And that confirms that the price was adjusted down because all orders are cancelled due to the drop in share price for dividend pay outs. Consider this... If someone bought today they would have technically (granted that there was no market activity to influence price) have gotten the adjusted "lower" stock price AS WELL as the divided. That's win win and is not how it works. There are few of us that are on the same page. Keep it up!
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