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Bro deathman91, if the company is not making a profit means our dividend is gone too?

There are companies which borrow debt to pay dividends but that of course won't last.

Most companies would pay dividends out of their cashflow before touching reserve or borrow debt.
 

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Dear all,

CCT dividend paid?
im using poem.
new to investment.
y i cant see any track record that i gain the 0.043cent?
bought the share on 13/05/15.

Thanks
 

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Dear all,

CCT dividend paid?
im using poem.
new to investment.
y i cant see any track record that i gain the 0.043cent?
bought the share on 13/05/15.

Thanks

Did you read the first post? It will guide you and answer all your questions.
If not, then I will direct you to the answer later.
 

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Did you read the first post? It will guide you and answer all your questions.
If not, then I will direct you to the answer later.
Dear Perisher,

is it due to Ex-div?
if yes.then im not entitled to it

Thanks
Alvin
 

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Dear Perisher,

is it due to Ex-div?
if yes.then im not entitled to it

Thanks
Alvin

Yup, probably. If you buy before ex-div, you get divvy, on ex-div date itself, no divvy.
 

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My upcoming guide img...

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My upcoming guide img...

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Initially is as above, after 5 years of $0.20 divvy, the counter becomes free and lay golden eggs.

Example for me is MAIN, if I'm not wrong, it has cover 100%+/- of it's base cost for me liao, can hold forever.
Many people have these type of golden goose.
 

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The dividend covered the base cost. How about the share price? I believe it is up...That golden grouse thing happens because the share price has gone up.
 

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The dividend covered the base cost. How about the share price? I believe it is up...That golden grouse thing happens because the share price has gone up.

Nah, it did went up a good sum but even if it comes down, I'm still 0% risk by now.
The share price has in fact went down by nearly 30% already but can't hurt me at all.
Dividends are still increasing, bonus are still giving...
 

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But you can calculate the dividend yield using limster's numbers which shows exact dividends given per year($1540) and the share price($7300) though you dunno how many shares he bought.
Just divide 1540 by 7300 as a percentage which is 21% dividend yield.:eek:
UOB's example would be 6.875%

To achieve above 20% p.a. dividend yield is a wet dream cum true! :s13:

Re-invest the dividends and compounded over 10 years will be wow..:s12:
 

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To achieve above 20% p.a. dividend yield is a wet dream cum true! :s13:

Erm, hard but not really super difficult.

In fact, let's try 25% divvy!

Imagine you have capital of $500.
Buy 5 shares of a stock that cost $100 and give out 5% dividend.
So you pay $500 to get $25 dividend each year.
Sell 4 shares of the stock when it rise to $120.
So you get $480 back which is $80 profit and thus your 1 share cost price drop to $20 and yet you get $5 every year still.

Your capital in the market now is only $20 but you get $5 dividend every year. 25% divvy! :s12:
 

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Erm, hard but not really super difficult.

In fact, let's try 25% divvy!

Imagine you have capital of $500.
Buy 5 shares of a stock that cost $100 and give out 5% dividend.
So you pay $500 to get $25 dividend each year.
Sell 4 shares of the stock when it rise to $120.
So you get $480 back which is $80 profit and thus your 1 share cost price drop to $20 and yet you get $5 every year still.

Your capital in the market now is only $20 but you get $5 dividend every year. 25% divvy! :s12:

Well your method involves some trading to achieve the result (higher dividend yield). :)
 

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Well your method involves some trading to achieve the result (higher dividend yield). :)

True. Another slower way is to wait till it gets there. US has many dividend champions which,if one had bought 30 years ago, would be giving out high % dividends by now.
 

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Hi, I'm a first timer buying US shares.

I bought 10 shares of KO (Coca-Cola) on the 2/9/15 via UTRADE.

From Coca-Cola dividend website:
  • Declared - 16/07/15
  • Ex-Date - 11/09/15
  • Record - 15/09/15
  • Payable - 01/10/15
  • Amount - $0.33
  • Type - Regular Cash

May I know how long will it take for the money to be banked into my account?
 

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Hi, I'm a first timer buying US shares.

I bought 10 shares of KO (Coca-Cola) on the 2/9/15 via UTRADE.

From Coca-Cola dividend website:
  • Declared - 16/07/15
  • Ex-Date - 11/09/15
  • Record - 15/09/15
  • Payable - 01/10/15
  • Amount - $0.33
  • Type - Regular Cash

May I know how long will it take for the money to be banked into my account?

Why you don't wanna read the first post? :(
Everything a novice wanna know about dividends is there in 1 post.

Anyway, Payable date.
If you are using SCB though, the divvy would be delayed by 1 working day normally.
 

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Why you don't wanna read the first post? :(
Everything a novice wanna know about dividends is there in 1 post.

Anyway, Payable date.
If you are using SCB though, the divvy would be delayed by 1 working day normally.

Hi Perisher,

I have read through the first post. For the date payable, it is the date where we will see the dividends in the bank account.

But till now, I did not receive any money for it. So I’m wondering if it is because of US shares and thus it delays the payment.

Sorry for the misunderstanding in the first question.
 

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Hi Perisher,

I have read through the first post. For the date payable, it is the date where we will see the dividends in the bank account.

But till now, I did not receive any money for it. So I’m wondering if it is because of US shares and thus it delays the payment.

Sorry for the misunderstanding in the first question.

Wah... That's too far liao. Hmm did you ask them?
 

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The dividend covered the base cost. How about the share price? I believe it is up...That golden grouse thing happens because the share price has gone up.

If you hold the shares long enough, capital gain and div gain is achievable. Those i bought 2.5 years ago, paper gain 30+% and yield of 5% per year. They are the traffic lights! SingTel, M1 and StarHub :) cant say the same for the rest of the counters.
 

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Here's my favourite chart once again, to show capital and div gain for the Telcos :)

If you hold the shares long enough, capital gain and div gain is achievable. Those i bought 2.5 years ago, paper gain 30+% and yield of 5% per year. They are the traffic lights! SingTel, M1 and StarHub :) cant say the same for the rest of the counters.

My preference is to buy 2 out of 3 and leave out the potential underperformer.
For Telco - bought Singtel/Starhub, leave out M1 (M1 still not attractive to me)
For Banks - bought OCBC/UOB, leave out DBS (but now DBS is the most attractive one)
 
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