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Daniel Foelber (Clorox): Clorox hit an intraday 52-week high on this week, but there's still reason to believe the consumer goods stock is worth buying now. Clorox began paying dividends in 1986.
Rounding out this list of high-yielding stocks is Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, which pays 3.2% per year in dividends. It's the most expensive stock on this list, trading at a forward P/E ...
For dividends to be taxed at the capital gains rate, the holding period may be 60 days for mutual funds and common stock and 90 days for preferred stock. If you don’t meet the holding period ...
A dividend is a distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders, after which the stock exchange decreases the price of the stock by the dividend to remove volatility. The market has no control over the stock price on open on the ex-dividend date, though more often than not it may open higher. [ 1 ]
A common stock dividend is the dividend paid to common stock owners from the profits of the company. Like other dividends, the payout is in the form of either cash or stock. The law may regulate the size of the common stock dividend particularly when the payout is a cash distribution tantamount to a liquidation.
A dividend reinvestment program or dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) is an equity investment option offered directly from the underlying company. The investor does not receive dividends directly as cash; instead, the investor's dividends are directly reinvested in the underlying equity.
Investors should consider stocks that have recently raised their dividend payments. These are: HRB, CHE, SU, OTEX, ESNT.
Conversely, if you buy stock after the record date but before the ex-dividend date of a large special dividend, you are entitled to the dividend and will receive it via the due bill process. As is the case with all dividends, if you sell your stock prior to the ex-dividend date, within the due bill period, you relinquish your right to the dividend.