HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Dividend trade roll or playThe financial definition for Dividend trade roll or play:Used for listed equity securities. Method of buying and selling stocks around their ex-dividend dates so as to collect the dividend (which is 80% tax-exempt) offset by a fully-taxable capital loss. Predicated on the 80% current exemption that some corporations receive on dividend income. Similar MatchesAccumulated dividendAccumulated dividendA dividend that has reached its due date, but is not paid out. See: Cumulative preferred stock. Cum dividendCum dividendWith dividend; said of a stock whose buyer is eligible to receive a declared dividend. Stocks are usually "cum dividend" for trades made on or before the fifth trading day preceding the record date, when the register of eligible holders is closed for that dividend period. Antithesis of ex-dividend. Cumulative dividend featureCumulative dividend featureA requirement that any missed preferred or preference stock dividends be paid in full before any common dividend payment is made. Further SuggestionsDiscounted dividend model (DDM)Dividend capture Dividend clawback Dividend clientele Dividend Disbursing Agent Dividend Discount Model (DDM) Dividend Discount Return Click to compare definitions of Dividend trade roll or play Click to view definitions beginning di |