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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.
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Monday, August 10th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AAPL Apple | $313.33 | $0.27
quarterly | 0.32% | $0.27 | 12.4% | 8/13/26
| | AEP American Electric Power | $125.73 | $0.95
quarterly | 2.90% | $0.95 | 65.2% | 9/10/26
| | ALX Alexander's | $276.86 | $4.50
quarterly | 6.81% | $4.50 | 54.5% | 8/28/26
| | AMG Affiliated Managers Group | $369.34 | $0.01
quarterly | 0.01% | $0.01 | 0.1% | 8/24/26
| | ASTE Astec Industries | $44.25 | $0.13
quarterly | 0.93% | $0.13 | 61.2% | 8/28/26
| | CNS Cohen & Steers | $83.64 | $0.67
quarterly | 3.29% | $0.67 | 82.2% | 8/20/26
| | CVI CVR Energy | $31.17 | $0.10
quarterly | 1.15% | $0.10 | 58.8% | 8/17/26
| | CWT California Water Service Group | $50.65 | $0.34
quarterly | 2.60% | $0.34 | 60.4% | 8/21/26
| | DEA Easterly Government Properties | $24.94 | $0.45
quarterly | 7.19% | $0.45 | 857.1% | 8/20/26
| | GABC German American Bancorp | $50.50 | $0.31
quarterly | 2.54% | $0.31 | 32.7% | 8/20/26
| | GLP Global Partners | $50.13 | $0.78
quarterly | 6.43% | $0.77 | 85.0% | 8/14/26
| | GWW W.W. Grainger | $1,277.64 | $2.49
quarterly | 0.73% | $2.49 | 25.4% | 9/1/26
| | HCC Warrior Met Coal | $92.27 | $0.08
quarterly | 0.41% | $0.08 | 7.7% | 8/17/26
| | HTO H2O America | $62.66 | $0.44
quarterly | 2.77% | $0.44 | 62.2% | 9/1/26
| | HXL Hexcel | $103.24 | $0.18
quarterly | 0.68% | $0.18 | 36.2% | 8/17/26
| | IBM International Business Machines | $237.08 | $1.69
quarterly | 3.28% | $1.69 | 60.0% | 9/10/26
| | ING ING Group | $35.66 | $0.46 | 2.62% | $0.88 | 54.5% | 8/17/26
| | KKR KKR & Co. Inc. | $102.68 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.77% | $0.20 | 24.8% | 8/25/26
| | LEG Leggett & Platt | $9.61 | $0.05
quarterly | 2.00% | $0.05 | 12.4% | 8/24/26
| | LNG Cheniere Energy | $256.24 | $0.56
quarterly | 0.88% | $0.56 | 36.5% | 8/18/26
| | LYG Lloyds Banking Group | $6.26 | $0.08 | 2.72% | $0.13 | 58.1% | 9/25/26
| | MC Moelis & Company | $66.53 | $0.65
quarterly | 3.98% | $0.65 | 90.6% | 9/17/26
| | MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas | $25.07 | $0.18
quarterly | 2.88% | $0.17 | 31.6% | 9/1/26
| | MTDR Matador Resources | $48.98 | $0.38
quarterly | 2.72% | $0.38 | 25.7% | 9/8/26
| | MWA Mueller Water Products | $26.65 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.08% | $0.07 | 19.9% | 8/20/26
| | NBN Northeast Bancorp | $133.44 | $0.01
quarterly | 0.03% | $0.01 | 0.3% | 8/24/26
| | NMM Navios Maritime Partners | $79.09 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.30% | $0.06 | 2.0% | 8/13/26
| | OCFC OceanFirst Financial | $19.42 | $0.20
quarterly | 4.07% | $0.20 | 94.1% | 8/21/26
| | OMF OneMain | $65.03 | $1.05
quarterly | 6.66% | $1.05 | 63.3% | 8/14/26
| | PBI Pitney Bowes | $17.45 | $0.01
quarterly | 0.23% | $0.01 | 32.8% | 9/8/26
| | PPG PPG Industries | $119.73 | $0.74
quarterly | 2.49% | $0.71 | 40.7% | 9/11/26
| | RES RPC | $5.87 | $0.04
quarterly | 2.95% | $0.04 | 177.8% | 9/10/26
| | ROL Rollins | $37.81 | $0.18
quarterly | 1.66% | $0.18 | 66.4% | 9/10/26
| | SIRI Sirius XM | $29.91 | $0.27
quarterly | 3.62% | $0.27 | 43.2% | 8/26/26
| | SON Sonoco Products | $57.97 | $0.54
quarterly | 4.02% | $0.54 | 34.3% | 9/10/26
| | TNK Teekay Tankers | $77.30 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.28% | $0.25 | 5.9% | 8/21/26
| | TROX Tronox | $6.54 | $0.05
quarterly | 3.30% | $0.05 | -6.8% | 10/9/26
| | UAN CVR Partners | $127.78 | $6.08
quarterly | 19.98% | $4.00 | 105.5% | 8/17/26
| | WBS Webster Financial | $79.02 | $0.40
quarterly | 2.11% | $0.40 | 26.0% | 8/20/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. |
Gold is hitting record highs, but most investors are leaving income on the table. A $15 fund is quietly paying out up to $1,152 a month to regular investors - no mining stocks, no options, no physical metal required.
Chief Income Strategist Tim Plaehn calls it a breakthrough strategy that transforms gold's rally into reliable monthly payouts. The next distribution is just days away.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Tuesday, August 11th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AA Alcoa | $50.18 | $0.10
quarterly | 0.89% | $0.10 | 8.2% | 8/27/26
| | AWK American Water Works | $135.29 | $0.90
quarterly | 2.59% | $0.90 | 62.0% | 9/1/26
| | CAKE Cheesecake Factory | $107.05 | $0.30
quarterly | 1.20% | $0.30 | 32.5% | 8/25/26
| | CNXN PC Connection | $84.14 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.96% | $0.20 | 21.2% | 8/28/26
| | DINO HF Sinclair | $81.46 | $0.53
quarterly | 2.34% | $0.50 | 19.1% | 9/2/26
| | DLB Dolby Laboratories | $61.70 | $0.36
quarterly | 2.79% | $0.36 | 61.3% | 8/19/26
| | F Ford Motor | $13.99 | $0.15
quarterly | 4.01% | $0.15 | -32.1% | 9/1/26
| | FBK FB Financial | $60.88 | $0.21
quarterly | 1.44% | $0.21 | 22.5% | 8/25/26
| | HBT HBT Financial | $36.35 | $0.25
quarterly | 2.89% | $0.23 | 39.5% | 8/18/26
| | HTGC Hercules Capital | $17.26 | $0.40
quarterly | 9.85% | $0.07 | 79.6% | 8/18/26
| | INGM Ingram Micro | $28.38 | $0.09
quarterly | 1.22% | $0.08 | 18.6% | 8/25/26
| | KMT Kennametal | $33.11 | $0.20
quarterly | 2.35% | $0.20 | 18.2% | 8/25/26
| | NOMD Nomad Foods | $11.99 | $0.17
quarterly | 5.47% | $0.17 | 66.0% | 8/27/26
| | RYAN Ryan Specialty | $42.78 | $0.13
quarterly | 1.18% | $0.13 | 72.2% | 8/25/26
| | SCCO Southern Copper | $199.38 | $1.10
quarterly | 2.55% | $1.00 | 58.5% | 8/27/26
| | TEX Terex | $67.77 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.00% | $0.17 | 34.7% | 9/18/26
| | V Visa | $362.32 | $0.67
quarterly | 0.73% | $0.67 | 22.8% | 9/1/26
| | WLFC Willis Lease Finance | $61.05 | $0.13
quarterly | 0.73% | $0.13 | 13.3% | 8/21/26
| | WTRG Essential Utilities | $40.06 | $0.36
quarterly | 3.55% | $0.34 | 69.9% | 9/1/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Officials from the United States, Canada and Britain quietly met with senior banking executives to discuss a single piece of AI software capable of finding thousands of critical flaws in outdated bank systems.
Treasury confirmed the meetings took place, with more planned. JPMorgan was invited to help prepare defenses, while Bank of America, Citibank and the American Bankers Association declined to comment.
No one is saying exactly what was discussed behind closed doors.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, August 12th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AB AllianceBernstein | $37.13 | $0.82
quarterly | 8.76% | $0.83 | 98.2% | 8/27/26
| | AER Aercap | $151.84 | $0.40
quarterly | 1.08% | $0.40 | 7.9% | 9/3/26
| | BRO Brown & Brown | $71.37 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.01% | $0.17 | 20.8% | 8/19/26
| | BTU Peabody Energy | $23.80 | $0.08
quarterly | 1.43% | $0.08 | -20.0% | 9/3/26
| | CLBK Columbia Financial | $10.84 | $0.05
quarterly | 1.83% | - | - | 8/26/26
| | CLX Clorox | $105.24 | $1.25
quarterly | 5.23% | $1.24 | 102.9% | 8/28/26
| | DMC Fresh Del Monte Produce | $30.75 | $0.30
quarterly | 3.90% | - | 169.0% | 9/4/26
| | FTAI FTAI Aviation | $216.24 | $0.50 | - | - | 34.8% | 8/24/26
| | HOMB Home BancShares | $30.81 | $0.23
quarterly | 3.03% | $0.21 | 34.7% | 9/2/26
| | KVUE Kenvue | $19.22 | $0.21
quarterly | 4.25% | $0.21 | 95.4% | 8/26/26
| | NTB Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son | $62.35 | $0.50
quarterly | 3.30% | $0.50 | 35.1% | 8/26/26
| | PCAR PACCAR | $133.11 | $0.35
quarterly | 1.13% | $0.35 | 29.4% | 9/2/26
| | ST Sensata Technologies | $46.74 | $0.12
quarterly | 1.04% | $0.12 | 80.0% | 8/26/26
| | TGT Target | $149.50 | $1.16
quarterly | 3.50% | $1.14 | 60.2% | 9/1/26
| | URI United Rentals | $1,162.37 | $1.97
quarterly | 0.76% | $1.97 | 18.9% | 8/26/26
| | WELL Welltower | $237.37 | $0.85
quarterly | 1.37% | $0.74 | 135.8% | 8/20/26
| | WINA Winmark | $368.12 | $1.02
quarterly | 1.08% | $1.02 | 37.0% | 9/1/26
| | WT WisdomTree | $21.24 | $0.03
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.03 | 23.1% | 8/26/26
| | 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 | 5.19% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.91 | £2.72K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 13.50% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $3.48K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.33% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.41 | GEL532.59K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.47% | $1.56 | 93.98% | 4.36% | 8.29 | $1.71K | | CIG Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS | 10.54% | $0.22 | 47.83% | 29.20% | 11.08 | $6.01K |
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