Daily Ex-Dividend Dates and Yields by Ex-Dividend Dates. Here is a current stock list of dividend shares with ex-dividend date on 03/21/2012. The average dividend-yield amounts to 3.77 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 2012-03-21:
|     Symbol  |        Company  |        Yield  |        Last  |        Dividend  |        Ex Date  |        Pay Date  |   
|     AAP  |        Advance Auto Parts  |        0.27%  |        88.48  |        0.06  |         3/21  |         4/6  |   
|     ALNC  |        Alliance Financial Corp  |        3.97%  |        31.24  |        0.31  |         3/21  |         4/3  |   
|     ASFI  |        Asta Funding  |        0.99%  |        8.08  |        0.02  |         3/21  |         5/1  |   
|     AV  |        Aviva plc    |        7.38%  |        11.45  |        0.51  |         3/21  |         5/24  |   
|     CSC  |        Computer Sciences  |        2.54%  |        31.45  |        0.20  |         3/21  |         4/16  |   
|     CVH  |        Coventry Health Care  |        1.48%  |        33.71  |        0.13  |         3/21  |         4/9  |   
|     CYS  |        Cypress Sharpridge Investments, Inc.      |        14.61%  |        13.69  |        0.50  |         3/21  |         4/18  |   
|     DRH  |        DiamondRock Hospitality Co.    |        3.19%  |        10.04  |        0.08  |         3/21  |         4/4  |   
|     EQR  |        Equity Residential    |        2.60%  |        60.82  |        0.34  |         3/21  |         4/13  |   
|     EQR-N  |        Equity Residential Depositary Shs Repstg 1/10 6.48%   Pfd Ser N  |        6.41%  |        25.26  |        0.41  |         3/21  |         4/16  |   
|     ETO  |        Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend   Opportunities Fun  |        7.16%  |        19.57  |        0.12  |         3/21  |         3/30  |   
|     FITBP  |        Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati, OH) Depositary Sh   Repstg 1/250th Int Perp Conv Pfd Stk  |        5.90%  |        143.95  |        2.13  |         3/21  |         3/30  |   
|     FLXS  |        FlexSteel Industries  |        2.34%  |        17.13  |        0.10  |         3/21  |         4/6  |   
|     FMBI  |        First Midwest Bancorp  |        0.33%  |        12.1  |        0.01  |         3/21  |         4/17  |   
|     GA  |        Giant Interactive Group   |        6.00%  |        5  |        0.29  |         3/21  |         4/9  |   
|     GLBZ  |        Glen Burnie Bancorp  |        4.26%  |        9.38  |        0.10  |         3/21  |         4/3  |   
|     HLM-  |        Hillman Group Capital Trust Tr Pfd Secs 11.60%  |        9.42%  |        30.78  |        0.24  |         3/21  |         4/2  |   
|     HNZ  |        HJ Heinz Co.  |        3.61%  |        53.25  |        0.48  |         3/21  |         4/10  |   
|     HNZ-  |        Heinz (H.J.) Co. $1.70 3rd. Ser. Cv. Pref. 1  |        0.21%  |        810.24  |        0.43  |         3/21  |         4/1  |   
|     HRZN  |        Horizon Technology Finance Corp.  |        9.73%  |        16.44  |        0.45  |         3/21  |         3/30  |   
|     HTLD  |        Heartland Express  |        0.53%  |        15.04  |        0.02  |         3/21  |         4/3  |   
|     HWKN  |        Hawkins, Inc  |        1.66%  |        37.44  |        0.32  |         3/21  |         4/6  |   
|     IHG  |        Intercontinental Hotels Group    |        2.24%  |        23.67  |        0.38  |         3/21  |         6/1  |   
|     INT  |        World Fuel Services Corp  |        0.36%  |        42.2  |        0.04  |         3/21  |         4/6  |   
|     IRM  |        Iron Mountain  |        3.44%  |        29.07  |        0.25  |         3/21  |         4/13  |   
|     KBALB  |        Kimball International  |        2.96%  |        6.75  |        0.05  |         3/21  |         4/13  |   
|     KGC  |        Kinross Gold Corp  |        1.52%  |        10.54  |        0.08  |         3/21  |         3/31  |   
|     MIM  |        MI Developments  |        1.07%  |        37.28  |        0.50  |         3/21  |         4/12  |   
|     MTT  |        Western Asset Municipal Term Trust Inc.  |        4.41%  |        22.85  |        0.08  |         3/21  |         3/30  |   
|     PNY  |        Piedmont Natural Gas  |        3.70%  |        32.44  |        0.30  |         3/21  |         4/13  |   
|     SALM  |        Salem Communications Corp. Cl A  |         Unknown  |        3.88  |        0.04  |         3/21  |         3/30  |   
|     SPLS  |        Staples  |        2.83%  |        15.54  |        0.11  |         3/21  |         4/12  |   
|     TAXI  |        Medallion Financial  |        7.31%  |        10.95  |        0.20  |         3/21  |         3/30  |   
|     VCO  |        Vina Concha y Toro S.A. (Chile) ADR    |        1.59%  |        45.85  |        0.10  |         3/21  |         N/A  |   
|     VSBN  |        VSB Bancorp Inc (NY)  |        2.26%  |        10.6  |        0.06  |         3/21  |         4/2  |   
|     |        |        |        |        |        |        |   
|     Average  |        |        3.77%  |        |        |        |        |   
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AAP,ALNC,ASFI,AV,CSC,CVH,CYS,DRH,EQR,EQR.N,ETO,FITBP,FLXS,FMBI,GA,GLBZ,HLM.HNZ,HNZ.HRZN,HTLD,HWKN,IHG,INT,IRM,KBALB,KGC,MIM,MTT,PNY,SALM,SPLS,TAXI,VCO,VSBN
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