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| | Marc Chaikin, founder of Chaikin Analytics, says two forces - AI disruption and fracturing global trade - are triggering a historic wealth transfer already underway in 2026. Household names like Intuit (-57%), Boston Scientific (-49%), and Tractor Supply (-40%) are cratering, while lesser-known companies like Sandisk (+573%) and Rackspace (+444%) surge.
Chaikin has identified specific stocks he believes investors should sell before they fall further - and the names may surprise you. He's also pinpointing a company tapped as Nvidia's self-driving partner and a potential AI megadeal that could split into three high-growth stocks.
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, July 10th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AAP Advance Auto Parts | $55.29 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.71% | $0.25 | 138.9% | 7/24/26
| | AEO American Eagle Outfitters | $16.37 | $0.13
quarterly | 2.84% | $0.13 | 30.9% | 7/24/26
| | BKU BankUnited | $47.61 | $0.33
quarterly | 2.62% | $0.33 | 36.8% | 7/31/26
| | BRC Brady | $89.39 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.15% | $0.25 | 22.3% | 7/31/26
| | BTI British American Tobacco | $61.42 | $0.83
quarterly | 5.61% | $0.83 | - | 8/19/26
| | DRI Darden Restaurants | $201.22 | $1.62
quarterly | 3.05% | $1.50 | 57.8% | 8/3/26
| | GIS General Mills | $36.38 | $0.61
quarterly | 6.49% | $0.61 | -1,355.6% | 8/3/26
| | HLIO Helios Technologies | $79.28 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.57% | $0.12 | 26.4% | 7/24/26
| | LEN Lennar | $83.62 | $0.50
quarterly | 2.13% | $0.50 | 31.3% | 7/24/26
| | LNC Lincoln National | $38.78 | $0.45
quarterly | 5.13% | $0.45 | 20.9% | 8/3/26
| | MORN Morningstar | $165.03 | $0.50
quarterly | 0.92% | $0.50 | 20.4% | 7/31/26
| | MRVL Marvell Technology | $231.71 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.09% | $0.06 | 8.2% | 7/30/26
| | NTAP NetApp | $165.40 | $0.52
quarterly | 1.46% | $0.52 | 32.7% | 7/29/26
| | ORCL Oracle | $140.57 | $0.50
quarterly | 0.99% | $0.50 | 34.3% | 7/24/26
| | SAIC Science Applications International | $113.24 | $0.37
quarterly | 1.42% | $0.37 | 16.7% | 7/24/26
| | SUNB Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. Common Stock | $70.26 | $0.75
quarterly | 3.96% | - | 405.4% | 7/24/26
| | T AT&T | $21.06 | $0.28
quarterly | 4.97% | $0.28 | 37.2% | 8/3/26
| | TD Toronto Dominion Bank | $118.50 | $1.12
quarterly | 2.86% | $1.08 | 48.5% | 7/31/26
| | TOL Toll Brothers | $145.86 | $0.26
quarterly | 0.69% | $0.26 | 7.9% | 7/24/26
| | VZ Verizon Communications | $42.47 | $0.71
quarterly | 6.31% | $0.71 | 69.0% | 8/3/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. |
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI all signed a White House commitment to fund every megawatt their AI projects require. But money alone can't solve the bottleneck - new power capacity takes years to come online.
Kevin O'Leary calls it the picks-and-shovels play for AI and Bitcoin. He's a strategic investor in a NASDAQ-listed AI infrastructure company controlling over a gigawatt of low-cost power across Norway, Finland, and North Dakota. On May 5, the company signed a binding 15-year, 110MW lease expected to generate roughly $2.6 billion in contracted revenue.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, July 13th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | FIZZ National Beverage | $32.59 | $3.25
special | - | - | - | 7/30/26
| | GFL GFL Environmental | $40.80 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.18% | $0.02 | 21.9% | 7/31/26
| | GNL Global Net Lease | $8.90 | $0.19
quarterly | 8.26% | $0.19 | -190.0% | 7/17/26
| | HRL Hormel Foods | $24.54 | $0.29
quarterly | 5.74% | $0.29 | 137.6% | 8/17/26
| | KOF Coca Cola Femsa | $104.52 | $1.12
quarterly | 4.12% | $1.09 | 66.7% | 7/24/26
| | OZK Bank OZK | $49.37 | $0.48
quarterly | 3.63% | $0.47 | 30.6% | 7/20/26
| | PS Pershing Square | $33.75 | $0.12
quarterly | 1.50% | - | - | 7/21/26
| | UVV Universal | $52.11 | $0.83
quarterly | 6.10% | $0.82 | 254.3% | 8/3/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Gold just broke another record - a classic flight-to-safety signal that the smartest money on Wall Street is already acting on. With the NASDAQ pricing in optimism over fundamentals and global tensions continuing to rise, a market correction could arrive without warning.
Our research team just released a free crash-protection guide identifying which stocks and sectors can hold strong even when the broader market crumbles.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Tuesday, July 14th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AMX America Movil | $26.38 | $0.31
special | - | - | 35.7% | 7/22/26
| | RPM RPM International | $103.61 | $0.54
quarterly | 1.95% | $0.54 | 41.6% | 7/31/26
| | VTMX Corporacion Inmobiliaria Vesta | $34.43 | $0.20
quarterly | 2.33% | - | 4.9% | 7/22/26
| | 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 | 5.47% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.77 | £2.51K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 28.41% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $2.93K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.43% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.23 | GEL493.58K | | WPP WPP plc | 5.98% | GBX 31.90 | N/A | 4.75% | N/A | £2.74K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.62% | $1.56 | 93.98% | 4.36% | 8.09 | $1.69K | | PRGO Perrigo Company plc | 11.03% | $1.16 | N/A | 5.21% | N/A | $1.55K |
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