Apparently Vanguard likes to keep their ETF ex-dividend and distribution dates a secret until just a couple days before the event. It has that old mutual fund feel to it—”we’ll give you a quote after-market and allow you to buy or sell our stuff at the end of the day, otherwise go away…” As a result, the dates below are just guesses, based on previous year’s …
See updated information on IVV’s dividends see this post. For updated OEF dividend information see this post. See this excellent ETF Database post if you’re interested in the differences between the main S&P 500 Index ETFs. See this post for ex-dividend information on many ETFs.
SPY went ex-dividend December 17th, 2010. The payout will be $0.6528 per share. The paydate will be 31-January-2011. In premarket on the 17th SPY was trading around 124.17, after closing at 124.82 in regular trading Thursday. It looks like some poor soul had a buy order in at 124.74 that filled in the pre-market—ex-dividend day drops at the beginning of trading are one of the …
Pay Date information from SPDR For ex-dividend information about other ETFs see ETF dividend information, including ex-div and pay dates. For dividend history on other ETFs see Dividend history.
For updated information about SPY’s ex-dividend and payout dates see this post.
