IMPORTANT DIVIDEND DATES
when it comes to dividends, there are 4 important dates for investors to keep in mind:y
Announcement date
The announcement date (also known as the announce date or declaration date) is the date on which a company’s board of directors announces the next dividend it will pay to its shareholders.
The announcement will include the dividend amount to be paid to shareholders. This is typically a dollar amount per share owned – for example, $0.12 per share.
The announcement will also include the date that the dividend will be paid (the payment date), and the cut-off date by which an investor must hold that stock in order to earn the dividend (the record date).
Record date
Record date is only good to know basis but does not apply to us investors
The record date is the cut-off date established by the company to determine which shareholders are eligible to receive a dividend.
An investor must be on the company’s shareholder record on this date in order to receive the dividend payment.
Ex-dividend date (the most important date to note)
Once the record date is set, the ex-dividend date, also known as the ex-date, ex-entitlement date, or reinvestment dat...

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Fundamental analysis is a method of measuring a security's intrinsic value by examining related economic and financial factors. Fundamental analysts study anything that can affect the security's value, from macroeconomic factors such as the state of the economy and industry conditions to microeconomic factors like the effectiveness of the company's management.
The end goal is to arrive at a number that an investor can compare with a security's current price in order to see whether the security is undervalued or overvalued.
This method of stock analysis is considered to be in contrast to technical analysis,which forecasts the direction of prices through an analysis of historical market data such as price and volume.
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