Distributions

[sf_leseon]

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[Tradecision Support Team]

The Distributions command adjusts the price data for the selected symbol for a distribution. Distribution is a company's payment of cash, stock, or physical products to their shareholders. Distribution may include dividends from earnings, capital gains from sale of portfolio holdings and return of capital.

Investment management companies (i.e., mutual funds) at regular intervals distribute money that they made by trading in the shares they hold to their shareholders. These are called distributions or dividends, and a shareholder has to pay taxes on these payments. Fund distributions can be made by check or by investing in additional shares.

[muscalper]

Payments from fund or corporate cash flow. May include dividends from earnings, capital gains from sale of portfolio holdings and return of capital. Fund distributions can be made by check or by investing in additional shares. Funds are required to distribute capital gains (if any) to shareholders at least once per year. Some Corporations offer Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRP).

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