWSC, OEW, RCD, RFG, RFV, RGI, RHS, RPG, RPV, RZG, …

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UVXY’s Next Reverse Split? April 11th, 2024

Proshares has announced a 1:5 reverse split, effective the morning 11-April-2024. Some people seem to anticipate that there will be significant price moves in UVXY, motivated by a reverse split.  I’m not in that camp.  UVXY’s price is tied to VIX futures’ price, which couldn’t care less about UVXY’s share price.  A long time ago it was common for stocks to have sizeable run-ups motivated …

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Patterns, Predictions, and the Correlation Fairy

In November 2009 I noticed a pattern—the S&P 500 index was tracing out a pattern uncannily similar to the S&P chart exactly six years previous.   In the four years from April 2009 through April 2013, the average difference between the S&P 500’s closing value for the same day 6 years previous was 3% and the yearend values were within 1.6%.  Using this correlation I predicted …

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