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To: Mary Beth Ford who wrote (71)	2/4/2000 8:14:00 PM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 387

Annuities can be different from owning stocks outright. You need to find out more about the annuity that your mother bought. Beware that salesman often make HUGE commissions by selling annuities, so your mother could have given the salesman a nice chunk of her money. Every stock has a different dividend. You can find out what the dividend is by typing the stock symbol on the Yahoo quote page and selecting "detailed quote." Like this: quote.yahoo.com Notice on the third row of each stock, right above the chart, it gives the "div/share," or dividend per share. For instance, for the stock AFLAC, which is the first in the list on the above link, the dividend per share is $0.30 per year. It is paid out four times per year, so every three months you get a check for 7.5 cents per share that you own. Best wishes, I2