Daily Ex-Dividend Dates and Yields by Ex-Dividend Dates. Here is a current stock list of dividend shares with ex-dividend date on 03/2/2012. The average dividend-yield amounts to 5.96 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 2012-03-27:
|     Symbol  |        Company  |        Yield  |        Last  |        Dividend  |        Ex Date  |        Pay Date  |   
|     BXS-A  |        Bancorpsouth Capital Trust I 8.15% Tr Pfd Secs   (TRuPS)  |        7.71%  |        26.42  |        0.51  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     C-J  |        Citigroup Capital XII Tr Pfd Secs Fixed/Fltg  |        8.17%  |        26  |        0.53  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     C-O  |        Citigroup Capital XIV 6.875% Enhanced Tr Pfd Secs  |        6.83%  |        25.18  |        0.43  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     CIB  |        BanColombia S.A.    |        1.99%  |        65.01  |        0.40  |         3/27  |         N/A  |   
|     CNS  |        Cohen & Steers Inc.  |        2.24%  |        32.12  |        0.18  |         3/27  |         4/13  |   
|     CX  |        Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. ADR Sponsored New Rep Ord Partn   Ctf (New) For A &   |         Unknown  |        7.68  |        1.04  |         3/27  |         4/3  |   
|     CY  |        Cypress Semiconductor  |        2.80%  |        15.72  |        0.11  |         3/27  |         4/19  |   
|     DKT  |        Deutsch Bank Contingent Capital Trust V 8.050% Tr   Pfd Secs  |        7.45%  |        27.03  |        0.50  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     JPM-C  |        JPMorgan Chase Capital XXIX GTD Cap Secs Ser CC  |        6.36%  |        26.34  |        0.42  |         3/27  |         4/2  |   
|     KDN  |        Kaydon Corp.  |        2.15%  |        37.26  |        10.50  |         3/27  |         3/26  |   
|     MER-D  |        Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust III 7.0% Tr   Originated Pfd Secs  |        7.03%  |        24.9  |        0.44  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     MER-E  |        Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust IV 7.12% Tr   Originated Pfd Secs  |        7.15%  |        24.9  |        0.45  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     MER-F  |        Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust V 7.28% Tr   Originated Pfd Secs  |        7.28%  |        25  |        0.46  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     NYMT  |        New York Mortgage Trust Inc  |        14.71%  |        6.8  |        0.25  |         3/27  |         4/25  |   
|     PL-A  |        PLC Capital Trust IV 7.25% Tr Orig Pfd Secs %(TOPrS)  |        7.14%  |        25.39  |        0.45  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     PL-B  |        PLC Capital Trust V 6.125% Tr Orginated Pfd Secs   TOPRS due 01/27/2034  |        6.08%  |        25.17  |        0.38  |         3/27  |         3/30  |   
|     PM  |        Philip Morris International  |        3.57%  |        86.34  |        0.77  |         3/27  |         4/12  |   
|     SWY  |        Safeway  |        2.68%  |        21.66  |        0.15  |         3/27  |         4/12  |   
|     |        |        |        |        |        |        |   
|     Average  |        |        5.96%  |        |        |        |        |   
Related Stock Ticker Symbols:
BXS.A,C.J,C.O,CIB,CNS,CX,CY,DKT,JPM.C,KDN,MER.D,MER.E,MER.F,NYMT,PL.A,PL.B,PM,SWY
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