2 people die in this world every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year! It's adds up to 85,000,000 people a year.
They are the record date or date of record and the ex-dividend date or ex-date.. When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend.hey are the record date or date of record and the ex-dividend date or ex-date.. When a company declares a dividend, it sets a record date when you must be on the company's books as a shareholder to receive the dividend.
LOL, kind of confusing isn't it. If you buy the stock before the ex-dividend date you will get the dividend. Ex-dividend + 3 is the date of record, where the distribution list of shareholders on record is taken. All you have to remember is to buy it the day BEFORE the Ex-Dividend date.I have probably done this a hundred times.o I have to buy the stock before this date? How long does it take for a purchase to settle? I have heard that you have to allow 3 days for the trade to settle? So I if I buy a stock one day before the ex-dividend date does that mean I will not get the dividend since it takes 3 days to settle? I am...