Usually, a quotation is set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma; however, the typography of quoted material can become quite complicated. Here is one simple rule to remember: In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of logic.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for General Electric (NYSE: GE) is tomorrow, February 21, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 19 cents per share. At a price of $23.75 as of 9:31 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.3%.
The ex-dividend date, also known as the reinvestment date, is an investment term involving the timing of payment of dividends on stocks of corporations, income trusts, and other financial holdings, both publicly and privately held.