DIVIDEND CAPTURING FOR 20% RETURNS OR BETTER?

06/15/2013

Dividend capturing for 20% returns or better is really easy to do. Dividend capturing is where you buy the stock just before the ex-date and sell just after the date of record, usually for a very small profit. Thus you have just collected a dividend check and a small profit, hopefully more than enough to cover you commissions and new tax laws. Over 3500 companies are paying out dividend this year, how many do you need to receive gains over 20%? Twenty percent per year comes to roughly 1.5% per month. If you use margin money that would be easy... all cash accounts make it a little more challenging. About 22 trading days in each month. If you give your self 10 day per trade and collect 1% each trade, even factoring a 25% win lose ration you should be able to that 20% easily.Some trading days have less than 5 quality dividend stocks to choose from while there are several days through out the year that have over 100 companies willing to share their good fortune with you. The main challenge here is to pick the companies that will give you the best chance of winning. Find yourself a good mentor and

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After trading stocks for over 23 years I have come up with a trading strategy that has worked for me and my friends. It’s simple and takes less than 10 minutes a day. My annual returns beats the Wall St pros every year. Maybe it’s time you did your own investing too.