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What is an ex-dividend date?
What is an ex-dividend date?
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Written by Mohamad Daou
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The ex-dividend date, or ex-date, is the date investors buying the stock will no longer receive the dividend. Investors that wish to receive the dividend, therefore, need to purchase the stock before the ex-dividend date to be recorded as an owner of the shares to receive the dividend.

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