/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>19801226
I think Americans eat more cheese than any other country by a large margin
we put cheese or cheese-like products on everything

is the smart money buying shiny rocks and shiny rock certificates right now?

>>17055646
no
that isn't how it works for anything really

for stocks specifically, the share price can move (any time during market hours + afterhours).
But I assume that you are talking about dividends.
You should read up on them:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dividend.asp

https://www.morningstar.com/articles/630105/dividend-basics-the-mechanics-of-dividend-payments

you should have an understanding of dividend mechanics:
growth and safety (very important)
current yield as a %
payout frequency
div date and record date, etc.
feel free to ask stupid questions here, /biz/ doesn't have a /sqt/