. . . date-itemized distributed dividends that are positive, and both negative and positive amounts add up to a net total in the box 1A "ordinary dividends" on form 1099-DIV? They add up to a positive net total. Or, are the negative amounts being used by the brokerage firm as some type of accounting method [...]
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How can distributed "dividends" from a normally-taxed, US-traded mutual fund possibly be negative in between?
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2010
Who should report dividends or interest on a joint account?
Posted by admin on March 31st, 2010
If someone has a joint account with someone other than a spouse, who is responsible for reporting dividends or interest when filing taxes? Is it split in half? Does it matter whose name is first on the account? Also, do dividends have to be reported if they are all automatically reinvested? Thanks! Related Blogs Increasing [...]
How can I tell how much dividends a stock pays per share?
Posted by admin on March 31st, 2010
I am trying to find a stock that pays high dividends relative to their stock price? How do I determine how much dividends a stock pays out per share? Say I have 100 shares of Pepsico, how much dividends will be paid out to me every quarter? Related Blogs Manny Acta's Stock Price Up Slightly [...]
What is the importance of dividends if the price drops the dividend amount?
Posted by admin on March 31st, 2010
I am trying to figure things out about dividends. It appears that if a stock has a quarterly dividend, the stock will drop in price when the ex dividend date comes along. If this is how it works, then what good are dividends? So is cashing out the only benefit? Wow! All of these answers [...]
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Posted by admin on March 31st, 2010
Please give me a brief explanation of: 1) What is a stock? 2) What is a share? Is a stock what customers buy? Related Blogs Sustaining Search Market Share Important for AOL's Stock « Note of … Stock Watch: 3/30 | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball Jim Cramer's Radio Stock Play: Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE …
How do Dividends and Dividend Reinvestment Plans work with stocks?
Posted by admin on March 30th, 2010
Say I buy a stock. Do I select whether I want dividends to be reinvested or not, or how does it work? If I select not to reinvest, then how do I get the dividends paid (check, show up as cash in my account?)? If I select to reinvest, are new shares bought on a [...]
