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All about Dividends in Stock Investing

We know that dividend income is one of several ways to make money from stock investing. But aside from that, what else do we know … Read More

Cash and Stock Dividends Update: 1st Quarter 2014

We have highlighted several times before the value of Dividends, which are distribution of income by the company to its shareholders. Dividends may be in the form of stocks or cold, hard cash, but regardless of the method, dividend payments are always good news to investors who receive these instant and outright profits.

Top Dividend Paying Stocks in the Philippines (2013)

Every year, we compile a list of publicly listed Philippine companies that pay the highest amount of dividends. As we have explained in our previous articles (see Top 10 Stocks with Highest Dividend Yields – 2011 and High Dividend Stocks in the Philippines – 2012), dividends are another way for stock investors to make money in the stock market.

What is Ex-Date, Ex-Dividend Date, Record Date?

Here are relevant dates you need to know that are related to the announcement and distribution of dividends by companies.

Impact of Stock Dividend: Huge decrease in price!

Earlier this morning, I panicked after logging in to my BPITrade online trading account because one of my holdings, Philex Mining Corporation (Stock Code: PX) was trading at only P7.50 per share.

You can’t blame me. Only yesterday, the stock was trading at P9.40 and a P7.50 market price means a steep one-day decline of 20% (read: WTF! I’m losing a lot of money in just one day!).

My PX shares at P8.80

At P7.50, I stand to lose money because I originally bought PX shares at P8.80.

I scoured local news websites for any update on what caused Philex’s price to drop. I found nothing. Is this the end of my trading account? Should I just accept the fact that I lost a lot of money in this stock?