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.
Ex-dividend is the time period between the announcement and payment of a dividend, while the date of record is the day a shareholder must officially own shares to be entitled to the dividend. The ex-dividend date generally precedes the record date, usually by four business days on the New York Stock Exchange. But a NYSE rule allows the ex-dividend and record dates to be flip-flopped when a dividend is more than 25% of the current stock price.