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Re:Buybacks at $46B a Month Dwarf Everything in U.S. Market ... by tomp on Monday April 04, 2016 @11:19AM (#11422538)
Well, the stock price might have changed because of some news or general market sentiment. I guess I could have found a better example, a stock where the dividend is much bigger (percentage-wise), the effect would be much clearer then.

Edit: e.g. EWM (an ETF, I think)

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=EWM&d=3&e=4&f=2016&g=d&a...

No, shorting doesn't work that way, obviously. "Shorting" means you sell he stock, so the new owner gets the dividend, not you. That's one reason shorting equities is very risky long-term.

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Re:Buybacks at $46B a Month Dwarf Everything in U.S. Market ... by JDDunn9 on Monday April 04, 2016 @01:11PM (#11423532)
The ex-dividend date is an implementation flaw that makes the stock price discontinuous at the dividend date (I initially misunderstood this). However, in theory, a pro-rata dividend would be continuous.
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Re:Buybacks at $46B a Month Dwarf Everything in U.S. Market ... by tomp on Monday April 04, 2016 @02:27PM (#11424142)
Yes. That's what happens with bonds (clean vs dirty price). It's more complicated with equities because the size of the payout isn't known in advance.
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