dividend question

[NATHAN LLOYD]

Nevermind. I found what I was looking for. Sorry to waste a thread.

[clavocat]

what was the question/answer??

[NATHAN LLOYD]

Q: When you had to own the stock to get the dividend?

A: You have to have it the day before the ex-date.


Does anyone know how to tell if a dividend is going to be cash or stock?

[TheBullPicker]

The company should say which it should be, but if it kind of avoids that question for a while, the term "value" in any documents hints that it is probably in shares.