iShare and SPDR dividend history

Redirected to dividend overview page If the stock / ETF you are looking for is not an iShare or SPDR ETF then I recommend Dividend Investors website for dividend history information. Tickers supported AAXJ,ACWI,ACWX,AGG,AGZ,AIA,AOA,AOK,AOM,AOR,AXDI,AXEN,AXFN,AXHE,AXID,AXIT, AXMT,AXSL,AXTE,AXUT,BKF,CFT,CIU,CLY,CMF,CSJ,DSI,DVY,ECH,ECNS,EEM,EEMS,EFA,EFG, EFV, EIDO,EIRL,EIS,EMB,EMFN,EMIF,EMMT,ENZL,EPHE,EPOL,EPP,EPU,ERUS,ESR,EUFN, EUSA, EWA,EWC,EWD,EWG,EWH,EWI,EWJ,EWK,EWL,EWM,EWN,EWO,EWP,EWQ,EWS,EWT,EWU,EWW, EWY, EWZ,EWZS,EXI,EZA,EZU,FCHI,FEFN,FLOT,FNIO,FTY,FXI,GBF,GLJ,GTIP,GVI,HDV,HYG, IAI,IAK,IAT,IBB,ICF,ICLN,IDU,IDV,IEF,IEI,IEO,IEV,IEZ,IFAS,IFEU,IFGL,IFNA,IFSM, IGE,IGF,IGM,IGN,IGOV,IGV,IHE,IHF,IHI,IJH,IJJ,IJK,IJR,IJS,IJT,ILF,INDY,IOO, ISHG,ISI,ITA,ITB,ITF,ITIP,IVE,IVV,IVW,IWB,IWC,IWD,IWF,IWL,IWM,IWN,IWO,IWP,IWR, IWS,IWV,IWW,IWX,IWY,IWZ,IXC,IXG,IXJ,IXN,IXP,IYC,IYE,IYF,IYG,IYH,IYJ,IYK,IYM,IYR, IYT,IYW, IYY,IYZ,JKD,JKE,JKF,JKG,JKH,JKI,JKJ,JKK,JKL,JXI,KLD,KXI,LQD,MBB, MCHI,MUAA,MUAB,MUAC,MUAD,MUAE,MUAF,MUB,MXI,NUCL,NY,NYC,NYF,OEF,PFF,REM,REZ,RTL, RXI,SCJ,SCZ, SHV,SHY,SOXX,STIP,SUB,TGR,THD,TIP,TLH,TLT,TOK,TUR,TZD,TZE,TZG,TZI, TZL,TZO,TZV, TZW,TZY,WOOD,WPS,BABS,BIK,BIL,BWX,BWZ,CBND,CWB,CWI,CXA,DGT, DIA, DWX,EBND,EDIV, ELR,EMM,EWX,FEU,FEZ,GAF,GII,GMF,GML,GMM,GNR,GUR,GWL,GWX,GXC, HYMB,IBND,INY,IPD,IPE,IPF,IPK,IPN,IPS,IPU,IPW,IRV,IRY,IST,ITE,ITR,JNK,JPP,JSC, KBE,KCE,KIE,KME, KRE,LAG,LWC,MBG,MDD,MDY,MDYG,MDYV,MTK,PSK,RBL,RWO,RWR,RWX, SCPB,SDY,SHM,SLY, SLYG,SLYV,SPY,SPYG,SPYV,TFI,TLO,TMW,VRD,WIP,XAR,XBI,XES,XHB, XHE,XHS,XLB,XLE,XLF, XLI,XLK,XLP,XLU,XLV,XLY,XME,XOP,XPH,XRT,XSD,XSW,XTL,XTN

Trading options near expiration

Since the CBOE’s introduction of Weekly options, our opportunities to take advantage of expiration day dynamics have quadrupled for many stocks/indexes.  Depending on your position, it is fascinating/horrifying to watch the premium collapse on options in their last couple hours of trading.    Jeff Augen in SFO weekly has written an interesting article (New Approach to Trading on Expiration Day) on some of the underlying mechanisms behind …

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The VIXs of Christmas Past

One of the persistent characteristics of the CBOE‘s VIX® index is the Christmas Effect—the tendency for VIX to drop down to relatively low levels during the Christmas holidays.  The CBOE’s VIX volatility December futures predict this drop for months in advance, and it has come to pass again this year.   I am aware of at least three possible explanations for this: Option market makers and others …

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Hedging the S&P 500 with XVZ

There are quite a few conservative investment strategies that deliver a good return if the underlying security doesn’t move much.   Covered calls and dividend collection are two that come to mind.   These strategies are conservative in the sense that they don’t require the security to go up in order to be profitable—in fact a stable price is just fine.  However, if the market …

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SPY’s December, 2011 Dividend

SPY went ex-dividend Friday the 16th, so it is too late to buy the security and still receive this quarter’s dividend.  The dividend payout will be $0.7701 per share on January 31st, 2012.  Yes, SPDR is in no hurry to distribute the  $530,000,000 (!) in dividends that it collected last quarter for SPY. For more information about SPY’s dividend and its sister ETFs IVV, and …

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