Did You Trade Today? What and Why?

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(04-01-2015, 08:15 AM)Main Street Stock Investor Wrote: Sold 50% of position in KRFT.

Purchase date/price: 8/13/14 / $56.38
Liquidation date/price: 3/30/15 / $87.81

Holding Period, 7.5 months
Gain = $31.43/share

Nice gain but you didn't want to wait a single week for ex-dividend? Also, when is record date for the special dividend?