| A law taking effect July 4th eliminates tax credits for every new solar and wind project in America. One energy source keeps full government backing for eight more years.
It runs 24 hours a day, produces zero carbon, and requires no fuel. Google signed a 15-year contract. Bill Gates committed $100 million. The company behind it has been building this technology for sixty years, with revenue approaching $1 billion - yet Wall Street still prices it like a niche renewable.  |
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| | In the 1970s, Chevron, Unocal, and Texaco all drilled the same energy source - and walked away to protect oil profits. One company spent sixty years quietly proving them wrong.
Now Google has signed a 15-year contract, Bill Gates has committed $100 million, and a July 4th government decision could hand this sector its biggest catalyst yet. The oil majors are scrambling back in, but one company already owns the entire chain.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Tuesday, June 23rd |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | APH Amphenol | $165.18 | $0.25
quarterly | 0.73% | $0.25 | 28.7% | 7/15/26
| | CINF Cincinnati Financial | $174.46 | $0.94
quarterly | 2.36% | $0.94 | 21.5% | 7/15/26
| | CNQ Canadian Natural Resources | $41.40 | $0.63
quarterly | 4.11% | $0.63 | 54.6% | 7/7/26
| | ESLT Elbit Systems | $779.35 | $1.00
quarterly | 0.47% | $1.00 | 27.0% | 7/6/26
| | FSCO FS Credit Opportunities | $4.95 | $0.06
monthly | 14.74% | $0.06 | - | 6/30/26
| | HTLD Heartland Express | $14.49 | $0.02
quarterly | 0.50% | $0.02 | -14.3% | 7/6/26
| | QSR Restaurant Brands International | $71.78 | $0.65
quarterly | 3.37% | $0.65 | 91.5% | 7/7/26
| | SGHC Super Group (SGHC) | $13.59 | $0.05
quarterly | 1.45% | $0.05 | 41.7% | 6/30/26
| | STM STMicroelectronics | $79.22 | $0.09
quarterly | 0.52% | $0.09 | 193.8% | 6/30/26
| | WRB W.R. Berkley | $67.71 | $0.10
quarterly | 0.61% | $0.09 | 7.6% | 7/2/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close today to receive the next dividend payment. |
Bill Gates spent a decade insisting this energy source couldn't supply more than 5% of global power. Then he toured a construction site in the Nevada desert and told Bloomberg he now believes it could reach 20%.
He followed that reversal with a $100 million investment. Facebook's co-founder added $462 million. Tesla's co-founder and Norway's sovereign wealth fund also took positions. One company - 60 years of operating history, revenue approaching $1 billion - sits at the center of all of it, with a July 4th catalyst that locks in its competitive advantage for eight years.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, June 24th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ABEV Ambev | $3.16 | $0.01
quarterly | 1.14% | - | 57.9% | 1/11/27
| | BFC Bank First National | $143.83 | $0.55
quarterly | 1.54% | $0.50 | 27.8% | 7/8/26
| | GFS GlobalFoundries | $88.69 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.66% | - | - | 7/14/26
| | ITRN Ituran Location and Control | $63.78 | $0.50
quarterly | 3.26% | $1.50 | 198.0% | 7/8/26
| | NXPI NXP Semiconductors | $324.54 | $1.01
quarterly | 1.34% | $1.01 | 38.9% | 7/9/26
| | STX Seagate Technology | $1,099.87 | $0.74
quarterly | 0.51% | $0.74 | 28.1% | 7/7/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
In 1999, mega-IPOs from UPS, Goldman Sachs, and AT&T Wireless preceded a Nasdaq run that nearly doubled in five months - a phenomenon called a 'Melt Up.' Stocks like Micron surged 986%, SanDisk climbed 4,498%, and several others topped 1,100% gains.
Senior analyst Brett Eversole at Stansberry Research believes SpaceX's historic IPO - alongside Anthropic and OpenAI - is triggering that same rare setup in 2026. He says the biggest gains haven't happened yet.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, June 25th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | GTY Getty Realty | $32.94 | $0.49
quarterly | 5.69% | $0.49 | 127.6% | 7/9/26
| | INVH Invitation Home | $28.48 | $0.30
quarterly | 4.04% | $0.30 | 126.3% | 7/17/26
| | MTN Vail Resorts | $146.38 | $2.22
quarterly | 6.50% | $2.22 | 201.8% | 7/9/26
| | PM Philip Morris International | $174.83 | $1.47
quarterly | 3.25% | $1.47 | 82.7% | 7/20/26
| | POR Portland General Electric | $50.58 | $0.55
quarterly | 4.33% | $0.53 | 93.8% | 7/15/26
| | SRE Sempra Energy | $91.70 | $0.66
quarterly | 2.87% | $0.66 | 89.2% | 7/15/26
| | WFG West Fraser Timber | $69.95 | $0.32
quarterly | 1.94% | $0.32 | -8.5% | 7/13/26
| | ZBH Zimmer Biomet | $88.36 | $0.24
quarterly | 1.12% | $0.24 | 24.9% | 7/31/26
| | 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 | 5.55% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.78 | £2.52K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 16.36% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $2.87K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.51% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.24 | GEL496.49K | | WPP WPP plc | 5.27% | GBX 31.90 | N/A | 4.75% | N/A | £2.96K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.61% | $1.56 | 93.98% | 4.36% | 8.10 | $1.69K | | PRGO Perrigo Company plc | 11.32% | $1.16 | N/A | 5.21% | N/A | $1.39K |
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