Was poking around my Schwab account this morning... and stumbled across this. I'm a shareholder in British Petroleum Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT).
So what I want you all to LEARN is to read this statement and tell me what the key information is that you need to KNOW if you want to buy a stock and pick up the current dividend.
Regular Dividend of $2.5278 went Ex: BPT began trading ex-dividend today, payable to shareholders of record as of 01/15/2014.
Could you buy that stock today and get the dividend?
What does the "SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD" mean?
What does the "EX" mean?
What do you think the price per share will do today given that it went "EX"?
The devil is in the details!
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