| The four largest gold miners are generating record free cash flow, even with gold pulling back from recent highs. Margins as high as 75 percent make this the most profitable stretch in their history.
Yet junior gold miners, the prime buyout targets for these cash-rich majors, are still priced as if gold were stuck at 1800 dollars an ounce instead of today's levels.
Analyst Garrett Goggin calls this the Golden Anomaly, a gap he says rarely lasts long once a gold bull market gets going.  |
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| | The Wall Street Journal is already raising the alarm about a potential market crash, and Weiss Ratings research points to the first half of 2026 as a particularly rough stretch for certain holdings.
Some of America's most popular stocks could take serious damage as a radical market shift plays out. Analysts at Weiss Ratings have identified five names you may want to remove from your portfolio before this unfolds.
If any of these are in your portfolio, now is the time to review your positions.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Tuesday, September 8th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AEE Ameren | $106.34 | $0.75
quarterly | 2.73% | $0.75 | 52.8% | 9/30/26
| | AJG Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | $262.24 | $0.70
quarterly | 1.04% | $0.70 | 46.4% | 9/18/26
| | BLK BlackRock | $1,121.85 | $5.73
quarterly | 2.17% | $5.73 | 54.8% | 9/22/26
| | BWLP BW LPG | $24.77 | $8.89
quarterly | 148.81% | $6.20 | 129.3% | 9/16/26
| | CI Cigna Group | $282.24 | $1.56
quarterly | 2.19% | $1.56 | 25.8% | 9/23/26
| | CIB Grupo Cibest | $100.55 | $1.63
special | - | - | 103.5% | 9/15/26
| | CNI Canadian National Railway | $123.42 | $0.92
quarterly | 2.00% | $0.92 | 47.3% | 9/29/26
| | EBC Eastern Bankshares | $22.24 | $0.15
quarterly | 2.65% | $0.15 | 34.1% | 9/22/26
| | HAFN Hafnia | $9.21 | $0.50
quarterly | 23.63% | $0.29 | 87.1% | 9/18/26
| | HBM HudBay Minerals | $27.45 | $0.01
quarterly | 0.13% | $0.01 | 1.2% | 9/25/26
| | HTHT H World Group | $45.77 | $0.87 | 3.73% | $1.30 | 112.8% | 9/22/26
| | ITT ITT | $203.51 | $0.39
quarterly | 0.72% | $0.39 | 30.2% | 10/5/26
| | KTB Kontoor Brands | $73.49 | $0.53
quarterly | 2.53% | $0.53 | 44.3% | 9/18/26
| | MAIN Main Street Capital | $57.78 | $0.27
monthly | 5.55% | $0.27 | 64.1% | 9/15/26
| | MZTI Marzetti | $105.39 | $1.00
quarterly | 3.42% | $1.00 | 57.4% | 9/30/26
| | RAL Ralliant | $63.46 | $0.05
quarterly | 0.30% | $0.05 | -1.8% | 9/23/26
| | RCI Rogers Communication | $37.50 | $0.50
quarterly | 4.31% | $0.50 | 17.5% | 10/2/26
| | ROST Ross Stores | $230.69 | $0.45
quarterly | 0.76% | $0.45 | 21.5% | 9/30/26
| | SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera | $76.52 | $1.44
special | - | - | 54.6% | 9/21/26
| | SWK Stanley Black & Decker | $97.24 | $0.84
quarterly | 3.84% | $0.83 | 82.0% | 9/22/26
| | WDC Western Digital | $467.46 | $0.15
quarterly | 0.12% | $0.15 | 2.5% | 9/17/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Bank of America raised its stake in a small gold company by 139%. Jane Street increased its position by 159%, and Millennium by 122%.
Kopernik Global made it their largest holding, owning roughly 8% of the company. It holds rights to an 88 million ounce deposit with existing roads, power, and permits that never expire.
Market cap sits near $4 billion against a deposit worth hundreds of billions at current gold prices.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, September 9th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AVT Avnet | $92.06 | $0.37
quarterly | 1.70% | $0.35 | 35.1% | 9/23/26
| | BDX Becton, Dickinson and Company | $184.78 | $1.05
quarterly | 2.53% | $1.05 | 126.5% | 9/30/26
| | CME CME Group | $281.29 | $1.30
quarterly | 1.97% | $1.30 | 44.1% | 9/25/26
| | EG Everest Group | $380.55 | $2.00
quarterly | 2.20% | $2.00 | 16.9% | 9/25/26
| | EPC Edgewell Personal Care | $28.78 | $0.15
quarterly | 2.05% | $0.15 | -30.0% | 10/8/26
| | HPQ HP | $32.66 | $0.30
quarterly | 4.94% | $0.30 | 45.8% | 10/7/26
| | KSS Kohl's | $19.47 | $0.13
quarterly | 2.67% | $0.13 | 21.8% | 9/23/26
| | NWS News | $33.90 | $0.10 | 0.60% | - | 19.4% | 10/7/26
| | NWSA News | $30.39 | $0.10 | 0.68% | - | 19.4% | 10/7/26
| | PEG Public Service Enterprise Group | $73.57 | $0.67
quarterly | 3.44% | $0.67 | 66.7% | 9/30/26
| | QFIN Qfin | $9.06 | $0.46 | 10.32% | $0.78 | 37.0% | 10/1/26
| | RUSHA Rush Enterprises | $50.95 | $0.14
quarterly | 0.71% | $0.19 | 25.3% | 9/24/26
| | RUSHB Rush Enterprises | $51.82 | $0.14
quarterly | 0.72% | $0.19 | 25.3% | 9/24/26
| | SFL SFL | $12.85 | $0.22
quarterly | 7.34% | $0.22 | 183.3% | 9/22/26
| | SPG Simon Property Group | $209.49 | $2.25
quarterly | 4.09% | $2.25 | 63.5% | 9/30/26
| | TFSL TFS Financial | $17.57 | $0.32
quarterly | 7.09% | $0.28 | 313.9% | 9/23/26
| | YUM Yum! Brands | $150.58 | $0.75
quarterly | 1.95% | $0.75 | 37.7% | 9/18/26
| | 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 | 3.97% | GBX 897.92 | 33.81% | 5.29% | 1.92 | £2.81K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 24.12% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $3.44K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.58% | $1.56 | 95.12% | 4.36% | 8.23 | $1.74K | | CYRBY Cyrela Brazil Realty SA | 9.42% | $0.44 | 46.81% | 11.38% | 5.02 | $1.81K | | WPP WPP plc | 4.05% | GBX 31.90 | N/A | 4.75% | N/A | £4.04K |
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