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  • 121Dividend Discount Model - DDM — A procedure for valuing the price of a stock by using predicted dividends and discounting them back to present value. The idea is that if the value obtained from the DDM is higher than what the shares are currently trading at, then the stock is… …

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  • 122Dividend Drag — A disadvantage of the dividend structure of unit trust exchange traded funds (ETFs) that results from SEC rules that stipulate that passively managed ETFs cannot reinvest dividends back into the portfolio. ETFs must instead accumulate the… …

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  • 123Dividend Irrelevance Theory — A theory that investors are not concerned with a company s dividend policy since they can sell a portion of their portfolio of equities if they want cash. The dividend irrelevance theory essentially indicates that an issuance of dividends should… …

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  • 124dividend disbursing agent — A commercial bank or financial institution that disburses dividend to the securityholders. Usually a transfer agent is also the dividend disbursing agent. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 125dividend discount model — ( DDM) A method to value the common stock of a company that is based on the present value of the expected future dividends. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * *    ► See DDM. * * * dividend discount model UK US noun [C] ► …

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  • 126dividend option — ( DVOP) Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary Distribution of a dividend to shareholders with a choice of benefit to receive. Shareholders may choose to receive shares, cash or both. Euroclear Clearing and Settlement glossary See optional… …

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  • 127dividend option — (DVOP) Distribution of a dividend to shareholders with a choice of benefit to receive. Shareholders may choose to receive shares, cash or both. See optional dividend …

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  • 128dividend warrant — /ˌdɪvɪdend wɒrənt/ noun a cheque which makes payment of a dividend (NOTE: The US term is dividend check.) …

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