There are several well known large cap stocks going ex-dividend this week including the following eleven Top 100 Dividend Stocks: Public Storage, Garmin, Merck, BCE Inc., T. Rowe Price, Viacom, Macy's, Eastman Chemical, Hess Corp., Total, and Ventas. Ex-dividend dates are important to dividend investors because one must own a stock on its ex-dividend date in order to be… Continue reading 55 Firms going Ex-Dividend this week, led by Public Storage, Merck, Gilead, Hess & Ventas.