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2007-04-06 14:40:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
It all depends upong the type of stocks you have. Some stocks pay what are called dividends. They are usually amount paid to you every quarter. If you do not get dividends then the only way for you to make money off of your portfolio is to sell them.
One example of a dividend paying company is Fulton Bank.
2007-04-06 14:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by Beasty 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not only can you make money off of dividends, but you can rent your stocks by selling options to people that want to short (the believe the market is going to go down) the stock. They take the stock and sell it and then they hope the market will go down and then they buy the stock at a lower rate and then give you back those shares. If you don't care what the stock price is, you can keep collecting those dividends and the rent money from options. In fact the "iorn condor" is an option strategy for those holding stocks that they believe won't really go up or down.
2007-04-07 03:55:19 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yes indeed! Many stocks pay a quarterly dividend; a small part of the company's profits is divided by the number of shares, and the money is sent to the shareholders.
If you look at the quotes for stocks, many of them will show a "dividend yield", which is the percentage of the current price paid out each year...
For example, for every share of Duke Power a shareholder earns, Duke currently pay 84 cents. If you owned 1000 shares of Duke Power, you'd get a check for $210 every three months.
2007-04-06 21:49:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you buy what are called "preferred shares" then you will receive dividends from the company. These are useful if you dont want to go for capital gains, however, dividends do not receive as good a tax treatment as capital gains do, at least in Canada they dont
2007-04-08 02:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by Climax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if they pay divideds. The company will disburse a check to your broker in the amount of the dividend. Your broker will reinvest it or send you a check, depending on how you set up your account.
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2007-04-07 00:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by SWH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get quarterly dividends, by holding them and not selling them. And if you get options trading approval from your broker, you can write covered calls, and get money that way.
2007-04-06 21:48:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) Yes.
2) Some companies pay dividends each quarter or each year.
2007-04-07 03:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋