alleryStart learning →A buyer purchasing shares on the ex-dividend date gets what regarding the latest dividend?
AThe full dividend
BHalf the dividend
CNo dividend at all
DScrip in its place
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. No dividend at all
From the ex-dividend date shares are traded without the right to the declared dividend.
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