thinking of investing in my first REIT.

Is it a good time now?

sorry, this is noob question.

how do they calculate the dividend?? does it based upon the number of days you're holding the shares?

I see. That means if you own no shares as of Ex-date = no dividend.

sorry, I've more questions.

So this IGBREIT is giving out 3.61¢ with EX-date 14th Feb. That means if I buy now, I'll get 3.61¢ per share?
but how come it says dividend (%) is 0.00??

so there's no requirement on how long we must hold the REIT before we can receive the dividend??

let's say, I'm a newbie and never invested in REIT. If I invest just before the Ex-date of the income distribution (like in the case of IGB), do I still get 0.0361 per share? Or does it have to get a purata over the last financial year (or quarter)?

I see. That means one can still get the full dividend (for example RM 0.0361 per share for IGBREIT) even if he buys before the Ex date and sell all after the Ex date, and he doesn't hold any REITs throughout the year?

then every year, before the Ex-date, the price will go up, no?