The Four Important Dates for a Dividend Investor
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The four dates to consider are:
1. Declaration date: The date on which the board of directors announces to shareholders and the market as a whole that the company will pay a dividend.
2. Date of record: The date on which the company looks at its records to see who the shareholders of the company are. An investor must be listed as a shareholder to receive the dividend.
3. Date of payment: The date the company mails out the dividends.
4. Ex-dividend date: An investor must own the stock before the ex-dividend date to be eligible for the dividend payout.
You will notice that I put the Ex-Dividend date as the one that is most important. This is date that you need to be on the list by in order to receive the dividend. I know this all may seem very confusing - but Investopedia has created a good little explanation. Click the image below to see it.
Hope this helps in determining when you will receive your next dividend payments!
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Investorial said:
I would suggest that you discuss these 4 dates in the chronology order that they appear. I use the neumonic D.E.R.P. to remember the order.
D - declaration
E - ex dividend
R - record
P - paymentThat’s the chronological order / timing of how the dates work as it relates to dividend. Often the timeframe between ex-dividend and record is 3 days, the same amount of time for most stock sale settlements.
September 26th, 2006 at 9:59 pm -
finance girl said:
That’s very helpful, thanks!
September 28th, 2006 at 9:49 am
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