Investing Question

[borosp1]

Does anyone know what is the minimium amount of time/days you can hold a stock that pays a dividend to recieve the dividend payment? I'm assuming you cant buy a stock 1 day and sell it the next and expect to recieve the dividend from the share of stock?

Also anyone know any good stock trading or invesment forum on the net that you can recomend.

 

[Jadow]

you just need to own it on the ex dividend date which = 1 day.

note, when a company pays a dividend, the stock price also goes down by a comparable amount, so you don't really gain anything.