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BALTIMORE, June 19 MD-Petroleum&Resource BALTIMORE, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petroleum & Resources Corporation ( NYSE: PEO) provides an update on summary financial information, returns on net asset value, Top 10 portfolio holdings, and sector

BALTIMORE, June 19 MD-Petroleum&Resource BALTIMORE, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petroleum & Resources Corporation ( NYSE: PEO) provides an update on summary financial information, returns on net asset value, Top 10 portfolio holdings, and sector

BALTIMORE, June 19 MD-Petroleum&Resource BALTIMORE, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petroleum & Resources Corporation ( NYSE: PEO) provides an update on summary financial information, returns on net asset value, Top 10 portfolio holdings, and sector

There are over 35 stocks going ex-dividend in early August. Many traders use a technique called dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the definitions of the various dividend dates.

The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, yields over 1%, and are going ex-dividend in early August. Eight of the stocks have yields over 4%.

Cedar Fair, L.P. (FUN) 8/1/2008 Market cap: $982.7M

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (OSG) 8/4/2008 Market cap: $2.4B

Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) 8/4/2008 Market cap: $17.4B

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (ALEX) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $1.9B

Autoliv Inc. (ALV) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $3.4B

Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $2.2B

FirstEnergy Corp. (FE) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $23.5B

The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) 8/5/2008 Market cap: $15.0B

The Boeing Company (BA) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $50.3B

Equitable Resources, Inc. (EQT) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $7.5B

Lubrizol Corporation (LZ) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $3.1B

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $123.8B

Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 8/6/2008 Market cap: $90.3B

Rockwell Automation (ROK) 8/7/2008 Market cap: $6.5B

Sunoco, Inc. (SUN) 8/7/2008 Market cap: $4.3B

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (PAG) 8/7/2008 Market cap: $1.3B

Adams Express Company (ADX) 8/8/2008 Market cap: $1.0B

Petroleum & Resources (PEO) 8/8/2008 Market cap: $859.6M

Wyeth (WYE) 8/11/2008 Market cap: $63.4B

Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) 8/12/2008 Market cap: $25.1B

Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $1.1B

CIT Group Inc. (CIT) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $2.3B

Corus Entertainment Inc. (CJR) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $1.3B

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $21.7B

Ferro Corporation (FOE) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $938.9M

The Kroger Co. (KR) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $19.1B

Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $55.0B

Pitney Bowes Inc. (PBI) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $6.7B

Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $9.3B

Sonoco Products Company (SON) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $3.1B

Southwest Gas Corporation (SWX) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $1.2B

United Technologies (UTX) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $62.2B

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $226.4B

Spectra Energy Corp. (SE) 8/13/2008 Market cap: $16.0B

Fastenal Company (FAST) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $7.4B

International Paper Company (IP) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $9.9B

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (LLL) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $10.9B

PACCAR Inc (PCAR) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $16.1B

Ryder System, Inc. (R) 8/14/2008 Market cap: $4.1B

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By Fred Fuld at Stockerblog.com

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