buy stocks on the ex-dividened date?

Lonnie Jehle: AIG was be a best stock to invest if you plan to invest for a long term, because AIG is too big to fail and beside AIG no longer need government bailout money. if you invest in AIG are now you returning profit is 10-30 times in 3-5 years.

Michal Semple: Source1: "According to Barron’s, a stock will usually begin trading ex-dividend or ex-rights the fourth business day before the payment date. In other words, only the owners of the shares on or before that date will receive the dividend. If you purchased shares of Coca-Cola after the ex-dividend date, you would not receive its upcoming dividend payment; the investor from whom you purchased your shares would."So according to Barrons and this source,, the answer is yes.The date of record IS the ex-dividend date.====Source2: According to Investopedia, since "settlement of stocks is a T+3 process, which means that when you buy a stock, it takes three days from the transaction date (T) for the change to be! entered into the company's record books", You need to buy during or before the 3rd day before the Date of record." So if the Day of Record is a Thursday, you need to buy anytime during the day BEFORE the ex-dividend date of Tuesday (Monday).So from this source the answer is no, you need to buy the day before the ex-div date.So the question is: Which source above do you believe?...Show more

Marvella Benward: No - you need to be owner of record one business day prior to ex-date.

Iris Shawcroft: You have to be a stock holder on the date of record - which is prior to the ex-dividend date

Alden Soldano: NO. That is what ex-dividend date means--the first day when you WON'T get the dividend if you buy it. (price should drop by amount of dividend on this date).Some people are confused between record date and ex-date. Record date matches up to settle date, not trade date. To have a record date position, your buy must SETTLE by record date. If you trade today,! your buy will settle on 6/4 (T+3 basis). Record date is 6/3.! So you won't get the dividend....Show more

Jesse Pirieda: 1

Jonathon Labonne: You have till the close of 6-03-09 http://www.dhtmaritime.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=194185&...