| Brownstone Research analyst Ben Lilly says the biggest shift in finance in over 400 years is underway, and most investors have not heard a word about it.
His new briefing, Chain of Thought, breaks down moves like BlackRock's stake in a code-run exchange and a $7.3 billion futures session one major bank called the hottest new trade.
Every issue delivers institutional-level data and context before it hits the mainstream headlines.  |
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| | BlackRock put its $2.1 billion Treasury fund on a blockchain exchange. JPMorgan now has its own coin and lets clients pledge assets as loan collateral.
Analysts project $11 trillion in real-world assets will move onto blockchains by 2030, yet mainstream coverage remains scarce.
Brownstone Research built a new briefing, Chain of Thought, to track this shift in real time.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, August 13th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | DRS Leonardo DRS | $44.66 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.79% | $0.09 | 30.3% | 8/27/26
| | ETR Entergy | $106.45 | $0.64
quarterly | 2.37% | $0.64 | 65.6% | 9/1/26
| | EXE Expand Energy | $98.24 | $0.58
quarterly | 2.60% | $0.58 | 19.9% | 9/3/26
| | FANG Diamondback Energy | $201.71 | $1.10
quarterly | 2.21% | $1.10 | 85.8% | 8/20/26
| | FIX Comfort Systems USA | $1,688.00 | $0.90
quarterly | 0.20% | $0.80 | 7.9% | 8/24/26
| | IR Ingersoll Rand | $85.12 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.09% | $0.02 | 3.3% | 9/3/26
| | OSK Oshkosh | $155.78 | $0.57
quarterly | 1.50% | $0.57 | 26.1% | 8/27/26
| | OWL Blue Owl Capital | $12.35 | $0.23
quarterly | 9.06% | $0.23 | 766.7% | 8/27/26
| | POOL Pool | $201.50 | $1.30
quarterly | 2.69% | $1.30 | 47.8% | 8/27/26
| | SFD Smithfield Foods | $23.88 | $0.31
quarterly | 4.70% | $0.31 | 48.8% | 8/27/26
| | TJX TJX Companies | $155.56 | $0.48
quarterly | 1.17% | $0.48 | 37.3% | 9/3/26
| | TTEK Tetra Tech | $35.38 | $0.07
quarterly | 0.85% | $0.07 | 17.5% | 8/27/26
| | VALE Vale | $14.33 | $0.31
special | - | - | 134.7% | 9/10/26
| | VMC Vulcan Materials | $287.70 | $0.52
quarterly | 0.70% | $0.52 | 24.6% | 9/2/26
| | VNOM Viper Energy | $42.88 | $0.29
special | 2.66% | - | 1,169.2% | 8/20/26
| | WAL Western Alliance Bancorporation | $81.41 | $0.42
quarterly | 2.09% | $0.42 | 18.9% | 8/27/26
| | ZION Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $71.00 | $0.48
quarterly | 2.76% | $0.45 | 22.9% | 8/20/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. |
A past-producing Nevada silver project holds a historical 36 million ounce silver-equivalent resource, plus more than 780,000 ounces already sitting in a surface stockpile from prior operators.
Despite that, the company carries a valuation of roughly C$5.6 million. With silver near record highs, it has now launched a new drill program aimed at confirming and upgrading that resource into a modern NI 43-101 estimate.
Micro-cap investing carries significant risk and is not suitable for every investor.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, August 14th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AG First Majestic Silver | $18.98 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.39% | $0.02 | 9.9% | 8/31/26
| | AGCO AGCO | $101.55 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.06% | $0.30 | 16.6% | 9/15/26
| | AIT Applied Industrial Technologies | $353.71 | $0.51
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.51 | 19.3% | 8/31/26
| | AMTB Amerant Bancorp | $29.01 | $0.09
quarterly | 1.39% | $0.09 | 25.9% | 8/28/26
| | BAH Booz Allen Hamilton | $78.77 | $0.59
quarterly | 3.24% | $0.59 | 37.1% | 8/28/26
| | BBT Beacon Financial | $31.74 | $0.32
quarterly | 4.34% | $0.32 | 97.7% | 8/28/26
| | BFST Business First Bancshares | $31.98 | $0.15
quarterly | 1.97% | $0.15 | 21.3% | 8/31/26
| | BHRB Burke & Herbert Financial Services | $73.62 | $0.55
quarterly | 3.11% | $0.55 | 35.3% | 9/1/26
| | BP BP | $43.23 | $0.52
quarterly | 4.90% | $0.50 | 96.6% | 9/18/26
| | CC Chemours | $14.82 | $0.09
quarterly | 1.95% | $0.09 | -18.3% | 9/15/26
| | CF CF Industries | $117.78 | $0.60
quarterly | 2.05% | $0.50 | 14.8% | 8/31/26
| | CHD Church & Dwight | $102.81 | $0.31
quarterly | 1.23% | $0.31 | 39.5% | 9/1/26
| | CNOB ConnectOne Bancorp | $32.89 | $0.20
quarterly | 2.48% | $0.20 | 25.6% | 9/1/26
| | COR Cencora | $333.21 | $0.60
quarterly | 0.76% | $0.60 | 17.8% | 8/31/26
| | CRH CRH | $101.14 | $0.39
quarterly | 1.63% | $0.39 | 27.5% | 9/16/26
| | CSWC Capital Southwest | $25.05 | $0.19
monthly | 9.97% | $0.19 | 128.2% | 8/31/26
| | CTAS Cintas | $205.28 | $0.52
quarterly | 0.97% | $0.45 | 48.1% | 9/15/26
| | DUK Duke Energy | $123.18 | $1.09
quarterly | 3.43% | $1.07 | 64.0% | 9/16/26
| | ECO Okeanis Eco Tankers | $60.81 | $5.25
quarterly | 34.49% | $2.00 | 74.6% | 8/21/26
| | EMR Emerson Electric | $164.38 | $0.56
quarterly | 1.40% | $0.56 | 48.6% | 9/10/26
| | ENB Enbridge | $51.61 | $0.97
quarterly | 4.98% | $0.97 | 152.4% | 9/1/26
| | EQNR Equinor ASA | $40.97 | $0.39
quarterly | 4.10% | $0.39 | 34.9% | 8/27/26
| | ESQ Esquire Financial | $132.92 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.20 | 13.2% | 9/1/26
| | FCFS FirstCash | $208.37 | $0.42
quarterly | 0.85% | $0.42 | 19.2% | 8/28/26
| | FLOC Flowco | $23.20 | $0.09
quarterly | 1.82% | $0.09 | 30.8% | 8/26/26
| | FSS Federal Signal | $128.22 | $0.15
quarterly | 0.51% | $0.15 | 12.9% | 8/27/26
| | GIB CGI Group | $74.87 | $0.17
quarterly | 0.65% | $0.17 | 8.6% | 9/18/26
| | GRC Gorman-Rupp | $82.81 | $0.19
quarterly | 0.93% | $0.19 | 32.1% | 9/10/26
| | GSK GSK | $50.99 | $0.45
quarterly | 3.36% | $0.44 | 55.9% | 10/8/26
| | HLN Haleon | $9.94 | $0.06 | 1.27% | $0.13 | 64.1% | 9/17/26
| | HON Honeywell International | $230.12 | $0.70
quarterly | 1.15% | $1.19 | 36.8% | 9/4/26
| | HSBC HSBC | $103.27 | $0.50
quarterly | 1.95% | $0.50 | 28.1% | 9/25/26
| | HSY Hershey | $182.09 | $1.45
quarterly | 3.28% | $1.45 | 79.4% | 9/15/26
| | HWKN Hawkins | $129.66 | $0.19
quarterly | 0.55% | $0.19 | 19.7% | 8/28/26
| | IBOC International Bancshares | $72.04 | $0.73 | 1.92% | - | 22.0% | 8/28/26
| | IP International Paper | $41.81 | $0.46
quarterly | 5.07% | $0.46 | -28.4% | 9/15/26
| | IRMD iRadimed | $88.94 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.88% | $0.20 | 44.7% | 8/28/26
| | IVZ Invesco | $31.38 | $0.22
quarterly | 2.92% | $0.22 | -126.5% | 9/2/26
| | JAN JAN | $29.53 | $0.05
monthly | 1.94% | $0.05 | -1,140.0% | 8/26/26
| | JBL Jabil | $356.69 | $0.08
quarterly | 0.10% | $0.08 | 4.0% | 9/2/26
| | KR Kroger | $56.23 | $0.39
quarterly | 2.70% | $0.35 | 82.4% | 9/1/26
| | LLY Eli Lilly and Company | $1,212.96 | $1.73
quarterly | 0.63% | $1.73 | 23.2% | 9/10/26
| | LPLA LPL Financial | $371.19 | $0.30
quarterly | 0.35% | $0.30 | 9.6% | 8/28/26
| | LPX Louisiana-Pacific | $75.58 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.65% | $0.30 | 151.9% | 8/28/26
| | MCO Moody's | $476.16 | $1.03
quarterly | 0.84% | $1.03 | 26.1% | 9/4/26
| | MGA Magna International | $70.25 | $0.50
quarterly | 2.88% | $0.50 | 71.7% | 8/28/26
| | MMS Maximus | $54.36 | $0.33
quarterly | 2.36% | $0.33 | 19.5% | 8/31/26
| | MSA MSA Safety Incorporporated | $193.44 | $0.54
quarterly | 1.12% | $0.54 | 26.9% | 9/10/26
| | MSCI MSCI | $561.74 | $2.05
quarterly | 1.46% | $2.05 | 44.9% | 8/28/26
| | MTX Minerals Technologies | $73.92 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.65% | $0.12 | -22.1% | 9/4/26
| | NMRK Newmark Group | $14.77 | $0.06
quarterly | 1.61% | $0.06 | 29.6% | 8/28/26
| | NWG NatWest Group | $19.05 | $0.32 | 3.40% | $0.62 | 60.2% | 9/18/26
| | NXST Nexstar Media Group | $184.56 | $1.86
quarterly | 3.90% | $1.86 | 142.8% | 8/28/26
| | OBK Origin Bancorp | $53.79 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.94% | $0.25 | 31.3% | 8/31/26
| | OGN Organon & Co. | $13.66 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.59% | $0.02 | 10.4% | 9/10/26
| | OPY Oppenheimer | $113.15 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.75% | $0.20 | 9.0% | 8/28/26
| | OTIS Otis Worldwide | $73.03 | $0.44
quarterly | 2.48% | $0.44 | 45.2% | 9/11/26
| | OTTR Otter Tail | $94.28 | $0.58
quarterly | 2.56% | $0.58 | 49.8% | 9/10/26
| | PAG Penske Automotive Group | $216.88 | $1.44
quarterly | 2.67% | $1.42 | 41.8% | 9/1/26
| | PBF PBF Energy | $69.16 | $0.28
quarterly | 1.50% | $0.28 | 9.7% | 8/28/26
| | PFS Provident Financial Services | $24.73 | $0.24
quarterly | 3.86% | $0.24 | 40.0% | 8/28/26
| | PRL Propel | $27.11 | $0.26
quarterly | 3.86% | $0.24 | 43.9% | 9/3/26
| | PSO Pearson | $16.18 | $0.11 | 1.30% | $0.23 | - | 9/21/26
| | RIO Rio Tinto | $101.06 | $2.11 | 4.38% | - | - | 9/24/26
| | RPRX Royalty Pharma | $57.79 | $0.24
quarterly | 1.62% | $0.24 | 64.8% | 9/10/26
| | RS Reliance | $423.15 | $1.25
quarterly | 1.29% | $1.25 | 29.1% | 8/28/26
| | RTO Rentokil Initial | $24.57 | $0.22 | 1.92% | $0.41 | - | 9/22/26
| | RTX RTX | $223.68 | $0.73
quarterly | 1.55% | $0.73 | 51.4% | 9/3/26
| | SBRA Sabra Healthcare REIT | $19.85 | $0.30
quarterly | 5.82% | $0.30 | 461.5% | 8/31/26
| | SBUX Starbucks | $106.66 | $0.62
quarterly | 2.40% | $0.62 | 142.5% | 8/28/26
| | SCHW Charles Schwab | $107.65 | $0.32
quarterly | 1.26% | $0.32 | 23.3% | 8/28/26
| | SEB Seaboard | $4,169.64 | $2.25
quarterly | 0.20% | $2.25 | 9.9% | 8/24/26
| | SHEL Shell | $90.59 | $0.78
quarterly | 3.45% | $0.78 | 34.4% | 9/21/26
| | SJM J. M. Smucker | $117.41 | $1.12
quarterly | 4.00% | $1.10 | -338.5% | 9/1/26
| | SLDE Slide Insurance | $20.62 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.34% | - | - | 8/28/26
| | SSRM Silver Standard Resources | $31.97 | $0.03
quarterly | 0.32% | - | - | 9/11/26
| | STRC Strategy Inc Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Stretch Preferred Stock | $95.32 | $0.50 | - | $0.50 | - | 8/31/26
| | SW Smurfit Westrock | $49.66 | $0.45
quarterly | 3.76% | $0.45 | 192.6% | 9/10/26
| | TFC Truist Financial | $52.32 | $0.52
quarterly | 3.92% | $0.52 | 47.7% | 9/1/26
| | TFX Teleflex | $133.67 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.97% | $0.34 | -5.8% | 9/30/26
| | TPG TPG | $50.60 | $0.59
quarterly | 4.82% | $0.59 | 357.6% | 8/28/26
| | TRIN Trinity Capital | $18.18 | $0.17
monthly | 12.16% | $0.17 | 116.6% | 8/31/26
| | VTOL Bristow Group | $46.24 | $0.13
quarterly | 1.12% | $0.13 | 14.4% | 8/28/26
| | WEC WEC Energy Group | $106.61 | $0.95
quarterly | 3.33% | $0.95 | 73.8% | 9/1/26
| | WING Wingstop | $111.36 | $0.33
quarterly | 0.95% | $0.30 | 28.5% | 9/5/26
| | WYNN Wynn Resorts | $104.79 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.02% | $0.25 | 24.8% | 8/28/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Most AI portfolios hold the same handful of chip and software names - and completely ignore the physical layer. One perception-hardware company posted ~49% Q1 revenue growth with four partnership announcements in a single month.
A free report names seven companies building the automation, robotics, and semiconductor-test infrastructure that AI requires to move beyond the data center - including an automation giant that raised full-year guidance after quarterly sales rose ~12%.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, August 17th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | APAM Artisan Partners Asset Management | $43.26 | $0.80
quarterly | 7.83% | $0.77 | 74.8% | 8/31/26
| | ARR ARMOUR Residential REIT | $16.68 | $0.24
monthly | 17.53% | $0.24 | 77.4% | 8/28/26
| | ATEN A10 Networks | $27.24 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.77% | $0.06 | 40.0% | 9/1/26
| | AWR American States Water | $87.63 | $0.55
quarterly | 2.49% | $0.50 | 55.3% | 9/2/26
| | BKH Black Hills | $73.25 | $0.70
quarterly | 3.75% | $0.70 | 71.0% | 9/1/26
| | CG Carlyle Group | $48.36 | $0.35
quarterly | 2.90% | $0.35 | 145.8% | 8/26/26
| | CHE Chemed | $536.59 | $0.70
quarterly | 0.51% | $0.60 | 12.1% | 9/3/26
| | CNA CNA Financial | $50.96 | $0.48
quarterly | 3.59% | $0.48 | 42.2% | 9/3/26
| | COF Capital One Financial | $219.00 | $0.80
quarterly | 1.53% | $0.80 | 19.8% | 9/1/26
| | COP ConocoPhillips | $125.89 | $0.84
quarterly | 2.88% | $0.84 | 44.4% | 9/1/26
| | CRGY Crescent Energy | $12.43 | $0.12
quarterly | 4.20% | $0.12 | -960.0% | 8/31/26
| | DCI Donaldson | $97.07 | $0.32
quarterly | 1.36% | $0.32 | 34.4% | 8/31/26
| | DHT DHT | $18.20 | $1.22
quarterly | 26.37% | $0.64 | 87.1% | 8/24/26
| | DOC Healthpeak Properties | $20.52 | $0.10
monthly | 5.65% | $0.10 | 348.6% | 8/28/26
| | FHB First Hawaiian | $27.47 | $0.26
quarterly | 3.70% | $0.26 | 45.2% | 8/28/26
| | GEN Gen Digital | $29.01 | $0.13
quarterly | 1.78% | $0.13 | 29.1% | 9/9/26
| | GIC Global Industrial | $39.43 | $0.28
quarterly | 3.01% | $0.28 | 50.0% | 8/24/26
| | GNK Genco Shipping & Trading | $24.65 | $0.80
quarterly | 12.50% | $0.35 | 153.8% | 8/24/26
| | GPGI Composecure | $14.22 | $0.00
quarterly | 0.07% | $0.00 | -0.5% | 9/1/26
| | HIW Highwoods Properties | $30.91 | $0.50
quarterly | 6.14% | $0.50 | 131.6% | 9/9/26
| | IEP Icahn Enterprises | $7.58 | $0.50
quarterly | 26.81% | $0.50 | -270.3% | 9/23/26
| | JBTM JBT Marel | $121.85 | $0.10
quarterly | 0.33% | $0.10 | 10.9% | 8/31/26
| | KGS Kodiak Gas Services | $61.01 | $0.49
quarterly | 3.38% | $0.49 | 233.3% | 8/27/26
| | KLAC KLA | $200.47 | $0.23
quarterly | 0.48% | $0.23 | 25.1% | 9/1/26
| | KRP Kimbell Royalty | $15.23 | $0.47
quarterly | 12.57% | $0.41 | 195.2% | 8/24/26
| | LNN Lindsay | $115.15 | $0.38
quarterly | 1.29% | $0.37 | 29.2% | 8/31/26
| | MNR Mach Natural Resources | $13.19 | $0.36
quarterly | 10.79% | $0.64 | 433.9% | 8/31/26
| | MSEX Middlesex Water | $58.28 | $0.36
quarterly | 2.56% | $0.36 | 55.6% | 9/1/26
| | MUR Murphy Oil | $35.67 | $0.35
quarterly | 3.89% | $0.35 | 69.3% | 9/1/26
| | NVO Novo Nordisk A/S | $47.22 | $0.58 | 2.54% | $1.28 | 42.8% | 8/25/26
| | NWE NorthWestern | $70.65 | $0.67
quarterly | 3.80% | $0.67 | 96.8% | 9/1/26
| | OGS ONE Gas | $79.62 | $0.68
quarterly | 3.51% | $0.68 | 58.6% | 8/31/26
| | PECO Phillips Edison & Company, Inc. | $39.66 | $0.11
monthly | 3.13% | $0.11 | 113.0% | 9/1/26
| | PFSI PennyMac Financial Services | $76.61 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.40% | $0.30 | 16.5% | 8/27/26
| | PSMT PriceSmart | $172.86 | $0.70 | 0.89% | - | 26.9% | 8/31/26
| | REYN Reynolds Consumer Products | $26.13 | $0.23
quarterly | 3.65% | $0.23 | 56.1% | 8/31/26
| | ROK Rockwell Automation | $446.82 | $1.38
quarterly | 1.20% | $1.38 | 51.7% | 9/10/26
| | SIGI Selective Insurance Group | $94.01 | $0.43
quarterly | 1.76% | $0.43 | 21.3% | 9/1/26
| | SII Sprott | $123.26 | $0.40
quarterly | 1.53% | $0.40 | 39.2% | 9/1/26
| | SO Southern | $91.86 | $0.76
quarterly | 3.22% | $0.76 | 72.9% | 9/8/26
| | STNG Scorpio Tankers | $74.10 | $0.45
quarterly | 2.38% | $0.45 | 11.2% | 8/31/26
| | SWX Southwest Gas | $91.52 | $0.65
quarterly | 2.83% | $0.65 | 33.7% | 9/1/26
| | UMH UMH Properties | $16.22 | $0.23
quarterly | 5.88% | $0.23 | 750.0% | 9/15/26
| | UPS United Parcel Service | $104.29 | $1.64
quarterly | 6.09% | $1.64 | 121.9% | 9/3/26
| | VISN Vistance Networks | $11.70 | $5.00 | - | - | - | 8/27/26
| | XOM ExxonMobil | $159.78 | $1.03
quarterly | 2.65% | $1.03 | 53.0% | 9/10/26
| | 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 | 3.98% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.89 | £2.69K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 13.78% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $3.37K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.18% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.51 | GEL556.67K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.58% | $1.56 | 95.12% | 4.36% | 8.29 | $1.69K | | CIG Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS | 10.85% | $0.22 | 47.83% | 29.20% | 10.45 | $5.84K |
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