JNK dividend history and ex-dividend / pay dates
Pay Date information from SPDR For ex-dividend information about other ETFs see ETF dividend information, including ex-div and pay dates. For dividend history on other ETFs see Dividend history.
Advanced Topics
Assumes working knowledge of options and a willingness to learn about new things — like volatility
What about 2011—will it be a replay of 2005?
Since November 2009 I have been noting that the S&P500 (represented here by SPY) has been closely retracing the path that it followed in 2003 and 2004. Now that 2010 is drawing to a close, I took a look back at 2005 to get one vision (hallucination?) of what lies ahead for 2011. My updated graph showing SPY, normalized SPY volume and VIX over those …
VIX options expiration
For updated information see this post.
Stock Dividends
For updated information on SPY, IVV, and VOO dividends see this post. Some dividend related info: Excluding market action, Stock/ETF prices will drop by about the dividend amount when opening on their ex-dividend date. The equity no longer carries the value of the dividend, so it drops in value. The 500 stocks comprising the S&P index don’t go ex-dividend en-mass on the 17th, so the index …
Overview of dividend capture strategies
I have written several posts on dividend capture strategies. My favored, although far from perfect strategy: Dividend capture with covered calls Some approaches I don’t recommend: SPY dividend capture ideas that don’t work Dividend capture—three approaches to skip Additional background and tools, and an example: Dividend capture overview Covered calls–are you ready? Combo orders–maximizing profits on covered calls DIA dividend capture: creating the position DIA …
