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Ex-dividend date

The first day a stock trades without its upcoming dividend attached.

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Definition

If you buy on or after the ex-dividend date, you do not receive that dividend. Since US trades now settle in one business day, the ex-dividend date and the record date are the same. The share price usually falls by about the dividend amount that day.

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