GLOSSARY

Payment date

IN PLAIN ENGLISH

The day the cash actually arrives in your account.

WHERE YOU MEET IT

Sets the month a payment lands in the Estimated Dividends chart. The data feed has none for UK shares, so there the chart assumes about a month after the ex-dividend date.

WATCH OUT FOR

It often sits weeks after the ex-dividend date — plan around the gap.

EXPLAINED IN

What a dividend actually is

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