You mean I get more shares to compensate if I bought the stock
after the ex-dividend date but a bit before the dividend is paid?
It would make sense for there to be some automatic compensation,
since otherwise people would simply short between ex-dividend and
the payout date and make some quick cash. And I think we all know
that there's no obvious automatic gains or losses like that in the
market. In any case, it'll be educational. Thanks!
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Posted by user32 on 5th of Dec 2010 at 12:18 am
You mean I get more shares to compensate if I bought the stock after the ex-dividend date but a bit before the dividend is paid? It would make sense for there to be some automatic compensation, since otherwise people would simply short between ex-dividend and the payout date and make some quick cash. And I think we all know that there's no obvious automatic gains or losses like that in the market. In any case, it'll be educational. Thanks!