| 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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| | Analyst Ross Givens says the top AI opportunity right now isn't Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, or Nvidia - it's a small, under-the-radar stock trading for just a few dollars.
This company holds 98 registered patents in voice and sound recognition technology and has secured partnerships with Honda, Netflix, Pandora, and Mercedes-Benz.  |
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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 | $179.87 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.90% | $0.34 | 18.6% | 8/19/26
| | BBD Banco Bradesco | $3.62 | $0.00
monthly | 1.22% | $0.00 | 20.5% | 9/9/26
| | BBDO Banco Bradesco | $3.28 | $0.00
monthly | 1.27% | $0.00 | 20.5% | 9/9/26
| | EQT EQT | $53.59 | $0.17
quarterly | 1.34% | $0.17 | 15.3% | 9/1/26
| | HFWA Heritage Financial | $30.01 | $0.25
quarterly | 3.30% | $0.24 | 45.7% | 8/19/26
| | IDA IDACORP | $143.91 | $0.88
quarterly | 2.33% | $0.88 | 58.3% | 8/31/26
| | MTG MGIC Investment | $30.59 | $0.17
quarterly | 2.35% | $0.15 | 21.3% | 8/20/26
| | NBBK NB Bancorp | $23.12 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.33% | $0.07 | 18.5% | 8/19/26
| | SYF Synchrony Financial | $77.85 | $0.34
quarterly | 1.88% | $0.30 | 12.3% | 8/17/26
| | UVSP Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania | $44.50 | $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 today to receive the next dividend payment. |
Marc Chaikin, founder of Chaikin Analytics, is flagging a little-known company that just secured a partnership with Nvidia - one he believes positions it ahead of Tesla in the autonomous vehicle race.
With a market-moving announcement expected on July 31st, Chaikin is urging investors to swap overpriced AI stocks for this under-the-radar name before markets open. He's also releasing a free Hotlist and Hitlist of buy and sell ideas for the second half of 2026.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Thursday, August 6th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | BSM Black Stone Minerals | $14.89 | $0.32
quarterly | 8.81% | $0.30 | 100.8% | 8/13/26
| | CCK Crown | $119.81 | $0.35
quarterly | 1.22% | $0.35 | 20.1% | 8/20/26
| | DHI D.R. Horton | $146.58 | $0.45
quarterly | 1.25% | $0.45 | 17.1% | 8/13/26
| | FELE Franklin Electric | $106.96 | $0.28
quarterly | 1.06% | $0.28 | 32.3% | 8/20/26
| | HESM Hess Midstream Partners | $40.79 | $0.79
quarterly | 7.94% | $0.78 | 108.0% | 8/14/26
| | HOPE Hope Bancorp | $14.19 | $0.14
quarterly | 4.05% | $0.14 | 56.0% | 8/20/26
| | KBH KB Home | $56.28 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.76% | $0.25 | 34.8% | 8/20/26
| | MATX Matson | $207.44 | $0.38
quarterly | 0.77% | $0.36 | 10.6% | 9/3/26
| | NWBI Northwest Bancshares | $15.88 | $0.20
quarterly | 5.19% | $0.20 | 77.7% | 8/18/26
| | RNG RingCentral | $57.14 | $0.13
quarterly | 1.29% | $0.08 | 40.0% | 8/20/26
| | SIMO Silicon Motion Technology | $251.52 | $0.50
quarterly | 1.94% | $0.50 | 23.3% | 8/20/26
| | TRS TriMas | $40.44 | $0.04
quarterly | 0.40% | $0.04 | 0.7% | 8/13/26
| | WCN Waste Connections | $167.83 | $0.35
quarterly | 0.83% | $0.35 | 33.7% | 8/20/26
| | WFRD Weatherford International | $88.35 | $0.28
quarterly | 1.32% | $0.28 | 21.7% | 9/3/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
Apple just crossed a $5 trillion market value as shares climbed 25% this year, fueled by new product launches and rising interest in foldable phones.
Mode Mobile is building on top of that ecosystem with its EarnOS platform, already serving 490M+ users across 170+ countries and generating $115M+ in lifetime revenue.
Deloitte ranked Mode North America's number 1 fastest-growing software company in 2023 after 32,481% growth. Pre-IPO shares are available at $0.52 before the price changes on August 14.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, August 7th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ARCB ArcBest | $137.57 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.31% | $0.12 | 69.6% | 8/21/26
| | ARLP Alliance Resource Partners | $26.12 | $0.60
quarterly | 9.36% | $0.60 | 117.1% | 8/14/26
| | AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares | $42.75 | $0.37
quarterly | 3.48% | $0.37 | 44.2% | 8/21/26
| | AZN Astrazeneca | $158.21 | $0.80 | 0.94% | - | 64.9% | 9/8/26
| | BCS Barclays | $27.82 | $0.31 | 2.33% | - | 21.6% | 9/15/26
| | BKR Baker Hughes | $60.81 | $0.23
quarterly | 1.61% | $0.23 | 29.7% | 8/17/26
| | BLX Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior | $59.71 | $0.69
quarterly | 4.65% | $0.69 | 45.4% | 8/25/26
| | CCL Carnival | $28.77 | $0.15
quarterly | 2.25% | $0.15 | 27.0% | 8/28/26
| | CFFN Capitol Federal Financial | $9.10 | $0.09
quarterly | 3.87% | $0.09 | 52.3% | 8/21/26
| | CMS CMS Energy | $71.73 | $0.57
quarterly | 3.13% | $0.57 | 68.5% | 9/1/26
| | CQP Cheniere Energy Partners | $66.37 | $0.78
quarterly | 4.90% | $0.78 | 72.4% | 8/14/26
| | DAN Dana | $27.68 | $0.12
quarterly | 1.75% | $0.12 | 4.7% | 8/28/26
| | ET Energy Transfer | $20.29 | $0.34
quarterly | 6.83% | $0.34 | 112.5% | 8/19/26
| | ETN Eaton | $438.42 | $1.10
quarterly | 1.08% | $1.10 | 44.8% | 8/28/26
| | FCF First Commonwealth Financial | $21.72 | $0.14
quarterly | 2.62% | $0.14 | 34.4% | 8/21/26
| | FE FirstEnergy | $48.38 | $0.47
quarterly | 3.77% | $0.47 | 98.9% | 9/1/26
| | FHI Federated Hermes | $63.82 | $0.38
quarterly | 2.55% | $0.38 | 28.3% | 8/14/26
| | HTH Hilltop | $39.72 | $0.22
quarterly | 2.32% | $0.20 | 32.6% | 8/21/26
| | HWM Howmet Aerospace | $286.87 | $0.14
quarterly | 0.19% | $0.12 | 11.1% | 8/25/26
| | JBHT J.B. Hunt Transport Services | $266.91 | $0.45
quarterly | 0.62% | $0.45 | 25.5% | 8/21/26
| | LAD Lithia Motors | $378.07 | $0.70
quarterly | 0.66% | $0.57 | 7.6% | 8/21/26
| | LW Lamb Weston | $53.06 | $0.38
quarterly | 3.07% | $0.38 | 73.1% | 9/4/26
| | MAIN Main Street Capital | $55.85 | $0.27
monthly | 5.55% | $0.26 | 66.9% | 8/14/26
| | MPLX Mplx | $58.87 | $1.08
quarterly | 7.26% | $1.08 | 93.3% | 8/14/26
| | MT ArcelorMittal | $71.67 | $0.15
quarterly | 0.98% | $0.15 | 21.6% | 9/9/26
| | NSC Norfolk Southern | $336.69 | $1.35
quarterly | 1.63% | $1.35 | 46.1% | 8/20/26
| | ODC Oil-Dri Corporation Of America | $98.79 | $0.23
quarterly | 1.17% | $0.21 | 21.1% | 8/21/26
| | PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners | $107.63 | $0.50
quarterly | 1.94% | $0.50 | 27.5% | 8/28/26
| | RELX Relx | $36.17 | $0.28 | 1.63% | $0.66 | - | 9/15/26
| | RYAAY Ryanair | $59.96 | $0.44
special | - | - | 17.1% | 9/28/26
| | SSB SouthState Bank | $107.81 | $0.66
quarterly | 2.61% | $0.60 | 25.2% | 8/14/26
| | SUN Sunoco | $76.38 | $1.00
quarterly | 5.39% | $0.99 | 101.3% | 8/19/26
| | SUNC SunocoCorp | $75.75 | $1.00
quarterly | 5.31% | $0.99 | 185.9% | 8/19/26
| | SXI Standex International | $310.96 | $0.34
quarterly | 0.44% | $0.34 | 15.7% | 8/21/26
| | TMP Tompkins Financial | $100.92 | $0.70
quarterly | 2.77% | $0.67 | 54.1% | 8/14/26
| | UL Unilever | $63.82 | $0.53
quarterly | 3.16% | $0.54 | - | 9/18/26
| | WFC Wells Fargo & Company | $87.88 | $0.50
quarterly | 2.30% | $0.45 | 26.2% | 9/1/26
| | WSFS WSFS Financial | $81.55 | $0.20
quarterly | 0.99% | $0.20 | 13.4% | 8/21/26
| | WTTR Select Water Solutions | $18.44 | $0.07
quarterly | 1.35% | $0.07 | 133.3% | 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 | 5.24% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.91 | £2.71K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 15.89% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $2.96K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.67% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.34 | GEL517.71K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.56% | $1.56 | 93.98% | 4.36% | 8.02 | $1.67K | | PRGO Perrigo Company plc | 11.47% | $1.16 | N/A | 5.21% | N/A | $1.40K |
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