GLOSSARY

Ex-dividend date

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

The cut-off. You have to own the share before this date to be paid the next dividend.

WHERE YOU MEET IT

On each holding's detail panel, next to the payment date.

WATCH OUT FOR

Buying the day after won't get you that payment, however tempting the yield looks.

EXPLAINED IN

What a dividend actually is

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