Where can I find the dividend payout ratios for all industries? [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 5 answers

What is the easiest to use software out there for calculating basis and costs for DRIP stock accounts? [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2007 - 2 answers

What happens if you buy a stock between the ex-dividend date and the dividend date? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2006 - 8 answers

According to numerous reports I've read in the last few days worth of the Business Section of the newspaper, Microsoft's "stock price can be expected to fall by the amount of the dividend." That's the one-time $3 dividend that is coming sometime soon for those of you who don't follow this sort of thing. Anyway... I don't get it? Why is the stock price expceted to drop about $3 the day after this dividend? I like to think of myself as knowledgeble about the markets, and I understand that this dividend will remove $3 per share out of the bank for M$, but aren't stock prices valued more in terms of the value of the company and its holdings rather than simply the value of the money in the bank?
posted on Nov 10, 2004 - 12 answers