Q: What is the best strategy to follow when you want to sell a stock but it is coming up to its ex-dividend date? If you hold the stock until it is ex-dividend you get the dividend but doesn't the stock price falls to reflect this? If you sell before, you don't get the dividend of course. First, am I correct that stocks do normally fall after going ex-dividend? If so, do they fall by the amount of the dividend? Do they tend to return to the pre-ex-dividend price within a few days? Or is every situation so different that there are no rules and you just take your chances?
Appreciate your insight.
Paul F.
Appreciate your insight.
Paul F.