Whatever day your mutual fund goes ex-dividend, the total amount of the dividend is used to purchase additional shares at the end of the day.

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In January, at an investor's conference one day before its ex-dividend date, Verizon indicated that the 2009 full-year earnings it was soon to report would fall short of analysts' estimates.

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The ex-date is the day on or after which a security is traded without a previously declared dividend or distribution.

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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, IRM and CLX collectively make up 2.19% of the WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund ETF (DTN) which is up by about 0.1% on the day Wednesday.

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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, TWC and LMT collectively make up 2.99% of the WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund ETF (DTN) which is up by about 0.8% on the day Thursday.

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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, MDT and DUK collectively make up 3.34% of the WisdomTree Dividend ex-Financials Fund ETF (DTN) which is higher by about 0.1% on the day Tuesday.

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