That's important—this really does happen, stocks really do drop in price on the ex-dividend date.

这很重要——这种情况确实会发生，股价通常会在除息日下跌。

The answer is generally not because if you buy the stock before it goes ex-dividend, you get--you have to pay a higher price, but you get the dividend.

答案一般来说是不用,如果你买了股票,是在除息之前买的,你的买入价高,但能分到红

They'll tell someone, hurry up and buy this stock because it's going to go ex-dividend.

他们告诉买家，迅速买入这支股票，因为它马上要除息了。

That's an important — this really does happen, stocks really do drop in price on ex-dividend date.

这很重要，公司就是这么做的，股价通常会在除息日下跌。

There's a term for that — they call it going ex-dividend.

有一个专门的术语，叫做“除息”。