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How is the dividend payment calculated when an asset is disposed on the ex date? [duplicate]
Example:
XYZ Corp pays a $0.25/share dividend - Ex date=1/15/13, Pay date 1/31/2013
I own 100 total shares of XYZ on 1/1/2013
I buy 50 shares of XYZ on 1/15/2013 at 12 PM (increasing shares to 150)
I ...
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Ex-dividend date and time zones
Is the ex-dividend date linked to the time zone of the market it is bought at?
Let's imagine an American firms stock traded at NASDAQ and a German market, the ex-Dividend day being the 1st February. ...
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How do I calculate the dividend yield for Disney Co?
I'm trying to "estimate" the dividend yield for Disney (NYSE:DIS). Let's pretend stock price will stay at $57 and the tax rate is 1%. Is it really the case that after 3 years with this stock the ...
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Capital gains on no-dividend stocks - a theoretical question
Suppose company X has a policy of never giving out dividends and this policy will never change.
Now suppose company X doubles its earnings every year. Will its stock prices go up? Sure, the company ...
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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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Where is dividend information published?
When a company decides to pay a dividend, where does that information go first? Lots of site re-publish the dividend but where do they go to find this information quickly?
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Why do people buy stocks that pay no dividend?
Before recently, Apple Inc. did not give dividend to shareholders.
This makes me curious why people buy Apple Inc. stocks; while it might be due to the expectation of selling stocks at a higher ...
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Investing in dividend-yielding stocks with money borrowed from margin account?
I am getting ready to invest some of my savings in a stock brokerage account. The well-known brokerages, e.g. ETrade, Ameritrade, etc, have relatively high margin interest rates for the level I am ...
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What happens to dividends on stock held in TFSA or RRSP account?
What happens when dividends are paid out on stock held in TFSA or RRSP accounts?
Do the payouts get put back into those same registered accounts?
Are they considered 'contributions' into those ...
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Can dividends be exploited?
Apple announced a dividend of $2.65/share on August 16th. I was thinking... could somebody buy, say 1,000 shares of Apple, receive the dividend, and then sell the shares right back?
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How common are stock/scrip dividends (as opposed to cash dividends) in US equity markets?
Coming from a background in Chinese equities I'm familiar with the idea that dividends can come in the form of either cash or stocks. As far as I can tell, they seem to exist in the US as well, but I ...
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What is the dividend tax rate for UK stock
I had purchased some UK stocks from London Stock Exchange. May I know, what is the dividend tax rate by UK government for UK stocks, on foreign investor (I am from Malaysia)?
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Determining the minimum dividend that should be paid from my S corporation
I am the sole shareholder and only employee of an S corporation. I understand that all profits of the corporation are passed through and taxed as income to me. I also understand that all dividends ...
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How does the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) divisor change to account for dividends?
The DJIA is a price-weighted index tracking of 30 companies chosen by the Dow Jones Company. It takes the current share price of these 30 stocks and divides by a specific number called the divisor. ...
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Difference between dividend and interest
A representative at my federal credit union used dividend and interest exchangeably in our communication, claiming the two were the same concept in their financial institution, which doesn't sell ...
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5-Year Dividend Yield and Growth Rate
I find The Dividend Guy's approach very fascinating. I'm looking at a bunch of stocks from a portfolio and collecting some statistics about dividends, with the goal of passive income.
One thing I ...
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Why is it not a requirement for companies to pay dividends?
I know next to nothing about finance and money, so I'm working towards becoming financially literate. I'm currently reading articles about stocks on Investopedia. An article states,
Common shares ...
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How to reconcile performance with dividends?
I have a Vanguard fund that returned -1.34% for the year, yet I earned dividends on the same investment of $106 for the same year. How do I reconcile negative performance with positive dividends? Is ...
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Why would a company with a bad balance sheet be paying dividends?
As an example, Ford Motors recently reinstated its dividend. It still has a lot of debt and a high debt-equity ratio. Its bonds are still rated as junk. Why would a company like this spend its cash ...
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Ex-dividend date: How long do I have to hold a stock in order to get the next dividend?
I want to be a stockholder on record for a dividend. So lets assume I bought stock before the ex dividend date. Can I immediately sell the stock after the ex-dividend date to collect the dividend, or ...
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If I put dividend-paying stocks in my IRA, where does the dividend go when paid?
I have a rollover IRA from an old job's 401k. I have had it sitting uninvested (where it's outperforming my new job's 401k) and I want to start investing it on my own.
If I put a stock that pays a ...
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How to determine duration of a common stock whose dividends grow in perpetuity?
What is the duration of a common stock whose dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate in perpetuity? Specifically, how can I compute this, since the dividends will grow forever?
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Why is a stock that pays a dividend preferrable to one that doesn't?
I understand that a dividend is a way for a company to return money to shareholders. But I'm not quite understanding why it is preferable to capital appreciation and putting the money to work ...
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Do ETF dividends make up for fees?
Do ETF dividends generally make up for the fees of the ETF?
For example, lets use QQQ.
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What does “a stock pays a dividend of 3%” mean?
Does it mean the company pays 3% of the total earnings to the stock holders? So if I have a stock that has 1$ EPS I would receive 3 cents?
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How many stocks will I own in n years if I reinvest my dividends?
Let's say that I own 1000 shares of a stock at 20$. Every quarter, I get a dividend of 0.20$ which is reinvested (buy more of the same stock). Considering that the stock grows 5% annually, how many ...
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Should I pay myself a dividend or a salary?
I'm considering starting my own limited liability company in Germany (GmbH). However, I myself live currently most of the time in Spain (more than 183 days per tax year, the other time is business ...
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Do stock prices drop due to dividends?
From Personal Finance for Dummies, page 209:
Dividends
Dividends are income paid by investments. Both bond funds
and stocks can pay dividends. Bond fund dividends (the interest paid
by the ...
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Effect of different macro trends on different asset classes
Briefly if possible, what are the effects of the following macro environmental trends:
Above-average / high inflation
Deflation
On the following asset classes:
Non-dividend-paying Equities
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Taxation difference between income from credit union (CU) shares versus bank deposits (e.g. CDs)?
This question is a follow-up to Difference between a (credit union) "share certificate" and a (bank) CD?
What is the difference in taxation on "interest" payments versus "dividend" ...
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If a fund holds stocks paying dividends and doesn't give a payout, is it necessarily re investing those dividends?
I am looking at some mutual funds which are holding many dividend stocks as portfolio holdings. I can check that these individual stocks are paying out regular dividends. But the funds don't show any ...
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What's the best online tool that can track my entire portfolio including gains/losses?
My broker does a great job of keeping my positions current but has really bad views/reports while other sites do a great job of tracking gains/loss and other reports but they don't keep track of ...
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How to account for foreign taxes paid on dividends?
For purposes of filing Form 1116 (Foreign Tax Credit), I have to correlate foreign taxes paid to the amount of dividends paid by foreign stocks. Is this something I can request from my brokerage, or ...
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What are dividends, when are they paid, and how do they affect my position?
New to investing... Some stocks pay dividends but I'm not sure how they might affect my portfolio or in which measure this is important when evaluating a stock. I also don't know how to figure out if ...
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Are dividends paid by REIT ETFs considered “qualified” dividends?
Are dividends paid by an ETF that invests in REITs taxed at the "qualified" dividend rate (typically, 15% vs. the ordinary income tax rate)?
(If I recall correctly, REITs are not subject to double ...
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If I short-sell a dividend-paying stock, do I have to pay the dividend?
If I hold shares of a stock on the ex div date, I get a dividend. But if instead I were to short-sell the stock and not buy it back before that date, would I then be responsible for paying the ...
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Importance of dividend yield when evaluating a stock?
Why is the dividend yield (Dividend divided by market price) of a stock a valuable parameter to consider when evaluating a stock? By looking at it, what can one infer about the stock?
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How to read Google Finance data on dividends
Looking at following stock. In the details where it says Div/yeild 0.20/3.90
As far as I understand 0.20 cents is amount paid per share. How does the yield of 3.90 gets calculated?
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What are some sources of information on dividend schedules and amounts?
How do I know exactly when companies are paying out their dividend and how much? Is there a good source to look it up and compare companies?
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Selling dividend securities in after-market hours: Who gets the dividend?
Consider this scenario:
During normal market hours, you buy a security 1 day before the ex dividend date.
You sell this security in after market trading that same day.
Who gets the dividend, you or ...
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How do I factor dividends and yield into the performance of a security?
The basic stock chart tracks the price of the stock. As discussed here the price of the stock drops by the amount of the dividend. So when a dividend pays out the stock chart makes it look like ...
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Please explain the relationship between dividend amount, stock price, and option value?
I consider myself a reasonably knowledgeable investor, but today was blown away by the fact that I didn't know that a stock's price is decreased by the amount of its dividend. To use a concrete ...
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The Canadian dividend tax credit: Why is it that someone can earn a lot in dividends but pay no/little tax?
from this link: http://www.taxtips.ca/glossary.htm#Dividend
For an individual with no income other
than taxable Canadian dividends which
are eligible for the enhanced dividend
tax credit, ...
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Using P/E Ratio of an ETF to decide on asset mix
I am a conservative investor with an asset mix of around 50% bonds/cash and 50% stock via large index ETFs. Recently I've been thinking about settling down on a non-emotional way to decide whether ...
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Dividends and tax withholding for ETF vs Mutual Fund for U.S. Non-Resident Alien?
I'm a non-US resident alien, considering to invest in either commission-free ETFs and Mutual Funds offered by TD Ameritrade.
According to The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, certain type of ...
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How to report “short term capital gains distribution” to IRS
I am writing Sch D software and researching the proper way to report certain capital gains distributions from leveraged EFTs, for example TYH. These distributions are reported as "short term", see ...
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Where can I find the dividend history for a stock?
Where can I find the dividend history for a stock? Do you recommend any site where this information is easily accessible?
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Are there capital gains taxes or dividend taxes if I invest in the U.S. stock market from outside of the country?
Recently, I invested in some stock in the U.S. stock market. I was wondering:
Whether there are capital gains taxes if I sell stock? Do they take account into my foreign exchange loss?
Are there any ...
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What ways are there to invest in stocks, options, indexes, etc, and where should one start (what funds)?
I have been poking around with investing for a few years now. I have diversified my assets a decent amount, between a home, several IRA's and 401k's, savings and checking accounts, and a little bit of ...
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What does dividends passed mean in terms of stock?
Need help with this corporate finance homework, argh. They keep saying things like "these covenants include provisions about passing dividends", what the heck?
