dividend yield

What is your return from writing covered calls? The answer: Well, that depends. In order to accurately calculate your return, you need to set a few rules for yourself. These include: Use the same calculation for all of your covered calls. Compare return for different strikes. Annualize returns...

Most traders will tell you that writing uncovered options is too risky for most of us, but I disagree. The uncovered call has an unknown degree of risk, based on the possibility that the underlying could rise many points. This isn't true with the put. In deciding whether to write uncovered puts,...

There are many ideas about market timing, stock valuation, and financial ratios. Text books, popular finance books, blogs, and television offer a buffet of theories. The goal for all is buy low and sell high, right? But how to do so is not easy. Use the Dividend Yield to Value the MarketThis...

Below are the top money center bank stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Bank Of Montreal (NYSE: BMO) has a dividend yield of 4.60%. BMO's shares closed at $60.23 yesterday. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (NYSE: CM) has a dividend yield of 4.40%. CM's shares closed at $...

Shares of Hudson City Bancorp (NASDAQ: HCBK) have broken out to a fresh 3-month high of $13.86 in afternoon trading. Hudson City was able to break through strong resistance at the $13.70 level. During the last three months the stock had formed a “double top” at $13.70-13.77 level. The next area of...

Below are the top 5 small-cap Consumer Goods stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. The dividend yield at Cobra Electronics Corp (NASDAQ: COBR) is 10.32%. COBR’s market capitalization is $10.03 million. COBR’s shares have declined by 3.13% over the past three months. The dividend yield at...

Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with the highest earnings growth estimate. CPI Corp (NYSE: CPY) has a consensus estimate for 5-year earnings growth of 35%. CPY has a dividend yield of 6.2% and a PEG ratio of 0.15. Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc (NASDAQ: ALSK) has a...

Below are interesting stocks on the NYSE and NASDAQ with the highest dividend yield. Kohlberg Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: KCAP) has a dividend yield of 17.1 and a PEG ratio of 0.34. KCAP shares are trading significantly short of their 52-week high of $6.90. Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:...

Below are interesting stocks on the NASDAQ and NYSE that were upgraded on October 19, 2009. Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) was upgraded by TheStreet.com to "buy." BA has a dividend yield of 3.2%, which is significantly higher than the S&P 500 average. Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE: HOG) was upgraded by...

General Maritime Corp (NYSE: GMR) had a dividend yield of 24.20%, but now has set future dividends at 12.5c per share, giving it a yield of 6.02% (hat tip lgneousrock). GMR shares have slid by 30.44% over the past 52 weeks. FBR Capital upgraded GMR from “market perform” to “outperform.” W Holding...