Questions tagged [ex-dividend-date]
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Is it legal to “mine” dividends?
Dividends are paid to share holders based on ownership of shares before the “ex-dividends” date.
Example:
Stock A has an ex-date of July 1st
Stock B has an ex-date of July 15th
Stock C has an ex-date of August 1st
Is it legal to buys Stock A on…
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If an investor does not need an income stream, do dividend stocks have advantages over non-dividend stocks?
My limited understanding is that a stock's share price typically goes down on its ex-dividend date by the amount of the dividend. If that's true, why are dividend equities generally considered good investments? It sounds like investors would just…
Amazon Dies In Darkness
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How do U.S. stock exchanges specifically account for dividends and ex-dividend dates?
At another question about ex-dividend dates and withholding taxes, an answer from Bob Baerker says:
Stock exchanges reduce share price by the exact amount of the dividend
on the ex-dividend date [...]
On first reading, my inclination was to…
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What are the "capital gains" my ETF is distributing to me alongside its dividends?
Today I noticed several ETFs I own, including SLYG, opened at a significantly lower value than they closed at yesterday (SLYG was $7.975 lower to be exact). Apparently yesterday a dividend was declared and today was the ex-dividend date. I am…
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Buying puts before dividends get paid out
This question is a direct extension of this question, which asks if you short a stock before the dividend pays out are you guaranteed money since the price should go down? The answer states shorting a stock before dividends are paid would make you…
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How does dividend payout happen?
Intel Corporation's board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 22.5 cents per share (90 cents per share on an annual basis) on the company's common stock. The dividend will be payable on Sept. 1, 2014, to stockholders of record on Aug.…
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Can you short a stock before the ex-div. date to make a profit?
If the price of a share automatically declines the same amount as the dividend on the ex-div. date why don't people short the stock right before the ex-date and then when the share price drops relative to the div. payout cover the short and make a…
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Did the 2007 Domino's Pizza special dividend present an opportunity to make an (almost) riskless profit?
According to Domino's Pizza's 10-K:
On April 17, 2007, our board of directors declared a
$13.50 per share special cash dividend on its outstanding common stock
totaling $846.4 million, which was paid on May 4, 2007 to stockholders of
record…
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What does a Dividend "will not be quoted ex" mean?
A recent dividend on NYSE:SNE (Sony) is described as "Will not be quoted ex". What does this actually mean? Does the dividend have an ex-date or not? Which day would be the last day to buy this stock to obtain the dividend?
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Question about ex-dividend date timing
For example, if the ex-dividend date is next Monday, and I buy the stock on next Monday, would I get the dividend? Or would the person who sold the stock to me get the dividend?
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Stock markets and dividends: When exactly does one need to own shares to be entitled to the dividend?
I have a more or less formal question regarding dividends.
If a company pays an (annual) dividend of - say - 5%, this is voted for/against on the annual general meeting. Now, the dividend is paid out to all shareholders that own stock. The day…
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Does a bond etf drop by the amount of the dividend just like an equity etf
Usually a stock or an equity etf drops by the amount of the dividend on the ex dividend date.
Does the same rule apply to a bond fund or bond etf?
When a bond etf pays the quarterly dividend because the underlying bond(s) pay out coupons, will the…
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What if I sell an stock that is going to give an stock dividend after the ex-date but before the payable date
I know that in the case of cash dividends I will get the dividend as long as I bought the stock before the ex-date but what happens in the case of an stock dividend?
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Do I receive dividend if my stocks are assigned on ex-dividend date?
I owned a stock and sold a call option on it.
On the Ex-dividend date the option was assigned at pre-market hours and stocks were sold at pre-market.
Am I still entitled to receive dividends because I owned the stock up to ex-dividend date?
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Avoiding withholding tax by selling shares before ex-dividend date?
Recently I sold 3006 DLS shares the day before the ex-dividend date.
On the ex-dividend date, for the same amount of the sale, I bought 3052 DLS shares.
I have therefore gained 48 DLS shares.
So how have I not gained? I have 48 extra shares at the…
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