What Is an Ex-Dividend Date, and Why Is It Important?

If you’re new to investing in dividend stocks, you might be wondering what an ex-dividend date is and why it’s important. Understanding ex-dividends is a key part of knowing when to buy shares of dividend stocks. Fortunately, you can learn more about what an ex-dividend is from Money Morning’s financial experts. Read more... Tags: Stocks To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2020 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post What Is an Ex-Dividend Date, and Why Is It Important? appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .