Daily Ex-Dividend Dates and Yields by Ex-Dividend Dates. Here is a current stock list of dividend shares with ex-dividend date on 03/20/2012. The average dividend-yield amounts to 5.65 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 2012-03-20:
|     Symbol  |        Company  |        Yield  |        Last  |        Dividend  |        Ex Date  |        Pay Date  |   
|     CEC  |        CEC Entertainment  |        2.35%  |        37.38  |        0.22  |         3/20  |         4/19  |   
|     GAIN  |        Gladstone Investment  |        7.60%  |        7.89  |        0.05  |         3/20  |         3/30  |   
|     GAIN  |        Gladstone Investment  |        7.60%  |        7.89  |        0.03  |         3/20  |         3/30  |   
|     GOOD  |        Gladstone Commercial  |        8.54%  |        17.56  |        0.13  |         3/20  |         3/30  |   
|     GOODO  |        Gladstone Commercial Corp Pfd Ser B 7.50%  |        7.53%  |        24.9  |        0.16  |         3/20  |         3/30  |   
|     GOODP  |        Gladstone Commercial Corp Pfd Ser A  |        7.76%  |        24.96  |        0.16  |         3/20  |         3/30  |   
|     HTS  |        Hatteras Financial Corp   |        12.58%  |        28.62  |        0.90  |         3/20  |         4/20  |   
|     IGT  |        International Game Technology  |        1.56%  |        15.35  |        0.06  |         3/20  |         4/6  |   
|     LTC  |        LTC Properties    |        5.77%  |        30.49  |        0.15  |         3/20  |         3/30  |   
|     MGPI  |        MGP Ingredients Inc  |        0.83%  |        6.04  |        0.05  |         3/20  |         4/19  |   
|     NM  |        Navios Maritime  |        5.90%  |        4.07  |        0.06  |         3/20  |         4/12  |   
|     NNA  |        Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp Ord  |        5.75%  |        3.48  |        0.05  |         3/20  |         4/5  |   
|     NZT  |        Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.    |        8.62%  |        9.86  |        0.38  |         3/20  |         4/13  |   
|     NZT  |        Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.    |        8.62%  |        9.86  |        0.07  |         3/20  |         4/13  |   
|     PBR  |        Petroleo Brasileiro    |        0.55%  |        27.4  |        0.13  |         3/20  |         N/A  |   
|     PBR-A  |        Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR (Sponsored)    |        0.02%  |        25.92  |        0.13  |         3/20  |         N/A  |   
|     PGH  |        Pengrowth Energy Trust  |        8.60%  |        9.88  |        0.07  |         3/20  |         4/16  |   
|     PNNT  |        Pennantpark Investment Corp  |        10.21%  |        10.97  |        0.28  |         3/20  |         4/2  |   
|     SPRO  |        SmartPros Ltd  |        2.62%  |        1.91  |        0.01  |         3/20  |         4/4  |   
|     TSS  |        Total Systems Services  |        1.79%  |        22.33  |        0.10  |         3/20  |         4/2  |   
|     XEL  |        Xcel Energy  |        3.85%  |        27.04  |        0.26  |         3/20  |         4/20  |   
|     |        |        |        |        |        |        |   
|     Average  |        |        5.65%  |        |        |        |        |   
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