An investor buys a share ON the ex-dividend date for an already-declared dividend. What is the outcome?
From the ex-dividend date the share trades without the right to the upcoming dividend, so a buyer on or after the ex-date does not receive it; the share price typically drops by roughly the dividend amount.
Thinking the current registered buyer, rather than the pre-ex-date holder, is entitled.
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