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### Role of next month's dividends in forward pricing

A long equity forward position initiated at $t=0$ for delivery at $T$ can be replicated by borrowing cash to purchase the stock at $t=0$, carrying that stock up to $T$ and paying the interests on the ...
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### Structured product sellers and div swaps

To add to the above on a more practical note: In general, SP desks make money on the individual product when the underlying declines. Dividends make the underlying decline, hence they are naturally ...
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### Free dividend data API for non-US stocks

Yahoo Finance For example BASF (listed in Germany): https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BAS.DE/history?period1=796867200&period2=1589932800&interval=div%7Csplit&filter=div&frequency=1d ...
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### Equity Forward Price calculation

There is no real "risk-free" rate. Now to answer your question, $r$ is time-dependent and should correspond to the repo rate corresponding to the maturity of your forward. In $I$, dividends should ...
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### Is it possible to use options to increase the yield of a dividend paying stock?

The advantage is that you get to keep the option premium. The obvious drawback is that your option can be exercised. You’re effectively capping your maximum gains on stock price increase.
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