I don't get the point of this exercise. There is no free lunch or free money sitting on the floor to be picked up by retail investors on the stock exchanges. If you capture the dividend, then when you sell the stock later, it will be lower by the amount of the dividend. You gain nothing except the privilege of paying two comissions.
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There is no free lunch or free money sitting on the floor to be picked up by retail investors on the stock exchanges.
If you capture the dividend, then when you sell the stock later, it will be lower by the amount of the dividend.
You gain nothing except the privilege of paying two comissions.