Timeline for If stock price drops by the amount of dividend paid, what is the use of a dividend
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| Apr 18, 2021 at 15:43 | comment | added | Bob Baerker | No amount of such comparisons can prove that dividends are free money. Ignoring the corporate side of what a dividend is, on the ex-div date, a dividend is payment to yourself since it creates an equal amount of capital loss. And if in a non sheltered account, it's taxable so in effect, the dividend creates negative total return. | |
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