Dividend Jumping: Part Six

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Okay, OKAY Porwest. Let's start digging in shall we? Now that we've gotten some of the 'philosophy' out of the way, I guess it is time to start digging in to what we are setting out to do here. Pardon me in advance that while this is simple, it is also complicated. It just is what it is. And to that end there does need to be some groundwork laid before we can REALLY get to the meat of that matter here. What is dividend jumping, and how do I do it? Unfortunately that is something we will still need to get into a bit later. But trust me, I will get there soon. Some basic ground still needs to be covered yet so it can be fully understood what we need to know in order to be 'informed' when we pick a stock to dividend jump. In part two I explained what dividends are. But now we need to know a little bit more about dividends. There are essentially three things I am going to focus on here; the announcement date, the ex-dividend date, and the payable date. The ex-dividend date is the one part we need to be very aware of, and understand the mechanics of in order for the process to work in our favor. AND it is what complicates matters a bit as well. I will explain the ex-dividend in more detail later.