Daily Ex-Dividend Dates and Yields by Ex-Dividend Dates. Here is a current stock list of dividend shares with ex-dividend date on 04/05/2012. The average dividend-yield amounts to 2.89 percent.
The ex-dividend date is a major date related to the payment of dividends. If you purchase a stock on its ex-dividend date or later, you will not receive the next dividend payment. Instead, the seller gets the dividend. If you purchase before the ex-dividend date, you get the dividend. It is important that your broker settles your trade before the ex-dividend date. 
Here is the table of stocks with Ex-Dividend Date on 2012-04-05:
|     Symbol  |        Company  |        Yield  |        Last  |        Dividend  |        Ex Date  |        Pay Date  |   
|     BRC  |        Brady Corp  |        2.27%  |        32.6  |        0.19  |         4/5  |         4/30  |   
|     CHG  |        CH Energy Group  |        3.33%  |        66.75  |        0.56  |         4/5  |         5/1  |   
|     DD-A  |        Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours & Co $3.50 pfd  |        4.00%  |        87.5  |        0.88  |         4/5  |         4/25  |   
|     DD-B  |        Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours & Co $4.50 pfd  |        4.29%  |        105  |        1.13  |         4/5  |         4/25  |   
|     DRI  |        Darden Restaurants  |        3.43%  |        50.21  |        0.43  |         4/5  |         5/1  |   
|     ETH  |        Ethan Allen  |        1.08%  |        26  |        0.07  |         4/5  |         4/25  |   
|     GBCI  |        Glacier Bancorp  |        3.43%  |        15.17  |        0.13  |         4/5  |         4/19  |   
|     GIS  |        General Mills  |        3.12%  |        39.15  |        0.31  |         4/5  |         5/1  |   
|     GORO  |        Gold Resource Corp  |        2.45%  |        24.53  |        0.05  |         4/5  |         4/23  |   
|     GROW  |        U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Cl A  |        3.37%  |        7.12  |        0.02  |         4/5  |         4/24  |   
|     INTU  |        Intuit Inc.  |        1.01%  |        59.51  |        0.15  |         4/5  |         4/18  |   
|     JCP  |        J.C. Penney  |        2.21%  |        36.17  |        0.20  |         4/5  |         5/1  |   
|     MMC  |        Marsh & McLennan Corporation  |        2.66%  |        33.14  |        0.22  |         4/5  |         5/15  |   
|     MMC  |        Marsh & McLennan Corporation  |        2.66%  |        33.14  |        0.22  |         4/5  |         5/15  |   
|     MSM  |        MSC Industrial Direct Co.  |        1.19%  |        84.27  |        0.25  |         4/5  |         4/24  |   
|     OGE  |        OGE Energy  |        2.97%  |        52.84  |        0.39  |         4/5  |         4/30  |   
|     PSO  |        Pearson Plc    |        3.57%  |        19.04  |        0.45  |         4/5  |         5/9  |   
|     RAVN  |        Raven Industries  |        1.39%  |        60.27  |        0.21  |         4/5  |         4/25  |   
|     VZ  |        Verizon  |        5.23%  |        38.26  |        0.50  |         4/5  |         5/1  |   
|     WDR  |        Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.  |        3.06%  |        32.72  |        0.25  |         4/5  |         5/1  |   
|     WGL  |        WGL Holdings  |        3.95%  |        40.54  |        0.40  |         4/5  |         5/1  |   
|     |        |        |        |        |        |        |   
|     Average  |        |        2.89%  |        |        |        |        |   
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BRC,CHG,DD.A,DD.B,DRI,ETH,GBCI,GIS,GORO,GROW,INTU,JCP,MMC,MMC,MSM,OGE,PSO,RAVN,VZ,WDR,WGL
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