If it was that simple, everyone would do it!

I have proclaimed time and again how much I love the dividend income from a balance stock portfolio. I have had friends ask me lots of questions about it. One question that comes up is can you just buy a stock by the ex-dividend date, claim the dividend, and then sell right afterwards? The answer is YES….you can. So if it was that simple to make that kind of free money, wouldn’t everyone be doing it? The answer to that question is also YES….but it is not that easy and simple of course.

Here is an article for your review speaking to the Dividend Capture Strategy.

The Dividend Capture Strategy: What It Is and Why I Like Dividend Growth Investing Better | Dividends and Income