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Dividends and the ex-date

A dividend is a board date, not a coupon from this classroom. Ex-date, record date, pay date — three marks, one cash move at a shop we do not run. often gaps on the ex-date. That is not a gift. REITs and funds pay on a calendar. Still not a pick. Look. Do not buy. Not a broker. is fake. is a , not a coupon.

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  • Name a dividend as a board date, not a yield we pay
  • Tell ex-date from record date from pay date
  • Read an ex-date gap as math, not a present

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A dividend is a board date, not a coupon from this classroom

A dividend is a company (or a fund, or a REIT) saying it will send cash to holders of record. The board sets a date. The cash, if it arrives, arrives at a shop we do not run. We do not pay you. We do not “collect” for you.

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A dividend is a company (or a fund, or a REIT) saying it will send cash to holders of record. The board sets a date. The cash, if it arrives, arrives at a shop we do not run. We do not pay you. We do not “collect” for you.

People talk about as if it were a salary. Yield is a ratio people after the fact. already knew the calendar, or guessed it. A high yield can be a shop that is shrinking. We will not grade it.

This classroom has no coupon. Look. Do not buy. Not a broker. is fake. is a , not a coupon.

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