If X today, u won't ntitle if u buy today

How about i bought it one day before the Ex day?

U ntitle

I would like to ask what is the different between dividend and income distribution?

BOTH SAME; give cash to shareholder

Here is another question. Sorry newbie here.. ><

For example this announcement.
http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed...cements/1856377

EX-date 04/02/2015
Entitlement date 06/02/2015
Entitlement time 04:00:00 PM
Entitlement subject Income Distribution
Entitlement description FINAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION OF 5.73 SEN COMPRISING 4.74 SEN TAXABLE INCOME AND 0.99 SEN TAX EXEMPT INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014.
Payment date 27/02/2015


Is that mean if i buy now then i will entitle for the dividend?

Ex date is 04/02/2015

Buy before ex date and HOLD until ex-date you will get the dividend. If you sell before ex date then no dividend.

Thanks for the answer.. So let say if i buy 1000 lots of this share before the ex-date?
So how much dividend can i get? Still very confuse about the dividend calculation..

I am assuming it is a REIT.. usually with dividend structure like that.

1000 lots x 100 = 100,000 shares.

Dividend received = 100,000 shares x 0.0474 x 90% (10% tax) = RM 4,266
Dividend received = 100,000 shares x 0.0099 (no tax) = RM 990

Total dividend = RM 4,266 + RM 990 = RM 5,253

But beware ON ex-date, the shares price WILL be reduced accordingly by 6 sen (5.73 sen round up) per share due to dividend adjustment. So if you think you can profit by buying before ex date and selling on or after ex date, you will be surprised that it is a ZERO sum game.

This post has been edited by gark: Jan 22 2015, 03:16 PM

can ask Mr Google

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_(finance)

Hi all .. quick question ... I'm still very new and I will learn slowly .. but since I'm working guy, very hard to find time to open a CDS/trading account .. I will have leave during CNY so plan to open account 1st then slowly learn :

1) Can open account without trading? Coz I not yet properly learn yet, I just want to open account first since very hard to get time to go bank
2) CDS/trading account is usually open with banks is it? Any recommended banks? Any good ones that can trade online or maybe with a good smartphone app?

Thanks ...

1. Yes, but have to deposit a minimum amount of money to activate account, usually 1K
2. All banks can trade with app

1. I see, so the 1k is like "savings" and not yet used to buy stocks right?
2. Really? Hmm .. all of them also good? No breakdown or whatever like that? What bank u use?

Is it worthwhile going into O&G stocks now?

The 1k can be used to buy stocks.. just that you have to have money to start the account.

Many brokers available, there are no best, soem are cheap but no service, some are expensive but full service. Depend what you like, best if you go shop around...

Saw this in The Star ...

SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to a new record low and said the local currency remains overvalued, joining a dozen global counterparts in easing policy this year as commodity prices tumble.
The overnight cash rate target was lowered by 25 basis points to 2.25%, governor Glenn Stevens said in a statement. Growth would be weaker for longer and the jobless rate peak higher than earlier expected, he said.

AA
What is meant by "overvalued"?
In high demand and thus higher price?

If it is high demand/higher price, then it is not true with the drop in A$ vs US$ now.

BB
My lay person's understanding is they should be raising the interest rate to reduce the A$ decline. But they are doing the reverse. Salah understanding?

Some exchange 101 tips please.

Thanks.

Overvalue means currency is trading at a higher value than it should.. hence limiting export potential. The government wants the currency to trend lower to encourage export. More export means better economic growth and higher jobs uptake. However a weaker currency means higher inflation too.

Reducing interest rates makes the fixed deposit not attractive, hence people will tend to sell the currency and buy other currency for better gains.

When more people are selling compared to buying a currency will slowly drop. Currency is like other goods priced towards supply/demand.

If U think RM2 is the highest it will go, then sell all 1000 units.
If U think it can still go higher but U want to play safe, u sell 500 units to get all your capital back.
If U think it can go higher and U can take the risk that it might drop drastically to below RM1, then U don't sell.
There are endless possibilities how U want to play this...sell 100 units only, sell 200 units only, sell 100 now and sell 100 when if goes up to RM2.10, sell 100 unit and sell another 100 when it dropped below RM2,etc ,etc, etc

1 questions to all sifu .. i heard investing in stocks can end up losing more money than you invest ... can someone explain why?

Example I invest in this stock for RM 1000 ... there will be a situation where i will lose all 1000 and even owe them more money ? How does that work ??

If U borrow RM1000 from Ah long to invest and the company goes bankrupt and then delisted, U'll then owed the ah long more than RM1000 if U put off paying the ah long for a few mths.