The basics: what you can do in different account types, general strategies, suggestions, and things to avoid.
Some SPY dividend capture strategies I don’t recommend: 1. Sell SPY short right before closing the day before ex-dividend Rationale: Securities tend to drop by about the dividend amount when trading begins (pre-open trading) Problem: The buyer that bought the stock from you deserves the dividend and the loaner that loaned you the stock you sold (probably unknowingly), deserves the dividend too. Two dividends, one …
SPY, said by some to be the most liquid single security in the world, goes ex-dividend four times a year. See this post for the next ex-dividend date and an estimate of the dividend amount. You must buy SPY at least by the end of market on Thursday, the day before ex-dividend, to be eligible for the dividend. Below is SPY’s dividend history over the last …
The 2019 Ex-Dividend and Pay Date information below is based on SPDR’s distribution schedule.
2023 Ex-Dividend Dates for: DSI, DVY, IAI, IAK, IAT, IDU, IEO, IEX, IHE, IHF, IHI, ITA, ITB, IYC, IYE, IYF, IYG, IYH, IYK, IYM, IYR, IYT, IYW, IYJ, IYY, IYZ, KLD The 2023 Ex-Dividend and Pay Date information below is based on iShares distribution schedule. Dow Jones Domestic and MSCI Funds 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 23-Mar 7-Jun 26-Sept 20-Dec 28-Dec Pay / …
The intraday SPY prices for the last two days have overlapped with SPY’s March 9th and 10th 2004 values. Since March 9th, 2009 the SPY values exactly 6 years apart have matched each other within 15 points all the time and on average have closed within 4.5 points of each other. While the calendar synchronicity is surprising, it isn’t surprising that the recoveries …
