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If you buy a dividend yielding stock on the day it pays its dividend, do you get paid?
Started by JB on
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But, you need to know that on the ex-date, the stock will open lower by the amount... .
A stock to collect the dividend and then sell it, buy it any time prior to the ex-dividend date and sell it on the ex-dividend date or any time later.
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Hi gurus, I have been burned by individual stocks ( mostly tech stocks) over the past years. Now I am thinking to buy individual high dividend yield stocks or dividend stock funds. Would be greatly appreciated if I can be advised as to which is better...
Started by veryseablue on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bogleheads):
Would is a crap shoot.
Now I am thinking to buy individual high dividend yield stocks or dividend stock funds.
Years.
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I have @ 9,400 shares in PTRAX.
It states that the monthly distribution today is 0.0279.
I had assumed that this would mean my cash dividend would amount to 0.0279 x 9,400 = $262.00
However the amount that's been contributed to my account as a dividend...
Started by hotscot on
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It seems requested to reinvest the dividend (hence buying more shares), and with the other lot of shares, you requested the dividend....
Ok I think I figured it.
Monthly dividend yield = monthly dividend.)
Thanks for the feedback.
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A running thread for this year's dividend hikes.
A nice start to the year, with ACE Limited announcing they'll increase the dividend by 34%.
Duane
Started by duanej on
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Shareholders of record as of May 1 will be paid the... .
Although I don't own, is lifting its quarterly dividend by 20% to 36 cents a share, from 30 cents a share.
Dave Thanks for the posts.
Norfolk Southern (NSC) hikes dividend 9.3 percent.
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Colleagues:
I noticed something today when I looked at the monthly January dividend that I earned on my NJ Muni Bond fund. I just started it on january 3 of this year. I know that the yield of the Admiral shares has been about 2.4-2.5% this month. Yet...
Started by Muchtolearn on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at bogleheads):
Your distribution....
The SEC yield shows what you'll earn if the current portfolio was held to maturity, minus fund expenses it in a new CD paying 1.5%.
The distribution yield reflects what was earned in the past.
You should focus on SEC Yield.
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Looking to pay my mortgage off over the next 3 years by saving £1k a month.
Looking at investing in a dividend portfolio with Vodafone, Glaxosmithkline, National Grid and a few more yielding 5% and then re-investing the dividends. I think they should ...
Started by ukonlineshopping on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at moneysavingexpert):
I have some Vodaphone which has done well....
So years ago, and they have lost 95% of their value since then and have paid no dividend at all.
The dividend yield (you say 5%) is related to the price you originally bought the shares at.
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Dear Morningstar.com Readers,
Dividend-paying securities have been wildly popular recently, in part because bond investors have looked to them as an alternative to the shrimpy yields of fixed-income investments. The question is, do you think dividend ...
Started by M*_ChristineB on
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dividend yield of a stock, in terms of bubbles, look at the actual dollar amount of the dividend instead stocks to dividend stocks - I hear this talked about less than people looking for yield turning = %dividend....
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I know there was a lot of discussion in the past about CAPS treatment of dividends but I never paid that much attention to it because dividends were not a significant part of my stock picks at the time. I did see that CAPS eventually provided some sort...
Started by MKArch on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at fool):
In this system even though my stock gain would never go to zero once I received dividend equal to or more of the dividend....
The current system used by CAPS actually rewards your high yield/dividend stocks more than just adding.
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The best use of Apple's nearly $100 billion in cash and investments would be to issue shareholders a dividend yield of between 2 percent and 3 percent, a new analysis argues.
Shaw Wu with Sterne Agee said in a note to investors on Friday that he believes...
Started by AppleInsider on
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Thus, if the dividend amount stays the same, the yield will rise and fall be to issue shareholders....
The dividend yield is a percentage of the share price.
A dividend in any amount they think they can sustainably pay out.
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Along the logic of saving up x amount of dollars and living off the interest, couldn't one just buy up all dividend-paying stocks and reinvest in more stock until you're at a point where the dividend income is substantial enough to live off of?
Started by TeflonDawg on
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For instance, ge announced a dividend of .31 in feb 09 with a share price of around 12 at the time there are various dividend ETFs, ....
=2.6 percent.
Announced a dividend of .31 in feb 09 with a share price of around 12 at the time.
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