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Dividends.? can anyone tell me if you have shares in a company should you receive dividends. Why i ask is i have shares with a company but have never received a dividend since buying them three years go.

dividends? Please give me a brief explanation of: 1) What is a stock? 2) What is a share? Is a stock what customers buy?

How do Dividends and Dividend Reinvestment Plans work with stocks? Say I buy a stock. Do I select whether I want dividends to be reinvested or not, or how does it work? If I select not to reinvest, then how do I get the dividends paid (check, show up as cash in my account?)? If I select to reinvest, are new shares bought on a market order immediately when I receive the dividend, or how does that go? Thanks for your help!

What is the importance of dividends if the price drops the dividend amount? I am trying to figure things out about dividends. It appears that if a stock has a $1 quarterly dividend, the stock will drop $1 in price when the ex dividend date comes along. If this is how it works, then what good are dividends? So is cashing out the only benefit? Wow! All of these answers suck. If the price drops the ex dividend date amount (it always does), then what is the advantage or incentive to buy AGNC over APPL for example.

How can I tell how much dividends a stock pays per share? I am trying to find a stock that pays high dividends relative to their stock price? How do I determine how much dividends a stock pays out per share? Say I have 100 shares of Pepsico, how much dividends will be paid out to me every quarter?

Who should report dividends or interest on a joint account? If someone has a joint account with someone other than a spouse, who is responsible for reporting dividends or interest when filing taxes? Is it split in half? Does it matter whose name is first on the account? Also, do dividends have to be reported if they are all automatically reinvested? Thanks!

Are looking at dividends still an important part of security analysis? I'm reading "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham. In th book, the author talks a lot about how the dividend rate of a stock gives insight as to its prospects. Since this book was written in 1948, I was wondering if the dividend is still a good indicator of the prospects of a company. Have many companies stopped paying dividends? Also, if analyzing the dividends is outdated, what other aspect can be used to substitute it? Thanks for your help.

How can distributed "dividends" from a normally-taxed, US-traded mutual fund possibly be negative in between? . . . date-itemized distributed dividends that are positive, and both negative and positive amounts add up to a net total in the box 1A "ordinary dividends" on form 1099-DIV? They add up to a positive net total. Or, are the negative amounts being used by the brokerage firm as some type of accounting method for their purposes (even though the "negative dividends" are all indicated as being for box 1A)?

What does it mean when dividends are negative? I'm looking to do a dividend payout ratio to compare 4 energy & oil companies for a class. 3 of them come out negative because the dividends are negative, and I'm wondering what that means.

How do dividends work for mutual funds? Recently Fidelity Low Price Stock paid dividends. The price dropped dramatically per share effectively giving me the same total $ amount as I had before the dividends. Why do they pay dividends and have the price drop at the same time?

How are dividends and yields paid out? I'm planning to buy a handful of monthly dividend paying stocks to create a kind of monthly income for myself. I want to use this income, the monthly dividends, to pay for things like my student loans each month. How do I receive the actual cash? Is it deposited into my online broker account? My private bank account? When the company pays the dividend each month, how does it go from them to my pocket?

How does qualified dividends reduce my tax? If qualified dividends is taxed at a lower tax bracket (15%), then why don't I add this 15% tax amount to my total tax? IRS does not calculate it that way. Can someone please explain to me how this is calculated.

How companys pay dividends on their stocks? Questions: Does every company pay dividends on their stocks every 3 months? Do I have to have the stocks on hold for atleast 3 months to receive dividends? What If I buy a company's stock a day before the company starts giving dividends will I get it then? And, what If the prices of my stocks fall will i still receive dividends?

Any tax benefits to reinvesting your dividends from mutual funds? I have a few mutual funds with fidelity which distribute dividends once a year. By default all the dividends are reinvested back into the funds. I would rather have the dividends in cash so I can invest into different funds. Is there any tax benefits to having the dividends reinvested instead of just taking the dividend in cash? Thanks

How is it possible Citi group is still paying dividends when it is reporting losses? With regards to Citi's recent loss report for the 4th quarter, how is it possible for the company to pay dividends (even though dividends are slashed by 41%)? Shouldn't a company only pay dividends when they are profiting?

How do I find stocks that pay exceptionally high dividends? I'm looking for stocks that pay a dividend in excess of 15% (I've had them as high as 24%, so I know they exist). Of course, I want this dividend to be paid from profit, instead of the business taking out a loan for it. I am NOT INTERESTED in buying a stock with the intention of selling it. My interest is income. I want to buy the stock, and be able to retire on the dividends... with enough shares, that is. Got any ideas?

Is there a difference between dividends and cash dividends when accounting for dividends? I'm studying for the CFA Level I, and I thought dividends were always paid in cash, but am a bit confused since it appears that there is just a rearranging of the equity- retained earnings and paid-in capital- when accounting for dividends. Please advise. Thanks.

If I recieved no dividends off of my Schwab 1000 index fund, do I report gross proceeds on a schedule D 1044? This is in regards to filing taxes for the year. I recently sold a Schwab 1000 Index fund. After researching it appears that the only taxable income on these funds are dividends. If I received no dividends do I have to put the gross proceeds from broker transactions on my 1044 Schedule-D? Also if there are no dividends do I need to even include a Schedule-D form with my return?

Where did the idea come along that dividends were a quarterly occurrence the point of investing? I argue that the lust for regular, large dividends is causing investors to push companies to the brink where the worker is caught in the middle. But aside from that; where did the idea come that dividends should happen regularly anyway? It seems like a very recent phenomenon.

Stocks: How do stocks with dividends grow compared to stocks without? I'm looking for a link to such studies here, so hopefully I can save time from doing my own studies. Basically, I'm looking for edges in the market, and even if dividend stocks grow at the same rate as non-dividend stocks, and dividends are a percent, than I will have a percent plus compounding on that percent every year. May not be much, but every edge counts. Please note that only statistics and studies will help me here. Thanks!

How can I compute for dividends if the Beginning Retained Earnings for that year is not given? I've been trying to compute for Dividends per share. In order to compute for the DPS, I have to compute first for the Dividends paid for each year. I have been given a 3 year period (1993-1996). For the first year 1993, the information given is only the net income and the ending retained earnings. How do I compute for the dividends paid if the Beginning Retained Earnings is not given?

What does it mean when a stock pays dividends? Do you have to hold it for a certain time period in order to get dividends, i know not all company's pays dividends. Only large profitable companies pay.

How do I determine if a stock pays dividends? I have been fairly successful with my common stock choices and am ready to purchase stock that pays dividends. How do i determine if a stock pays dividends?

How do I find the yearly total dividends and the dividends per share? There are 5000 shares of $50 par value preferred stock outstanding, and 25000 shares of common stock outstanding. Preferred stock has an 8% guaranteed rate of return. Dividends are declared of $1.25 per share of common stock, together with the guaranteed rate for preferred stock. Find the yearly total dividends and the dividends per share. HOW DO I DO THIS?!

How do you calculate the total amounts of dividends for both preferred and common stock? Date Table: preferred stock: cumulative, $1 par, 6%, 80,000 shares = $80,000 common stock: 0.10 par, 9.230,000 shares issued = 923,000 Compute the total amounts of dividends to both preferred and common for 2004 and 2005 if total dividends are $100,000 in 2004 and $200,000 in 2005.

Dividends in a mutual funds/ETF are distribute to the shareholders or back to the funds? Dividends in a mutual funds/ETF are distribute to the shareholders or back to the funds? Do we get to invest the dividends or the dividends are automatically reinvested in to the funds, hence you own more shares of the funds? Lastly, I was told I should invest tax inefficient funds into my IRA rather than tax efficient funds. Can someone give me some comparisons?

What is the difference in tax rates between qualified dividends & non qualified? **My account at Fidelity is taxable** I have money in a Fidelity mutual fund called "cash reserves" The yield is 5.00% But the dividends this fund pays do not qualify for the lower tax rate I own shares in Bank Of America, this yields 5.30% but the dividends qualify for the lower rate. I'm guessing Bush enacted these cuts to give people an incentive to keep money in stocks rather than money markets (cash). I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me the actual differences. Thanks in advance

How to calculate dividends from stockholder equity, common stock, and net income? I have looked everywhere in my accounting book and cannot find how to calculate dividends. This is the problem I'm trying to solve: Increase in stockholders' equity = $15,100; Issuance of common stock = $11,800; Net income = $13,500; Dividends = $_________. I have to fill in the blank. Please help!

How does dividends in a stock work? How do they pay you dividends? Currently I'm holding two stocks that pays out dividends. Expedia and Verizon. Do they mail you a check or do you have the option to reinvest in their stocks with the dividends? Also can anyone recommend some more good dividend paying stocks? Thanks

On what tax form are qualified dividends taxed? I know they have a preferential rate, but the 1040 instructions say to include qual. dividends in with ordinary dividends on line 9a. Doesn't this include qualified dividend income with the rest of taxable income? Where, in the calculation of the tax on page 2 of the 2040, are qualified dividends taxed at their lower rate?

What is the average percentage of dividends paid out on investments? I was wondering if there is an average that investments pay out in dividends. I am sure that each one is different but what is typical? 2%, 10%??? I have no clue.

How do I structure the investor dividends for my start up? Hi everyone. I have a start up business and I am about to seek investors. I have decided that 40% of profits should go towards paying monthly dividends. I would like to know if this 40% should be based on net profits or gross profits. It is a website based business and our operating expenses are not high. I just wanted to make sure I am looking at it the right way.

What companies pay good amounts of dividends per share? That's a top 10 or top 5, etc list or at least the names of a few. Also when people say a corp pays 2% dividends per share, does that mean they pay 2% each quarter or is that the cummulative, of the 4 quarters, annually?

How could GM pay dividends up to the middle of last year? GM's balance sheets show that they have had a shareholder DEFICIT since 2006. It is my understanding that under corporate law companies can't pay dividends if this is the case. However, GM paid dividends until the middle of 2008. How can this be?

What stocks have good dividends every year? I was thinking of investing in high-dividend stocks. As far as I am aware Verizon give good dividends, however I can't think of anybody else. What I mean by this is companies which deliver them consistantly, such as UPS used to.

How can I reduce the tax I have to pay for the dividends I received in 2006 from stocks?Catch up on IRA? Instead of re-investing the dividends in the stock I have, I requested and got them to pay me the dividends to supplement my income. I took early retirement and worked part-time in 2006. I did not put any money into IRA for 2006. In my parttime job, I had put ~$4K into a 401K account. My total AGI for 2006 is ~$67K. My preliminary tax return showed that I have to pay taxes for the dividends that I did not pay taxes in 2006. I have to pay a penalty also. In order for me to reduce taxes, can I still put money into IRA for 2006? What is the maximum amount for 55 year old and above? Are there other things I can do to reduce the taxes and hence the penalty I have to pay Uncle Sam?

What does dividends passed mean in terms of stock? Need help with this corporate finance homework, argh. They keep saying things like "these covenants include provisions about passing dividends", what the heck?

How to calculate the money you will receive from dividends? Just so I can understand how the money I will receive in dividends is calculated. Hope you guys & girls can help please. The example I was hoping you could help me to explain with the use of these figures: Dividend 0.1, stock price 5.50, stock owned 10, dividend yield 0.72%. How would I find out how much dividend I would be paid per share or just for the 10 shares I own?? Thanks for any help, figures are basic so I can get to grips with the way it's calculated. Thanks a bunch!

A question about stocks and dividends. How does a company decide if it will pay dividends to its shareholders? For example, if a gold-mining company is making revenue, does it always pay dividends? What does it depend on?

What are dividends from a stock portfolio? I am almost 21 and my grandparents set up a stock portfolio for me, that will be mine in a few months. I have no idea how much it is worth. The sent me some tax forms saying I made about $500 in dividends. What does that mean, can I estimate the net worth of the portfolio.

What is the difference between coupons and dividends? What is the difference between coupons and dividends?

How much dividends were paid to shareholders during the year? In its most recent financial statements, Newhouse Inc. reported $35 million of net income and $665 million of retained earnings. The previous retained earnings were $632 million. How much dividends were paid to shareholders during the year?

Is it possible to reinvest dividends without paying tax on them? I have purchased a some shares of stock via an online broker. The company pays dividends. How can I reinvest the dividends without paying tax?

How to calculate a stock price or dividends? The firm maintains a 30 percent payout ratio, and this year’s retained earnings were $1.4 million. There are 1.2 million shares outstanding? How can I find the stock price and/or dividends? Please help!

How do I find out what stock gives dividends or slipt in the future? How do I find out what stocks give dividends or what stocks will split in the future? If there a way to find out?

How do you calculate price/earnings ratio with dividends? If the price of a stock is $50 per share, earnings are $10 per share and dividends are $10 a share. What is the yield and how do I figure this out?

How do you pay taxes on dividends and drips? If I have a DRIP plan which automatically reinvest the divident toward purchasing a stock, does it get taxes as I recieve the dividend or when I sell it as a capital gain. What is the current tax rate for dividends, or does it depend on your tax bracket? Please help. Thanks.

What are some large cap stocks that pay high dividends that are good for the long term? Im getting about $1200.00 and instead of spending it i want to invest it. Im going to college to achieve my MBA and become a fund analyst or a stock analyst. Eventually when i gather enough capital i will become a self employed investor. Im just looking for stocks with good dividends, to keep in their for years about 4-6 years.

How much money or share in dividends can one expected from a company? Is there any fixed cash or share dividend for one individual ?Is there any particular rules for a company for giving dividends?

How do I report negative dividends in my Taxes? I had short positions that paid dividends, so I paid dividends instead of receiving them. I do not have positive dividends to offset these dividends, how do I report them?

What is the advantage of preferred stock if the company does not pay dividends? I know that the differences between common stock and preferred stock is that there are no voting rights with preferred stock and that they get dividends paid to them before common stock owners. However, not all companies must pay dividends, so then what is the advantage?

How do you calculate dividends without retained earnings? Without knowing the retained earnings, how do you calculate dividends, from the balance sheet?

Is there a problem with buying stocks for dividends, then selling them after the ex dividend date? My strategy is to both buy and short the stock the day before the dividend payment. By both buying and shorting they will cancel each other out. Take the dividend and then cancel both of your trades. Basically, I'm guaranteed the dividend without a loss and only costing me the price of commission. What do you guys think about this? Do you know how these dividends will be taxed on my tax return?

Is there a web site that provides a history of dividends paid to shareholders of public corporations? I am specifically looking for dividends paid by Frontier Corp., a telecommunications company that was acquired by Global Crossing, Inc, in 1999 and subsequently went out of business in 2003. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thank you.

What's the tax rate on dividends from money market mutual funds? I'm trying to figure out whether to put some liquid savings in an on-line savings account on which, based on my understanding, the interest is taxable at the marginal income tax rate .... OR in a money market mutual fund which pays dividends ... what's the tax rate applicable on these dividends?

What is the benefit of cash dividends paid by companies? When dividends are paid, it reduces the value of shareholders' stake in the company. It's a little like "robbing Peter to pay Paul." Also, shareholders have to pay tax on the dividends in the year they are paid, whereas for non-dividend-paying stock, shareholders can defer taxes until they sell the stock at an appreciated price, which could be years later. I understand that some companies may not need the cash for research and development, or acquisitions, so they choose to pay it out to the shareholders. But it makes me wonder, would I be better off buying the stocks of non-dividend-paying companies instead?

Stock market question: How do dividends work? I know if you invest in a company that does dividends, you will get a small check in the mail every 3 months. What can you use the check for, buying more stock or using it as cash.

How do you calculate Issues of shares and dividends? I have a balance sheet with missing information, that I need to fill in. I am given the beginning amounts of assets, liabilities and shareholders equity. I am also given the ending amounts of assets, liabilities and shareholders equity. I am also given the dividends, earnings and expenses. How do I find the Issues of shares? Also, when I am given the issues of shares and earnings and expenses, how do I find the dividends?

How does a company that does not pay dividends estimate the cost of issuing new stock? I have found material for calculating the cost of new equity if you are given a dividend, but is this relevant if a company has a policy of not paying dividends?

From a companies perspective, why offer shareholders larger dividends once they have invested? Am I correct in thinking that once shareholders have bought shares, if you are not planning on selling further shares, that there is no reason to increase dividends other than that if you do not please the shareholders they may intervene and vote to change management? In this case, if the majority of shares were owned by the company itself, and shareholders did not have control, wouldn't the company be better re-investing the cash rather than paying dividends?

What is the tax rate on dividends received by C corps? I have a c corp that owns stock of other c corps. How are the dividends tax that my c corp receives. Do I get a break because they have already been taxed once? Thanks

How to find DIVIDENDS paid by companies listed on the ASX? How can you find the dividends paid by companies listed on the asx??.. I need to find the dividends paid for the last 5 years.

What is the tax rate on Dividends or Interest in California? I want to figure out the tax equivalent yield on some bond investments. I am not sure what the california state tax rates are for bond interest, or dividends for that matter.

What % of investors withdraw and spend dividends from their account? Are there any statistics if most people reinvest, or they withdraw dividends?

If a company does not issue dividends how come its performance still affects the price of the stock? I understand the relationship between company performance and the price of its issued shares when the company pays out dividends. However, some companies do not pay dividends yet their performance still affects the share price. Once shares are being sold on the secondary market why does it even matter how the company does if dividends are not being offered?

How to obtain dividends of certain Stocks? If X company that pays .10cents dividends every quarter. And, I end up buying their stocks 2 weeks before they hand out the dividends will I still be eligible? Or do i have to buy it on a certain date ?

Why do company pay dividends when it is not compulsory to do it? I'm currently reading up on books about stock market and one of the chapter mentioned about company issuing dividends to its shareholders when made profits. If it is not compulsory to issue dividend then why do they want to pay money to its shareholder? They can just as well use all the profit for their own company benefit.

Does the reinvestment of dividends have a noticible effect on share price? All of the dividends paid to me are automatically reinvested in the companies that they came from. Do many people use this feature and if so, does it produce a brief, predictable spike in prices around the time that dividends are paid?

How do they figure dividends on stock that pay dividends? I have several stocks that pay dividends, how is that figured? Is there a web site that keeps up with this for you? For instance Dell: Div & Yield: 0.56 (2.90%) It says .56 how do you translate this to 2.9%? Do they pay this 2.9% yearly or monthly or quarterly, how to they get the amount to figure it because the stock fluctuates ?

How do dividends on stock work? I have a few questions about the stock market... Could someone please clarify the difference between the Nasdaq and DOW Jones? How do dividends work when buying shares of a company? What are those people trying to accomplish going crazy at the New York stock exchange? Sorry if my question seems vague and uneducated, but I was never taught anything about the stock market, and I'd like to at least try and understand it.

How much is needed to invest for a $2k a month income in dividends? How much is needed to invest for a $2k a month income in dividends? And what stocks are best to achieve this? Blue Chips, Large Caps, High Equity?

Companies like Google do not pay cash dividends to their shareholders. How do shareholders make profit the? Companies like Google do not pay cash dividends to their shareholders. How do shareholders make profit off companies like Google?

Why does the value of a share of stock depend on dividends? Why does the value of a share of stock depend on dividends? A substantial percentage of companies listed on the NYSE and the NSADAQ don't pay dividends, but investors are none the less willing to buy shares in them. How is this possible?

What is an example of a small to mid cap value stock that pays dividends? I'm looking for something with a high book value to market equity ratio and that pays dividends. Any ideas?

How do I know if a stock pays dividends? From looking at the stock quote page is there a way to tell if the stock pays dividends?

How much do you get from mutual fund dividends? How does a mutual fund decide how much it will pay out in dividends at the end of the year? Is it based on a percentage of the value gained during the year? Could someone give me a general idea if nothing else?

How to find out when/how much a mutual fund gives dividends? For example, the price of ASCQX dropped 10% in mid Dec 05, but it actually gave out dividends. I cannot find how much dividends in any website yet. Does anyone know how to find that? Thanks.

How are the fees for a mutual fund paid? Are they removed from your dividends and capital gains? I'm not talking about loads, just the fees that comprise the expense ratio. If i have a fund with 1% fees, will I be billed for these fees directly and then pay by check, or are they taken out of the dividends and capital gains before they are distributed, or are they actually part of the NAV calculation? How can it come out of account balances? They aren't going to force you to sell shares just so you can cover their fees are they?

Do I have to pay income tax on the dividends from my stock that i have them automatically reinvest? I have stock in NHP which pays dividends. I do not take them out but have them automatically purchase more stock with them. Do I have to pay income taxes on those?

What is the difference in Capital Gains Distributions and Dividends from Income Fund? I understand where dividends would come from, but where do the capital gains come from? Do they have different tax implications?

How much tax do you have to pay on dividends? Let's say I have $2,000,000.00 (no, I don't really) invested in mutual funds/stocks/whatever, and it earns 10% per year. Let's say I plan to live off of that and never touch the principle. So that's about $200,000 a year in dividends. How will I be taxed on that?? Is it considered a "capital gain" or what? (I know way too little about finance).

Who decides how much dividends to be given out? In a small Private Limited company, who decides whether there's dividends to be given out in a particular year? And who decides how much dividends will be given out? Will the dividends be splitted according to the percentage of each person's share holdings?

If mutual funds distribute all of their capital gains and dividends, why does the NAV increase over time? If mutual funds use most of the capital gains and dividends of their portfolios to make distributions to investors, why does the fund's net asset value (NAV) increase over time? It seems that distributing these gains would cause the NAV to remain steady, or to decrease.

What is the eligibility criterion for getting dividends? Do I need to hold a stock for a certain period of time? Or is it enough to have that stock on the particular day that dividends are paid? (The stock I am holding is paying dividends quarterly if it is an issue).

How do these two companies issue their dividends? I currently own stock in Microsoft (MSFT) and Cedar Fairl LP (FUN). Both yield dividends however I can't figure out when or how. I have it set up through my broker to have the money issued into my checking account at this point but will have it re-invested later. I've owned both stocks for 3 months or so now. ( I was under the initial assumption that dividends were given after every quarter) Thanks for all input.

Do you ever pay dividends on liquidation value when a preferred stock has a par value? Do you ever pay dividends on liquidation value when a preferred stock has a par value? To better clarify my question - say a stock has a par value of 100 and a liquidation value of 200. Are standard quarterly dividends always paid on the par value or do companies use the higher of the two values?

What percent is common stock dividends now taxed at a maximum? Common stock dividends are now taxed at a maximum rate of a. 10 percent b. 15 percent c. 20 percent d. 30 percent

Do I have to always pay taxes on dividends from a stock or mutual fund? What if I automatically re-invest the dividends? What if I haven't sold any shares? Do I always and every year have to add up my dividends and send Uncle Sam a check?

Which of the following will occur in a statement of cash flows as a result of paying 89sh dividends? Which of the following will occur in a statement of cash flows as a result of paying 89sh dividends? 1) Cash flows from operations will increase. 2) Cash flows from investments will decrease. 3) Cash flows from financing will decrease. 4) Cash balances will not be affected.

Do lower taxes on dividends and capital gains help hasten an economic recovery or growth in the US production? Tax rates on both dividends and capital gains have been cut down to historical lows. Maximum tax rate on both dividends and capital gains is now set at 15%. Policy makers agreed to such a reduction hoping to see faster economic recovery, and further job growth.

What does it mean when you own a stock and it pays dividends? What do you get when it "pays dividends"?

How do i find which s&p 500 companies are currently paying dividends? I am performing an analysis on s&p 500 companies and must start with two that are currently paying dividends.

what happens to the stock price the day dividends are paid? I heard that the day the dividends are paid..the stock price drops the same percentage amount..Is this true? If so, what is the advantage of buying dividend stocks? Will the price go back up the very next day? Thanx!

How long does one need to hold shares of stock to gain dividends? Must one have a minimum amount of shares to receive dividends?

What are some stocks that offer solid dividends? With the market being extremely volatile right now I'm looking to shift some money in to some stocks that offer solid dividends.I'm not looking for a quick buck but rather long term stability.