The declaration date is when a company announces its next dividend payment; it's also an option's expiration date. Once a dividend is declared, it becomes the company's legal responsibility to ...

YTD measures stock performance from the start of the current year. YTD is used for clear, consistent start points in ongoing market activity. Using YTD alone can skew stock performance insights; ...

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Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...