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| Subject: settlement date/record date | Date: 3/5/2014 8:17 PM | |
| Author: busogablue | Number: 2200 of 2243 | |
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When I buy a stock, does the trade have to settle before the record date in order to receive the dividend? For example, the record date for company XYZ is 3/14. I buy the stock on 3/12, but the trade doesn't settle until 3/17, am I eligible to receive the dividend? |
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