IF I BUY A COMPANY WITH A PAYOUT IN 2MONTHS DO I GET THE DIVIDEND OR DO YOU HAVE TO OWN THE STOCK FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME

Agreed, Stan.

What are your favourites?

UU June 18th 24.03p
LAND June 18th 7.9p
BLND July 02nd 6.75p
IMT July 16th 38.8p
SSE July 23rd 60.70p
BT.A AUG 13th 7.5p

Thanks.

Have you seen:

http://www.upcomingdividends.co.uk/exdividenddate.py?m=alldividends&ft=xd&fm=Jun&sc=y&st=1

https://www.google.com/finance?ei=19uaU4DMOuaAwAOKmoD4DA#stockscreener

Or do you know of anything better?

I use the 1st link - very useful and it seems to be pretty reliable.

I use this one E/L http://www.upcomingdividends.co.uk/ Think Skinny gave me the link a wile back, it does seem reliable over the months.

Your question E/L? VED have been consistent over the years but take months for the SP to return though, unless the mining sector is on the rise.

I generally find that the smaller the divi the quicker the SP returns to profit so I work on a little and often method when looking at divi plays.

NG is always a good one and has been since it's float in general terms.