If I buy an ETF am I entitled to the dividends of the stocks within that ETF?
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Yes.  But read the prospectus, since it may have a provision whereby the administrator automatically reinvests the dividends rather than paying them out.
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if all other changes are ignored, then the split of a stock will have ZERO affect on the value or the number of shares you own in the ETF.  A simple example, if it is a 2 for 1 split, then the number of shares of the company will double and (theoretically) the price will at the same time go to exactly one half of the pre-split price.\n\nps--just ignore what dehygrate is saying.  he's answering a different question!
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Usually you have two options of receiving the dividend, via cash balance or reinvesting the amount.  I'm not sure what the 0.07 represents in your question.  If it is the shared bought by reinvesting the dividend, you now have 965.07 shares.
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Another consideration is that ETF's can be bought/sold like stocks. There is no "holding period" as required by many mutual funds that you purchase through a brokerage account or direct from the mutual fund company. So if the ETF sector is heading down (eg. real estate VNQ), you can get out by simply selling your shares.
873149
no, shares are for parent companies only. I would recommend opening a second.
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If you have to ask this question you've got a lot to learn before considering "short" selling.\n\nYes... An ETF can be "shorted".  Unless you realy know what your doing.... stay "long" or sell.  The potential loss on a "short" stock is unlimited............
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when you sell the shares- the gain will be either short term or long term depending on how long you held them--short term gains are taxed at ordinary income rates--long term rates at the new 15 % capital gains rate-- the mf co will send you a statement which may show some long term capital gains depending on their portfolio- usually the statement from the mf co will spell it all out, including dividends paid to you during the year- its all very simple-- the only thing you should check is how long you have had the shares- i believe the time period for long term gain is one year- double check that- if you are close to that but not there -consider holding the shares to get the very low 15 % long term capital gains tax rate- it is worth waiting for-- i am a retired CPA & CFP__good luck to you--by the way- you can also call the mf co for explanation and some advise free of charge !!
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You can go to sharebuilder and put some in monthly.  If you pick a company that is known to be stable and pay good dividends then you can reinvest the dividends, it becomes sort of like compound interest, where the interest starts earning interest.\n\nDiversification is nice, so low cost Exchange Traded Funds are an important consideration.  I like the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund (DVY).  It is about $62 a share right now and is within pennies of its Net Asset Value, the worth of the stocks inside the fund.  It has a distribution yield of about 3.60 which is a pretty good rate of return compared to if you left the money in the bank.  Every share you buy is getting a slice of some 114 very profitable companies that share part of their profits (dividends) with you the stockholder.\n\nGood luck, whatever you do.
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Typically companies distribute their dividends quarterly.  Their is a date of record when the board of directors announces that the will pay a divident.  Then there is a payment date of the dividend which is usually posted with the date of record in the Wall Street Journal.  That is when the company pays its dividend.  It could be 45 days or more from the date of record.  If you have any questions about the stocks that you own you could call the investor relations people and they should give you a better idea of when and how much you should be receiving.
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yes. any large brokerage firm can buy stocks for you anywhere in the world. no big deal. just make the call.
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The dividend has a record date. All investors who own the shares at the end of trading on the record date get the dividend.
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It depends on the share class. There are A, B and C shares to almost every mutual fund. Each have a different fee structure.\n\nThis link below will help you...
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No, as long as you don't sell, there is not a taxable moment.  So, you won't have to pay tax on any gains on your stockes until you actually sell them (or transfer them to another person).
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If the options are in-the-money, you should certainly exercise them.  \n\nThe options you have are either qualified or non-qualified options.  If they are nonqualified, then the fact that you are subject to the AMT doesn't matter.  You have to pay ordinary income taxes on the difference between the fair market value and the strike price.  Let's look at an example.  Suppose you can buy the stock at $10 per share and it is trading at $22 per share.  $10 is the strike price and $22 is the fair market value.  You have to pay ordinary income taxes on (22-10) = $12 per share.  $22.00 now becomes your tax basis.  Let's say you hold onto the shares for two years and sell at $40.  You have to pay long-term capital gains taxes on the gain -- and the gain is $40 minus your tax basis of $22 -- so you pay capital gains taxes on a $18 gain per share.\n\nNow let's suppose that they are qualified options (part of an employee option plan open to everyone).  If you weren'r subject to the AMT, then you have no taxable event until you sell the stock.  When you do, you are subject to capital gains tax on the difference between what you sell it at and what you bought it at.\n\nHowever, you are subject to AMT taxes.  This means that when you exercise the options, you have to pay taxes at the AMT rate on the difference between the fair market value and the strike price.  This is just like the non-qualified case -- except that you pay at the 20% AMT rate rather than the higher ordinary tax rate (which could be as high as 39.6%).  The fair market value (price at exercise) becomes your tax bases.  When you eventually sell the stock, any capital gains is taxed at the long or short term capital gains rate where the gain is the difference between the selling price and your tax basis.\n\nHolding onto the stock has risks.  It is possible for the stock to fall below the value of the owed taxes.  This happened to a lot of people during the 2001 burting of the internet bubble.
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YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING !!!   No one should have more than 5 % of their total investments in any one stock.   If you purchased it at $ .50 (total investment = $ 5,000 ), wait til it hits $ 1.00 and then sell off half.  You now have all of your investment back and no matter what happens,  you are safe.  If it goes to $2.00,  sell off another half.    Then just sit back and hope that it goes to $ 10 and splits.  In a few years, you could have 10,000 shares worth $ 100,000 but, in the meantime, you have had no sleepless nights worrying about it.
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Dividends are determined each quarter by the board of directors and will likely be the same approximate percentage of the stock price. (So yes, they will split also, although that is not technically correct).
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The gains realized by a non-resident alien or foreign corporation from the sale of stocks and other securities is not subject to US tax.  The dividends are subject to 30% withholding unless the foreign person is a resident of a country that has a treaty with the US lowering the withholding rate.  See Section 871(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.