| 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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| | A small Colorado company has secured rights to technology that could prevent the U.S. public power grid from collapsing — and billionaire Sam Altman is now an investor.
This under-the-radar firm is drawing serious attention from those watching the energy infrastructure space closely.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, August 19th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ADM Archer Daniels Midland | $81.32 | $0.52
quarterly | 2.68% | $0.52 | 57.0% | 9/9/26
| | AFL Aflac | $120.95 | $0.61
quarterly | 1.96% | $0.61 | 26.2% | 9/1/26
| | ALNT Allient | $113.02 | $0.04
quarterly | 0.17% | $0.04 | 9.4% | 9/2/26
| | APO Apollo Global Management | $134.91 | $0.56
quarterly | 1.69% | $0.56 | 82.4% | 8/31/26
| | ARMK Aramark | $61.83 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.84% | $0.12 | 33.6% | 9/9/26
| | BGC BGC Group | $11.16 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.68% | $0.02 | 19.5% | 9/2/26
| | BOKF BOK Financial | $145.72 | $0.63
quarterly | 1.75% | $0.63 | 23.8% | 9/2/26
| | CGAU Centerra Gold | $21.95 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.16% | $0.07 | 6.7% | 9/2/26
| | CSL Carlisle Companies | $360.86 | $1.25
quarterly | 1.29% | $1.10 | 25.2% | 9/1/26
| | CVX Chevron | $202.75 | $1.78
quarterly | 3.61% | $1.78 | 68.3% | 9/10/26
| | ED Consolidated Edison | $108.91 | $0.89
quarterly | 3.16% | $0.89 | 58.3% | 9/15/26
| | EE Excelerate Energy | $36.15 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.94% | $0.08 | 22.1% | 9/3/26
| | EFXT Enerflex | $22.51 | $0.04
quarterly | 0.59% | $0.04 | 30.2% | 9/2/26
| | ENR Energizer | $22.45 | $0.30
quarterly | 5.49% | $0.30 | 101.7% | 9/9/26
| | EQIX Equinix | $1,097.61 | $5.16
quarterly | 2.05% | $5.16 | 132.9% | 9/16/26
| | EQX Equinox Gold | $11.79 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.84% | $0.02 | 11.1% | 9/2/26
| | FTS Fortis | $56.48 | $0.64
quarterly | 3.17% | $0.64 | 73.7% | 9/1/26
| | HAS Hasbro | $95.05 | $0.70
quarterly | 3.15% | $0.70 | 50.4% | 9/2/26
| | L Loews | $112.47 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.22% | $0.06 | 3.1% | 9/1/26
| | MKTX MarketAxess | $162.56 | $0.78
quarterly | 1.92% | $0.78 | 36.8% | 9/2/26
| | MPC Marathon Petroleum | $359.78 | $1.00
quarterly | 1.29% | $1.00 | 13.8% | 9/10/26
| | NVGS Navigator | $21.48 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.31% | $0.07 | 12.9% | 9/1/26
| | OGC Oceanagold | $29.50 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.97% | $0.09 | 18.1% | 9/18/26
| | ORA Ormat Technologies | $113.90 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.49% | $0.12 | 23.6% | 9/2/26
| | OSW OneSpaWorld | $26.73 | $0.05
quarterly | 0.77% | $0.05 | 25.3% | 9/2/26
| | PLMR Palomar | $123.92 | $0.45
quarterly | 1.32% | - | 24.2% | 9/2/26
| | POWL Powell Industries | $218.73 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.16% | $0.09 | 6.9% | 9/16/26
| | SNA Snap-On | $401.56 | $2.44
quarterly | 2.35% | $2.44 | 49.8% | 9/10/26
| | TPC Tutor Perini | $97.24 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.36% | $0.06 | 10.3% | 9/3/26
| | TRI Thomson Reuters | $99.06 | $0.66
quarterly | 2.66% | $0.66 | 69.7% | 9/10/26
| | VRSN VeriSign | $272.77 | $0.81
quarterly | 1.18% | $0.81 | 35.1% | 8/27/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, August 20th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ACT Enact | $49.78 | $0.24
quarterly | 2.01% | $0.24 | 20.2% | 9/17/26
| | AGO Assured Guaranty | $76.14 | $0.38
quarterly | 1.84% | $0.38 | 20.3% | 9/3/26
| | AMAT Applied Materials | $535.31 | $0.53
quarterly | 0.42% | $0.53 | 18.3% | 9/10/26
| | BC Brunswick | $82.33 | $0.44
quarterly | 2.15% | $0.44 | -134.4% | 9/15/26
| | CGNX Cognex | $66.60 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.48% | $0.09 | 33.0% | 9/3/26
| | CHRD Chord Energy | $142.88 | $1.30
quarterly | 4.00% | $1.30 | 34.9% | 9/4/26
| | CNP CenterPoint Energy | $40.63 | $0.24
quarterly | 2.22% | $0.23 | 56.5% | 9/10/26
| | COLM Columbia Sportswear | $57.09 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.91% | $0.30 | 31.2% | 9/3/26
| | CON Concentra Group Holdings Parent | $35.42 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.82% | $0.06 | 16.1% | 8/28/26
| | GIL Gildan Activewear | $55.84 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.90% | $0.25 | 192.3% | 9/14/26
| | KGC Kinross Gold | $27.79 | $0.04
quarterly | 0.69% | $0.04 | 6.1% | 9/3/26
| | LFUS Littelfuse | $471.81 | $0.80
quarterly | 0.78% | $0.75 | -600.0% | 9/3/26
| | LKQ LKQ | $25.45 | $0.30
quarterly | 5.31% | $0.30 | 66.7% | 9/3/26
| | LMAT LeMaitre Vascular | $82.51 | $0.25
quarterly | 0.95% | $0.25 | 35.1% | 9/3/26
| | MAR Marriott International | $356.57 | $0.73
quarterly | 0.82% | $0.73 | 30.3% | 9/30/26
| | MSFT Microsoft | $480.35 | $0.91
quarterly | 0.92% | $0.91 | 20.3% | 9/10/26
| | MTRN Materion | $286.75 | $0.15
quarterly | 0.24% | $0.15 | 13.5% | 9/4/26
| | RMD ResMed | $220.37 | $0.66
quarterly | 1.27% | $0.60 | 23.0% | 9/24/26
| | SBAC SBA Communications | $182.11 | $1.25
quarterly | 2.78% | $1.25 | 53.9% | 9/17/26
| | SGI Somnigroup International | $65.03 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.04% | $0.17 | 27.2% | 9/3/26
| | TRU TransUnion | $78.92 | $0.13
quarterly | 0.63% | $0.13 | 13.2% | 9/4/26
| | WD Walker & Dunlop | $40.69 | $0.68
quarterly | 6.15% | $0.68 | 242.9% | 9/3/26
| | WMG Warner Music Group | $26.37 | $0.20
quarterly | 3.08% | $0.19 | 60.3% | 9/1/26
| | WPM Wheaton Precious Metals | $136.85 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.20 | 17.3% | 9/3/26
| | WWD Woodward | $370.40 | $0.32
quarterly | 0.29% | $0.32 | 14.2% | 9/3/26
| | ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor | $50.35 | $0.11
quarterly | 0.91% | $0.11 | 27.2% | 9/4/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Keith Kaplan, CEO of TradeSmith, has spent more than $17 million studying AI since 2022. He says a major shift in the AI market is approaching, and time is short to prepare.
Kaplan points to August 31st as a key turning point for AI investing. He argues the next phase will separate winners from losers, and reveals what he's watching instead of big names like Nvidia.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, August 21st |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ALSN Allison Transmission | $126.90 | $0.29
quarterly | 0.93% | $0.29 | 18.4% | 8/31/26
| | AMGN Amgen | $419.38 | $2.52
quarterly | 2.60% | $2.52 | 62.6% | 9/11/26
| | AU AngloGold Ashanti | $99.63 | $0.72
quarterly | 3.64% | $1.16 | 62.2% | 9/4/26
| | BBWI Bath & Body Works | $18.75 | $0.20
quarterly | 3.93% | $0.20 | 22.5% | 9/4/26
| | CBC Central Bancompany | $32.55 | $0.12
quarterly | 1.44% | $0.12 | 34.3% | 9/1/26
| | CMI Cummins | $642.56 | $2.20
quarterly | 1.33% | $2.00 | 40.9% | 9/3/26
| | DX Dynex Capital | $13.07 | $0.17
monthly | 15.77% | $0.17 | 77.6% | 9/1/26
| | FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations | $46.55 | $0.26
quarterly | 2.07% | $0.26 | 84.6% | 9/9/26
| | FERG Ferguson | $245.38 | $0.89
quarterly | 1.40% | $0.89 | 41.4% | 10/7/26
| | FLOC Flowco | $23.40 | $0.14
special | - | - | 29.0% | 8/31/26
| | GGB Gerdau | $4.80 | $0.04
quarterly | 3.51% | $0.04 | 52.2% | 9/18/26
| | GSL Global Ship Lease | $43.34 | $0.63
quarterly | 5.86% | $0.63 | 24.0% | 9/3/26
| | HCI HCI Group | $182.65 | $0.40
quarterly | 0.89% | $0.40 | 6.9% | 9/18/26
| | HLT Hilton Worldwide | $326.88 | $0.15
quarterly | 0.19% | $0.15 | 8.8% | 9/30/26
| | IHG Intercontinental Hotels Group | $160.19 | $0.65 | 0.83% | $1.26 | - | 10/1/26
| | J Jacobs Solutions | $143.63 | $0.36
quarterly | 1.08% | $0.36 | 51.1% | 9/18/26
| | JOE St. Joe | $67.84 | $0.16
quarterly | 1.03% | $0.16 | 29.9% | 9/18/26
| | KMPR Kemper | $26.11 | $0.32
quarterly | 4.39% | $0.32 | -15.2% | 9/4/26
| | LCII LCI Industries | $104.42 | $1.15
quarterly | 4.23% | $1.15 | 53.5% | 9/4/26
| | LTC LTC Properties | $40.43 | $0.19
monthly | 5.88% | $0.19 | 84.1% | 8/31/26
| | MFC Manulife Financial | $44.25 | $0.49
quarterly | 3.11% | $0.49 | 51.5% | 9/21/26
| | PRI Primerica | $309.48 | $1.20
quarterly | 1.49% | $1.20 | 19.3% | 9/14/26
| | PRK Park National | $205.53 | $1.10
quarterly | 2.32% | $1.10 | 39.4% | 9/10/26
| | SBLK Star Bulk Carriers | $30.09 | $0.90
quarterly | 12.88% | $0.50 | 78.4% | 9/3/26
| | SHW Sherwin-Williams | $349.57 | $0.80
quarterly | 1.00% | $0.80 | 29.5% | 9/11/26
| | SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro | $59.08 | $0.66
quarterly | 3.60% | $0.66 | 229.6% | 9/4/26
| | TEL TE Connectivity | $217.84 | $0.78
quarterly | 1.54% | $0.78 | 30.6% | 9/11/26
| | USLM United States Lime & Minerals | $117.64 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.21% | $0.06 | 5.1% | 9/11/26
| | USPH U.S. Physical Therapy | $78.34 | $0.46
quarterly | 2.38% | $0.46 | 1,082.4% | 9/11/26
| | VTRS Viatris | $16.23 | $0.12
quarterly | 2.71% | $0.12 | -133.3% | 9/16/26
| | WAFD WaFd | $37.76 | $0.27
quarterly | 2.84% | $0.27 | 34.1% | 9/4/26
| | WMT Walmart | $114.33 | $0.25
quarterly | 0.79% | $0.25 | 34.7% | 9/8/26
| | 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 | 4.05% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.88 | £2.67K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 13.59% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $3.42K | | CIG Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS | 11.47% | $0.22 | 47.83% | 29.20% | 10.11 | $5.52K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.41% | $1.56 | 95.12% | 4.36% | 8.30 | $1.76K | | BBSEY BB Seguridade Participacoes SA | 11.69% | $0.66 | 73.33% | 6.13% | 8.01 | $13.90K |
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