You're Kidding

High Yielding Stocks Going Ex-Dividend in January

This "strategy" is a myth.

The Exchange lowers the share price of a dividend stock the exact amount of the dividend on the ex-date. So, for example, if a stock is set to open at, say, $10.00, and the dividend is .25, then the stock will be reduced .25 and open at $9.75.

Of course, from there, the stock may go up or down. If it goes up quickly over .25, then it "looks like" someone just got a free dividend, but that's not what happened at all.

Sorry, but someone said once, "If it looks too good to be true....