Dividends
We automatically process your dividends. Cash dividends are credited as cash to your child’s Trump Account, and then automatically reinvested back into the ETF that earned them.
To view your received and scheduled dividends:
If you have dividends that are scheduled but haven’t been paid yet, they’ll show as Pending. Note that we pay dividends when the issuer processes the dividend payments, so your dividend may be delayed if the issuer payment is delayed.
You’ll find the scheduled date and amount listed next to the ETF’s symbol. Recently-paid dividends are listed just below pending dividends, and you can select any listed dividend for more information.
Dividends will be paid at the end of the trading day on the designated payment date. Fractional share dividend payments will be split based on the fraction of shares owned, then rounded to the nearest penny.
Your child's account automatically qualifies for and receives all dividends paid by the investments it holds.
Sometimes we may have to reverse a dividend after it has been credited to the account. If this occurs, you can view the reversed dividend in History → Dividends. You can select any reversed dividend for more information.
The following are some of the most common dividend reversal scenarios.
If the rate was updated after payment was credited to the account, we’ll reverse the inaccurate dividend and apply the correct rate. The correct dividend and payment will show up in the app as paid. These rate changes are determined by the issuer, not by us. Some common reasons include when the company of a stock or commodity held within the ETF amend their:
We may process a dividend that gets recalled and need to reverse the dividend completely. Dividends may get recalled by the DTCC or by the issuing company. If this occurs, you can find the reversed dividend in History → Dividends, as well as in the monthly account statement.
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