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  1. What are Interim and Final Dividends?
  2. Where can I obtain a list of dates that dividends are paid?
  3. When does a company decide which shareholders get a dividend?
  4. Is there a way to access ex dividend dates for companies without having to access each one separately?
  5. How long do I have to hold a share to get the dividend?
  6. If a stock gives a sell signal, should I wait until the dividend is paid before selling?
  7. Is there a simple formula to calculate the grossed up dividend yield?
  8. When am I entitled to a dividend when I sell a share?
  9. When am I entitled to a dividend when I buy a share?
  10. The PE ratio is often said to be the number of times you pay for earnings. But you cannot spend earnings. Wouldn't price to dividend be better?
  11. If a share is sold for $39.00, less than 90 days after purchase, will the return to an investor be greater if he bought cum an 80c dividend at $35.00 or on the ex dividend date for $34.20?
  12. Where can I find payment and book closing dates for dividends?
  13. Should the Qantas chart have been adjusted for the dividend on 9/11/00, which was about 10% of the price?
  14. When does a shareholder become entitled to a dividend?
  15. Why has my data vendor adjusted the back data for the Qantas special dividend - I thought that no adjustment should be made for dividends?
  16. Could you enlighten me as to the payments of dividends? Are you entitled to dividends from the moment you purchase shares in a company, do you have to have been a shareholder for over a year, do you have to be a shareholder on the anniversary date of the dividend issue?
  17. What is dividend per share (DPS)?
  18. What is the ex-dividend day?