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Investing in mutual funds isn’t difficult, but it isn’t quite the same as investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or stocks, either. Because of their unique structure, there are certain aspects of trading mutual funds that may not be intuitive for the first-time investor. Due to past abuses, many mutual funds impose limitations or fines on certain types…

A common stock’s ex-dividend price behavior is a continuing source of confusion to investors. Read on to learn about what happens to the market value of a share of stock when it goes “ex” (as in ex-dividend) and why. We’ll also provide some ideas that may help you hang on to more of your hard-earned dollars. KEY TAKEAWAYS When buying and selling…

Ex-Dividend Date vs. Date of Record: An Overview Are you mystified by the workings of dividends and dividend distributions? Chances are it’s not the concept of dividends that confuses you. The ex-dividend date and date of record are the tricky factors. Briefly, in order to be eligible for payment of stock dividends, you must buy the stock (or already…

Dividends per share (DPS) measures the total amount of profits a company pays out to its shareholders, generally over a year, on a per-share basis. DPS can be calculated by subtracting the special dividends from the sum of all dividends over one year, and dividing this figure by the outstanding shares. For example, company HIJ has five million…

Dividends can affect the price of their underlying stock in a variety of ways. While the dividend history of a given stock plays a general role in its popularity, the declaration and payment of dividends also has a specific and predictable effect on market prices. How Dividends Work For investors, dividends serve as a popular source of…

Generally speaking, the stock market is driven by supply and demand, much like any market. When a stock is sold, a buyer and seller exchange money for share ownership. The price for which the stock is purchased becomes the new market price. When a second share is sold, this price becomes the newest market price, etc….

The Gordon Growth Model, or the dividend discount model (DDM), is a model used to calculate the intrinsic value of a stock based on the present value of future dividends that grow at a constant rate. The model assumes a company exists forever and pays dividends that increase at a constant rate. To estimate the value of a…

It’s time to dust off one of the oldest, most conservative methods of valuing stocks: the dividend discount model (DDM). It’s one of the basic applications of a financial theory that students in any introductory finance class must learn. Unfortunately, the theory is the easy part. The model requires loads of assumptions about companies’ dividend payments and growth patterns,…

Investors can use the dividend discount model (DDM) for stocks that have just been issued or that have traded on the secondary market for years. There are two circumstances when DDM is practically inapplicable: when the stock does not issue dividends, and when the stock has a very high growth rate. The DDM is very similar to the…