[pigsrunning]

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE:NRF - News) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.10 per share of common stock, payable with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The dividend is expected to be paid on May 14, 2010 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 4, 2010. The Company's common shares will begin trading ex-dividend on April 30, 2010.

已經除權，但may 4是record date，搞不懂啊


要在除權日前買才能拿到dividend

[ranchgirl]

NRF: Ex-Dividend Date4:

Apr 30, 2010

It is past tense now, you will not get dividend if you buy today

[ranchgirl]

I made the same mistake on January for VZ

[pigsrunning]

no, the record date is May 4!!!

[ranchgirl]

shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 4, 2010

means who bought the stock before May 4, 2010, not on May 4, 2010.

Go to investpedia or some where else to find the definitions.

I have done my homework after my mistake.

[pigsrunning]

ranchgirl 寫道:

shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 4, 2010 means who bought the stock before May 4, 2010, not on May 4, 2010. Go to investpedia or some where else to find the definitions. I have done my homework after my mistake.

[ranchgirl]

You can try if you don't believe me.

Then you will learn a lesson just as I did, and will never forget it.

[pigsrunning]

好久沒買過有dividend的股票了

Dividends are paid to the list of shareholders who hold stock on the record date. The process is further complicated by the fact that it takes time for a stock purchase to "clear" or "settle". To allow time for this processing, stock exchanges set a date — generally two business days prior to the record date — known as the ex-dividend date. Someone who purchases the stock on or after the ex-dividend date will not receive the dividend, as the purchase will not "settle" by the record date, and therefore the buyer will not be on the list of shareholders to which the company pays its dividends.

[ranchgirl]

It is very easy to be confused. It is clear now, you must purchase the stock before the ex-dividend date to receive the dividend.

That was my impression, but I said something wrong above too.

Actually, from yahoo history data, you can see why...

finance.yahoo.com/q/hp...cal+Prices

The closing prices before Apr 30th are all adjusted.