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Strategies & Market Trends : REITS - Buying 1 - 2 weeks before going ex-dividend -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bobo Bear who wrote (1848)	5/26/2000 12:07:00 AM
From: Allan C.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2561

I don't believe you qualify for the dividend until after the 3-day settlement. You can make the trade, but the shares are not considered 'in your account' for another 3 days, so you are not a 'shareholder of record'. If I am correct in this, that leads me to another question. Can I sell a day or two before the ex-dividend date and still actually qualify for the dividend, because of the settlement period? Great thread, I am new to REIT's myself and appreciate the info. What is the ^RMS that you are talking about? Is it an index? Thanks.