If you’re thinking about investing in stocks that pay dividends then you need to know the meaning and importance of “record date” or “date of record” and the “ex-dividend date” or “ex-date.” Why? Because these dates determine when a stock purchaser is entitled to dividend payments. If you don’t know what those terms mean you […]
Buying and Selling Cyclical Stocks
While markets can have cycles certain markets are better defined as “cyclical”. One example of a cyclical market is the “energy and production” or “E & P” market. At the moment the price for a barrel of oil is down, significantly, from not too distant highs. Is this movement unpredictable? No. The question is “do […]