Stocks trade
cum dividend and yield without growth can mean little earnings or casflow appreciation to drive your ex-div value.
If you buy shares quoted
cum dividend, i.e., before the ex dividend date, you will receive an upcoming already - declared dividend.
A stock is
cum dividend, which means «with dividend,» when a buyer of a security is entitled to receive a dividend that has been declared but not paid.
Until the ex-dividend date, the ETF is said to be trading
cum dividend («with dividend»).
The last
cum dividend date is always three business days before the record date: the ETF purchase will therefore settle on the record date.
Not exact matches
If you had bought a
dividend - paying stock one day or more before the ex-
dividend date, you would have still gotten the
dividend (because the shares were trading
cum -
dividend).
A stock trades
cum -
dividend up until the ex-
dividend date, after which the stock trades without its
dividend rights.
If you buy a stock before the Ex-
dividend date, it means you buy the stock
cum -
dividend.
(Barron's: Jul 11, 2016) Barron's «Digital Investor» columnist Mike Hogan said the current «revenue -
cum - earnings recession» is a good time to get into quality stocks, noting persistence of
dividend growth is an easy way to spot quality.
If you buy a
dividend - paying stock one day or more before the ex-
dividend date, you will still get the
dividend (because the shares are trading
cum -
dividend).
That's when a stock is said to trade
cum -
dividend.