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• Market Close Report: NASDAQ Composite index closes at 3,471.62 up 9.01 points
• Moody's Corporation (MCO) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 16, 2013
• Medallion Financial Corp. (TAXI) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for May 15, 2013

• AXP 80% Rate It
• DFS 63% Rate It
• MCO 50% Rate It
• PFI 0% Rate It

Moody's Corporation ( MCO ) will begin trading ex-dividend on February 15, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.2 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 11, 2013. Shareholders who purchased MCO stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 25% increase over the prior quarter.

The previous trading day's last sale of MCO was $46.09, representing a -17.07% decrease from the 52 week high of $55.58 and a 36.12% increase over the 52 week low of $33.86.

MCO is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies such as American Express Company ( AXP ) and Discover Financial Services ( DFS ). MCO's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $3.03. Zacks Investment Research reports MCO's forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as 9.76%, compared to an industry average of 19.9%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MCO Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to MCO through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MCO as a top-10 holding:

• PowerShares Dynamic Financial ( PFI ).

The top-performing ETF of this group is PFI with an increase of 8.52% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of MCO at 2.54%.

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