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Re:Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling by JMTQp8lwXL on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @11:42PM (#20816609)
But since you know everything about the future, you already know that the company will pay future dividends. That would be instantaneously priced in to your perfect information scenario.
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Re:Opioid crisis: Johnson and Johnson hit by landmark ruling by dllthomas on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:02AM (#20816677)
The dividend payment isn't unexpected - we all knew it would happen on that day. But since it's in the past now instead of the future, the stock is going to be paying out ($X - $d) instead of $X in what remains of the company's life.
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