When is the cutoff date for buying a stock in order to get its dividend? When do I actually get my dividend? For investors, the answers to these questions aren’t always clear. We’ll explain how the cutoff date—called the ex-dividend date—works and talk about other important dates related to dividends: the declaration date, record date, and payment date.
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