Timeline for Can you short a stock before the ex-div. date to make a profit?
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| Nov 19, 2013 at 20:31 | comment | added | Chris W. Rea | Yes and in effect, since one is borrowing the stock from someone who would have received the dividend payment, one needs to make an equivalent payment to them to keep them whole. If it weren't so, there wouldn't be stock available for shorts to borrow. | |
| Nov 19, 2013 at 5:03 | history | answered | Victor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |