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If I buy an ETF am I entitled to the dividends of the stocks within that ETF?

For example: the ETF I am looking at holds Time Warner, eBay, Costco, Sysco. Would I get the dividends that these stocks offer?

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  • NC
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Yes. But read the prospectus, since it may have a provision whereby the administrator automatically reinvests the dividends rather than paying them out.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes and long as you hold the stock on X dividend dates

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