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.
Here is the table of stocks with Ex-Dividend Date on July 29, 2011:
| Symbol | Company | Yield | Last | Dividend(s) |
| AMTD | TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. | 0.25% | $19.61 | 0.05 |
| ATR | AptarGroup, Inc. | 0.41% | $53.04 | 0.22 |
| BMO | Bank of Montreal (USA) | 1.14% | $65.22 | 0.7417 |
| CAW | CCA Industries, Inc. | 1.17% | $6.00 | 0.07 |
| CMLP | Crestwood Midstream Partners LP | 1.68% | $27.39 | 0.46 |
| FHCO | The Female Health Company | 1.03% | $4.86 | 0.05 |
| LCUT | Lifetime Brands, Inc. | 0.21% | $11.78 | 0.025 |
| PAA | Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. | 1.52% | $64.50 | 0.9825 |
| PNG | PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. | 1.49% | $23.22 | 0.345 |
| SEP | Spectra Energy Partners, LP | 1.50% | $30.93 | 0.465 |
| SPH | Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. | 1.68% | $50.61 | 0.8525 |
| SUSQ | Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. | 0.25% | $7.90 | 0.02 |
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| Average | | 1.03% | | |
Related Stock Ticker Symbols:
AMTD, ATR, BMO, CAW, CMLP, FHCO, LCUT, PAA, PNG, SEP, SPH, SUSQ