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Dividend reinvestment plans allow you to increase your investment in a company over time by automatically reinvesting cash dividends in new shares rather than receiving the dividends in cash.
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Corporate actions are initiated by a company or corporation, for the purpose of giving an entitlement to shareholders. There are two types of corporate actions – voluntary and mandatory.
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One important method of fundamental analysis is assessing earnings per share. Earnings per share (EPS) is the proportion of a company’s profit that can be attributed to each outstanding ordinary share in the company.
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CommSec offers a 'One Off Trade' (OOT) service for clients who do not wish to open a trading account but have an issuer sponsored holding they wish to sell. In order to sell your shares via the One Off Trade service you must have an existing account with the Commonwealth Bank or have a CommSec trading Find out more.
A dividend is a portion of the company's profits paid out to shareholders. To be eligible for a dividend, you must purchase the stock during or prior to the cum-dividend trading period and hold the stock on the ex-dividend date. Find out more.
Settlement for your trades takes place two (2) business days (T+2) after your order has been partially or fully executed. When you buy shares, cleared funds must be available in your nominated account by 8am on the second business day (settlement day). When you sell shares, the proceeds will be placed in your account overnight on the second business day after the sale, and will be available to you on the next business day. Find out more.
A cross trade occurs when a broker executes an order to buy and sell the same security at the same time, in which both the buyer and seller are clients of the broker. Find out more.
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