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• EX-DIVIDEND (EX-DIV)
  
  Time period between a company's announcement of a dividend and the payout date. When a stock is trading ex-dividend, it means that investors who buy the company's stock will not be able to collect the most recently declared dividend. In stock listings, ex-dividend is indicated by a lower-case "x".
  
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