RE:RE:Ex-dividend today April 24th @$1.38 cdn.Splitfunding wrote: I never quite understood why stocks drop with the ex-dividend. It's not like the money is somehow directly taken out of the market cap.
It is a promise "to take money out" of the company's treasury and return it to the shareholders at a later date, called the payout date. Markets are sensitive to future actions, especially those that are guaranteed to occur.