| On May 21, 2026, a federal bank's board voted unanimously to lend roughly 3 billion dollars toward a gold mine on American soil, breaking decades of precedent. Congress raised no objections.
The deposit holds a second metal that China has banned from export to the U.S., and it's the only domestic reserve of its kind. Company filings cite direct partnership with the Department of War, a phrase rarely seen in gold mining disclosures.  |
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| | Gold is hitting record highs, but most investors are leaving income on the table. A $15 fund is quietly paying out up to $1,152 a month to regular investors - no mining stocks, no options, no physical metal required.
Chief Income Strategist Tim Plaehn calls it a breakthrough strategy that transforms gold's rally into reliable monthly payouts. The next distribution is just days away.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, August 5th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AWI Armstrong World Industries | $182.22 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.90% | $0.34 | 18.6% | 8/19/26
| | BBD Banco Bradesco | $3.50 | $0.00
monthly | 1.22% | $0.00 | 20.5% | 9/9/26
| | BBDO Banco Bradesco | $3.31 | $0.00
monthly | 1.27% | $0.00 | 20.5% | 9/9/26
| | EQT EQT | $52.93 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.34% | $0.17 | 15.3% | 9/1/26
| | HFWA Heritage Financial | $30.58 | $0.25
quarterly | 3.30% | $0.24 | 45.7% | 8/19/26
| | IDA IDACORP | $144.67 | $0.88
quarterly | 2.33% | $0.88 | 58.3% | 8/31/26
| | MTG MGIC Investment | $30.97 | $0.17
quarterly | 2.35% | $0.15 | 21.3% | 8/20/26
| | NBBK NB Bancorp | $23.35 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.33% | $0.07 | 18.5% | 8/19/26
| | SYF Synchrony Financial | $79.29 | $0.34
quarterly | 1.88% | $0.30 | 12.3% | 8/17/26
| | UVSP Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania | $44.95 | $0.23
quarterly | 2.10% | $0.23 | 26.6% | 8/19/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. |
Italy in the 90s. Argentina in 2001. Greece in 2009. America was always safe… But now the IMF is projecting that by 2031, US debt will climb to 140% of GDP. That's higher than Greece's debt was when their entire economy collapsed.
When Greece broke, the EU swooped in with $300 billion in emergency bailouts. Greece was fine. But when America crosses that line? There's no one bigger to save us. We ARE the emergency bailout for the rest of the world.
You can't fix $38 trillion in debt. You can't stop Congress from spending. But you CAN control how much of your wealth stays exposed to the fallout.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, August 6th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | BSM Black Stone Minerals | $14.84 | $0.32
quarterly | 8.81% | $0.30 | 100.8% | 8/13/26
| | CCK Crown | $121.16 | $0.35
quarterly | 1.22% | $0.35 | 20.1% | 8/20/26
| | DHI D.R. Horton | $149.13 | $0.45
quarterly | 1.25% | $0.45 | 17.1% | 8/13/26
| | FELE Franklin Electric | $109.66 | $0.28
quarterly | 1.06% | $0.28 | 32.3% | 8/20/26
| | HESM Hess Midstream Partners | $40.42 | $0.79
quarterly | 7.94% | $0.78 | 108.0% | 8/14/26
| | HOPE Hope Bancorp | $14.46 | $0.14
quarterly | 4.05% | $0.14 | 56.0% | 8/20/26
| | KBH KB Home | $57.71 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.76% | $0.25 | 34.8% | 8/20/26
| | MATX Matson | $214.49 | $0.38
quarterly | 0.77% | $0.36 | 10.6% | 9/3/26
| | NWBI Northwest Bancshares | $16.07 | $0.20
quarterly | 5.19% | $0.20 | 77.7% | 8/18/26
| | RNG RingCentral | $60.31 | $0.13
quarterly | 1.29% | $0.08 | 40.0% | 8/20/26
| | SIMO Silicon Motion Technology | $269.52 | $0.50
quarterly | 1.94% | $0.50 | 23.3% | 8/20/26
| | TRS TriMas | $40.52 | $0.04
quarterly | 0.40% | $0.04 | 0.7% | 8/13/26
| | WCN Waste Connections | $166.27 | $0.35
quarterly | 0.83% | $0.35 | 33.7% | 8/20/26
| | WFRD Weatherford International | $89.39 | $0.28
quarterly | 1.32% | $0.28 | 21.7% | 9/3/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, August 7th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ARCB ArcBest | $144.63 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.31% | $0.12 | 69.6% | 8/21/26
| | ARLP Alliance Resource Partners | $26.16 | $0.60
quarterly | 9.36% | $0.60 | 117.1% | 8/14/26
| | AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares | $43.45 | $0.37
quarterly | 3.48% | $0.37 | 44.2% | 8/21/26
| | AZN Astrazeneca | $155.62 | $0.80 | 0.94% | - | 64.9% | 9/8/26
| | BCS Barclays | $28.12 | $0.31 | 2.33% | - | 21.6% | 9/15/26
| | BKR Baker Hughes | $61.52 | $0.23
quarterly | 1.61% | $0.23 | 29.7% | 8/17/26
| | BLX Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior | $59.47 | $0.69
quarterly | 4.65% | $0.69 | 45.4% | 8/25/26
| | CCL Carnival | $29.59 | $0.15
quarterly | 2.25% | $0.15 | 27.0% | 8/28/26
| | CFFN Capitol Federal Financial | $9.23 | $0.09
quarterly | 3.87% | $0.09 | 52.3% | 8/21/26
| | CMS CMS Energy | $71.68 | $0.57
quarterly | 3.13% | $0.57 | 68.5% | 9/1/26
| | CQP Cheniere Energy Partners | $66.50 | $0.78
quarterly | 4.90% | $0.78 | 72.4% | 8/14/26
| | DAN Dana | $27.72 | $0.12
quarterly | 1.75% | $0.12 | 4.7% | 8/28/26
| | ET Energy Transfer | $20.48 | $0.34
quarterly | 6.83% | $0.34 | 112.5% | 8/19/26
| | ETN Eaton | $444.06 | $1.10
quarterly | 1.08% | $1.10 | 44.8% | 8/28/26
| | FCF First Commonwealth Financial | $22.03 | $0.14
quarterly | 2.62% | $0.14 | 34.4% | 8/21/26
| | FE FirstEnergy | $48.37 | $0.47
quarterly | 3.77% | $0.47 | 98.9% | 9/1/26
| | FHI Federated Hermes | $64.34 | $0.38
quarterly | 2.55% | $0.38 | 28.3% | 8/14/26
| | HTH Hilltop | $40.17 | $0.22
quarterly | 2.32% | $0.20 | 32.6% | 8/21/26
| | HWM Howmet Aerospace | $290.74 | $0.14
quarterly | 0.19% | $0.12 | 11.1% | 8/25/26
| | JBHT J.B. Hunt Transport Services | $273.07 | $0.45
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.45 | 25.5% | 8/21/26
| | LAD Lithia Motors | $370.78 | $0.70
quarterly | 0.66% | $0.57 | 7.6% | 8/21/26
| | LW Lamb Weston | $52.80 | $0.38
quarterly | 3.07% | $0.38 | 73.1% | 9/4/26
| | MAIN Main Street Capital | $56.96 | $0.27
monthly | 5.55% | $0.26 | 66.9% | 8/14/26
| | MPLX Mplx | $60.21 | $1.08
quarterly | 7.26% | $1.08 | 93.3% | 8/14/26
| | MT ArcelorMittal | $75.05 | $0.15
quarterly | 0.98% | $0.15 | 21.6% | 9/9/26
| | NSC Norfolk Southern | $339.99 | $1.35
quarterly | 1.63% | $1.35 | 46.1% | 8/20/26
| | ODC Oil-Dri Corporation Of America | $98.93 | $0.23
quarterly | 1.17% | $0.21 | 21.1% | 8/21/26
| | PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners | $110.05 | $0.50
quarterly | 1.94% | $0.50 | 27.5% | 8/28/26
| | RELX Relx | $36.76 | $0.28 | 1.63% | $0.66 | - | 9/15/26
| | RYAAY Ryanair | $60.71 | $0.44
special | - | - | 17.1% | 9/28/26
| | SSB SouthState Bank | $109.63 | $0.66
quarterly | 2.61% | $0.60 | 25.2% | 8/14/26
| | SUN Sunoco | $74.27 | $1.00
quarterly | 5.39% | $0.99 | 101.3% | 8/19/26
| | SUNC SunocoCorp | $73.27 | $1.00
quarterly | 5.31% | $0.99 | 185.9% | 8/19/26
| | SXI Standex International | $326.39 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.44% | $0.34 | 15.7% | 8/21/26
| | TMP Tompkins Financial | $101.62 | $0.70
quarterly | 2.77% | $0.67 | 54.1% | 8/14/26
| | UL Unilever | $64.03 | $0.53
quarterly | 3.16% | $0.54 | - | 9/18/26
| | WFC Wells Fargo & Company | $88.45 | $0.50
quarterly | 2.30% | $0.45 | 26.2% | 9/1/26
| | WSFS WSFS Financial | $82.36 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.99% | $0.20 | 13.4% | 8/21/26
| | WTTR Select Water Solutions | $18.40 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.35% | $0.07 | 133.3% | 8/19/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
| Dividend Stock IdeasThis is a list of companies that meet common criteria that investors use to evaluate dividend stocks. This list contains companies that have dividend yields greater than 3%, payout ratios of less than 75% (or less than 100% for REITs), five-year average annual dividend growth of at least 1.5% and a minimum market cap of $1 billion. |
| | Company | Dividend Yield | Annual Payout | Payout Ratio | Annual Dividend Growth | P/E Ratio | Market Cap | | TBCG TBC Bank Group PLC | 5.24% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.92 | £2.73K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 27.05% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $3.23K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.67% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.33 | GEL517.28K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.70% | $1.56 | 93.98% | 4.36% | 8.03 | $1.67K | | PRGO Perrigo Company plc | 10.86% | $1.16 | N/A | 5.21% | N/A | $1.47K |
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