| The International Energy Agency measured it at 140 times global electricity demand. It runs 24 hours a day, produces zero carbon, and needs no fuel, no batteries, or sunlight.
A crew near the Grand Canyon drilled three miles underground in just 16 days. Google signed a 15-year contract, Bill Gates invested $100 million, and the Pentagon called it priority one. On August 18th, Washington grants this energy source a competitive advantage through 2033.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, August 3rd |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AMP Ameriprise Financial | $544.62 | $1.70
quarterly | 1.30% | $1.70 | 16.4% | 8/21/26
| | AON AON | $367.26 | $0.82
quarterly | 0.92% | $0.82 | 18.0% | 8/14/26
| | BX Blackstone | $128.26 | $1.29
quarterly | 4.14% | $1.16 | 103.8% | 8/10/26
| | C Citigroup | $132.36 | $0.67
quarterly | 2.02% | $0.60 | 25.9% | 8/28/26
| | DK Delek US | $67.89 | $0.26
quarterly | 1.58% | $0.26 | -112.1% | 8/10/26
| | DKL Delek Logistics Partners | $59.20 | $1.14
quarterly | 7.91% | $1.13 | 143.0% | 8/10/26
| | DMLP Dorchester Minerals | $26.95 | $1.27
quarterly | 18.56% | $0.48 | 136.7% | 8/13/26
| | EQH Equitable | $48.97 | $0.30
quarterly | 2.46% | $0.30 | -42.3% | 8/10/26
| | EVTC Evertec | $31.67 | $0.05
quarterly | 0.69% | $0.05 | 9.7% | 9/4/26
| | EWBC East West Bancorp | $130.91 | $0.80
quarterly | 2.43% | $0.80 | 30.8% | 8/17/26
| | FSBC Five Star Bancorp | $47.24 | $0.25
quarterly | 2.05% | $0.25 | 29.6% | 8/10/26
| | GGAL Grupo Financiero Galicia | $51.61 | $0.05
monthly | 1.31% | - | 214.1% | 8/10/26
| | KMI Kinder Morgan | $31.64 | $0.30
quarterly | 3.66% | $0.30 | 76.3% | 8/17/26
| | LAZ Lazard | $42.02 | $0.50
quarterly | 4.60% | $0.50 | 98.0% | 8/14/26
| | NRG NRG Energy | $133.95 | $0.48
quarterly | 1.36% | $0.48 | 223.5% | 8/17/26
| | OHI Omega Healthcare Investors | $50.37 | $0.68
quarterly | 5.34% | $0.67 | 129.5% | 8/14/26
| | OKE ONEOK | $89.07 | $1.07
quarterly | 4.70% | $1.07 | 76.3% | 8/14/26
| | PEBO Peoples Bancorp | $41.56 | $0.42
quarterly | 4.25% | $0.42 | 50.8% | 8/17/26
| | PNW Pinnacle West Capital | $101.29 | $0.91
quarterly | 3.46% | $0.91 | 67.8% | 9/1/26
| | SXT Sensient Technologies | $124.17 | $0.41
quarterly | 1.30% | $0.41 | 44.2% | 9/1/26
| | TXNM TXNM Energy | $57.96 | $0.42
quarterly | 2.91% | $1.15 | 121.6% | 8/14/26
| | WABC Westamerica Bancorporation | $59.90 | $0.48
quarterly | 3.18% | $0.48 | 42.3% | 8/14/26
| | 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 Tuesday, August 4th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AMAL Amalgamated Financial | $49.39 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.43% | $0.17 | 18.1% | 8/20/26
| | AROC Archrock | $35.49 | $0.23
quarterly | 2.40% | $0.22 | 50.0% | 8/11/26
| | BANR Banner | $69.84 | $0.52
quarterly | 2.99% | $0.52 | 34.3% | 8/14/26
| | BY Byline Bancorp | $39.22 | $0.14
quarterly | 1.49% | $0.12 | 14.5% | 8/18/26
| | CCEC Capital Clean Energy Carriers | $22.39 | $0.15
quarterly | 2.58% | $0.15 | 31.7% | 8/13/26
| | FIBK First Interstate BancSystem | $38.46 | $0.47
quarterly | 4.93% | $0.47 | 57.8% | 8/14/26
| | ITUB Itau Unibanco | $8.46 | $0.00
monthly | 0.53% | $0.00 | 4.1% | 9/9/26
| | LVS Las Vegas Sands | $49.86 | $0.30
quarterly | 2.65% | $0.30 | 46.7% | 8/12/26
| | MET MetLife | $97.17 | $0.59
quarterly | 2.58% | $0.59 | 45.9% | 9/8/26
| | SPH Suburban Propane Partners | $18.60 | $0.33
quarterly | 7.09% | $0.33 | 65.3% | 8/11/26
| | SRCE 1st Source | $89.74 | $0.45
quarterly | 2.16% | $0.43 | 26.4% | 8/14/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
The U.S. government has taken roughly a 10% stake in Intel, negotiated a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China, and reportedly received a 5% ownership offer - worth around $40 billion - from the most valuable AI company on earth.
Porter Stansberry calls it the New U.S.A.I. - a state-backed arrangement where Washington and a handful of tech giants are fused at the balance sheet. A small number of companies get pulled inside. Everyone else gets frozen out, including names sitting in your index fund right now.  |
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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 | $174.31 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.90% | $0.34 | 18.6% | 8/19/26
| | BBD Banco Bradesco | $3.60 | $0.00
monthly | 1.22% | $0.00 | 20.5% | 9/9/26
| | BBDO Banco Bradesco | $3.25 | $0.00
monthly | 1.27% | $0.00 | 5.1% | 9/9/26
| | EQT EQT | $52.69 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.34% | $0.17 | 15.3% | 9/1/26
| | HFWA Heritage Financial | $29.53 | $0.25
quarterly | 3.30% | $0.24 | 45.7% | 8/19/26
| | IDA IDACORP | $142.21 | $0.88
quarterly | 2.33% | $0.88 | 58.6% | 8/31/26
| | MTG MGIC Investment | $30.42 | $0.17
quarterly | 2.35% | $0.15 | 19.0% | 8/20/26
| | NBBK NB Bancorp | $22.74 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.33% | $0.07 | 18.5% | 8/19/26
| | SYF Synchrony Financial | $77.32 | $0.34
quarterly | 1.88% | $0.30 | 12.3% | 8/17/26
| | UVSP Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania | $44.40 | $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 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 | 5.30% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.86 | £2.64K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 15.63% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $3.01K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.45% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.26 | GEL499.61K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.59% | $1.56 | 93.98% | 4.36% | 8.13 | $1.69K | | PRGO Perrigo Company plc | 11.12% | $1.16 | N/A | 5.21% | N/A | $1.44K | | WPP WPP plc | 4.71% | GBX 31.90 | N/A | 4.75% | N/A | £3.23K |
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