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Michael Nagle/Bloomberg
X marks the spot, as the saying goes.
But for investors considering whether to buy a stock, it’s ex marks the spot—as in when a stock goes ex-dividend.
Here’s a hypothetical example of a company’s dividend cycle:
The…
