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Lets say I buy 5000 Microsoft shares 1 day or 1 week BEFORE they give you Dividends and then sell AFTER I get paid the Dividends, now Microsoft pays Dividends x 4 in 1 year. Can I repeat this process i.e. buy before and sell after I get the Dividends?

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Lets say I buy 5000 Microsoft shares 1 day or 1 week BEFORE they give you Dividends and then sell AFTER I get paid the Dividends, now Microsoft pays Dividends x 4 in 1 year. Can I repeat this process i.e. buy before and sell after I get the Dividends?

Quick Google search turned up a number of sites with information, but here is one site's opinion on how it usually works:
Dividends

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Quick Google search turned up a number of sites with information, but here is one site's opinion on how it usually works:
Dividends

It's a start...

Enjoy your weekend.

Gary

Wow, thanks for that!! looks like that idea went out the window

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Wow, thanks for that!! looks like that idea went out the window

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