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Many users have asked for dividend support.  I apologize that is has taken me so long, but rest assured I am working on it!

Thanks for being patient,

-theo
By Theo at 2006-02-21 23:16 | Feature requests | previous forum topic | next forum topic

Dividends are here!

I am pleased to announce that StokBlogs now supports dividends.  You should start noticing dividend transactions in your portfolio.

Due to technological limitations, however, special dividends and annual dividends (dividends paid once a year rather than every quarter) will still need to be manually entered.  Please contact if this applies to you.

As well, please report any discrepancies you find with dividends in general.  StokBlogs is a community-driven site and we rely heavily on your feedback.  Thank you all and happy investing!


By Theo at Sat, 2006-04-15 18:15 | login or register to post comments

Great!

Thanks Theo!

Greg
By Greg at Mon, 2006-04-17 09:08 | login or register to post comments

Flaw in dividend accounting

Theo,

Let me point out a little flaw in your accounting for dividends.  I noticed that I got credit for a dividend from IEF that I didn't deserve.  The way the system is today, it appears that if a user buys a stock AFTER the ex-dividend date but ON or BEFORE the dividend payment date, he still receives the dividend.  You should somehow monitor the ex-dividend dates.
By Bruno at Mon, 2006-07-10 11:20 | login or register to post comments

RE: Flaw in dividend accounting

You are right!  I will fix that to credit dividends only if the investor owns the stock on the ex-dividend date.

thanks,

-theo
By Theo at Mon, 2006-07-10 12:13 | login or register to post comments

CALC

Theo-

One of my holdings, CALC, paid a $12.50 per share special dividend on 9/28 and it doesn't appear my portfolio reflects it.
By Brian at Sun, 2006-10-08 20:52 | login or register to post comments

RE: CALC

Hi Brian,

Problem fixed.  It still shows a loss for CALC, but the cash has been deposited to your account.  I need to change the software to display total return in the portfolio.


-theo
By Theo at Mon, 2006-10-09 00:37 | login or register to post comments

dividends

Dividends for SOM-UN.TO (Canadian income trust) are not being credited.

the dividends are not shown on Y! finance. but if you go here on TSX.com you can see that it pays $0.60/year. It's paid out monthly at $0.05/share.

Pat
By Pat at Sun, 2006-10-22 20:51 | login or register to post comments

RE: dividends

Fixed.  If other users have Income Trusts not crediting their dividends, please send me an email.  Indeed it seems Yahoo doesn't feed that information properly.  Until I find an automated way of fixing this, I will have to enter these transactions manually.

sorry about any inconvenience,

-theo
By Theo at Thu, 2006-10-26 11:19 | login or register to post comments