Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Atlas Pipeline Holdings LP (AHD) British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSY) Central Garden & Pet Co (CENT) Cohen & Steers Inc (CNS) Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELP) CPFL Energia SA (CPL) Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Inc (DTPI) Drew Industries Inc (DW) Encore Capital Group Inc (ECPG) EnerSys (ENS) Flowserve Corp (FLS) GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) Ixia (XXIA) Jo-Ann Stores Inc (JAS) Life Time Fitness Inc (LTM) Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (MIC) ...

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If you are interested in buying dividends, there are lots of stocks in several different sectors and industries to choose from. Keep in mind that you have to buy the stock before the ex-dividend date in order to be entitled to the dividend, and you can't sell the stock until after the ex date.Buying dividends is the technique of buying stocks before the ex date and selling shortly after the ex date at roughly the same price, yet being entitled to the dividend. This generally works only in bull markets.All of the following stocks have market caps over $500 million, PEs below 20, PEGs below 2, and yields over 2%. ArcelorMittal (MT) Ex-div date: 9/2/2008 Yield: 2.0% PE: 8 PEG: 0.46Cohen & Steers, Inc. (CNS) Ex-div date: 9/3/2008 Yield: 3.1% PE: 19 PEG: 1.62Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) Ex-div date: 9/3/2008 ...