| Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft have committed $700 billion this year to AI infrastructure - and SpaceX going public adds another layer to that buildout.
The small companies supplying chips, systems, and computing backbone to this arms race are still largely overlooked. Chris Rowe has identified a handful positioned to capture this summer's spending wave.  |
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| | Starting July 4th, every new solar and wind project in America loses its federal tax credits. But one zero-carbon energy source retains full government backing for eight more years - and it runs around the clock without batteries.
Investment in this sector has surged 100x in seven years. The Pentagon named it a top energy priority, California mandated it, and Google, Meta, and Berkshire Hathaway are already under contract. One company controls the entire chain from the ground to the grid.  |
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| Ex-Dividend Stocks for Wednesday, July 8th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | DGX Quest Diagnostics | $212.41 | $0.86
quarterly | 1.81% | $0.86 | 38.0% | 7/22/26
| | GAP GAP | $19.06 | $0.18
quarterly | 3.26% | $0.18 | 27.6% | 7/29/26
| | GNTX Gentex | $24.04 | $0.12
quarterly | 1.99% | $0.12 | 27.0% | 7/22/26
| | IDCC InterDigital | $276.02 | $0.70
quarterly | 1.01% | $0.70 | 26.4% | 7/22/26
| | MAIN Main Street Capital | $52.35 | $0.30
quarterly | 2.38% | $0.30 | 66.9% | 7/15/26
| | MSM MSC Industrial Direct | $120.10 | $0.87
quarterly | 2.96% | $0.87 | 84.1% | 7/22/26
| | NYT New York Times | $73.70 | $0.23
quarterly | 1.26% | $0.23 | 39.5% | 7/23/26
| | ROP Roper Technologies | $363.76 | $0.91
quarterly | 1.11% | $0.91 | 22.7% | 7/22/26
| | TIGO Millicom International Cellular | $92.95 | $0.75
quarterly | 4.10% | - | 40.8% | 7/15/26
| | UMC United Microelectronics | $23.79 | $0.41
annual | 1.44% | $0.37 | 56.9% | 8/6/26
| | 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, July 9th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | ACN Accenture | $142.17 | $1.63
quarterly | 5.14% | $1.63 | 52.1% | 8/14/26
| | AZZ AZZ | $144.00 | $0.24
quarterly | 0.60% | $0.20 | 7.6% | 7/30/26
| | CHT Chunghwa Telecom | $43.81 | $1.65
annual | 3.70% | $1.67 | 79.3% | 8/14/26
| | CVBF CVB Financial | $22.58 | $0.20
quarterly | 3.63% | $0.20 | 52.6% | 7/23/26
| | DAL Delta Air Lines | $88.60 | $0.22
quarterly | 1.02% | $0.19 | 10.9% | 7/30/26
| | IMKTA Ingles Markets | $92.14 | $0.17
quarterly | 0.75% | $0.17 | 12.0% | 7/16/26
| | INTU Intuit | $281.17 | $1.20
quarterly | 1.56% | $1.20 | 29.1% | 7/17/26
| | MA Mastercard | $531.35 | $0.87
quarterly | 0.69% | $0.87 | 20.1% | 8/7/26
| | Please note you must purchase shares of these companies by the market close tomorrow to receive the next dividend payment. |
A drilling crew near the Grand Canyon just uncovered an energy source the International Energy Agency says is large enough to meet global electricity demand 140 times over.
Google, Berkshire Hathaway, and the President of the United States are all reportedly moving to secure access to this resource - and it may be the most significant development yet in the AI energy race.  |
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Ex-Dividend Stocks for Friday, July 10th |
| | Company | Share Price | Amount / Period | Yield | Previous Amount | Payout Ratio | Payable Date | | AAP Advance Auto Parts | $55.87 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.71% | $0.25 | 138.9% | 7/24/26
| | AEO American Eagle Outfitters | $16.52 | $0.13
quarterly | 2.84% | $0.13 | 30.9% | 7/24/26
| | BKU BankUnited | $48.87 | $0.33
quarterly | 2.62% | $0.33 | 36.8% | 7/31/26
| | BRC Brady | $91.12 | $0.25
quarterly | 1.15% | $0.25 | 22.3% | 7/31/26
| | BTI British American Tobacco | $61.85 | $0.83
quarterly | 5.61% | $0.83 | - | 8/19/26
| | DRI Darden Restaurants | $204.46 | $1.62
quarterly | 3.05% | $1.50 | 57.8% | 8/3/26
| | GIS General Mills | $37.17 | $0.61
quarterly | 6.49% | $0.61 | -1,355.6% | 8/3/26
| | HLIO Helios Technologies | $80.06 | $0.12
quarterly | 0.57% | $0.12 | 26.4% | 7/24/26
| | LEN Lennar | $86.73 | $0.50
quarterly | 2.13% | $0.50 | 31.3% | 7/24/26
| | LNC Lincoln National | $39.20 | $0.45
quarterly | 5.13% | $0.45 | 20.9% | 8/3/26
| | MORN Morningstar | $170.96 | $0.50
quarterly | 0.92% | $0.50 | 20.4% | 7/31/26
| | MRVL Marvell Technology | $230.70 | $0.06
quarterly | 0.09% | $0.06 | 8.2% | 7/30/26
| | NTAP NetApp | $165.78 | $0.52
quarterly | 1.46% | $0.52 | 32.7% | 7/29/26
| | ORCL Oracle | $141.46 | $0.50
quarterly | 0.99% | $0.50 | 34.3% | 7/24/26
| | SAIC Science Applications International | $113.67 | $0.37
quarterly | 1.42% | $0.37 | 16.7% | 7/24/26
| | SUNB Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. Common Stock | $69.61 | $0.75
quarterly | 3.96% | - | 405.4% | 7/24/26
| | T AT&T | $21.05 | $0.28
quarterly | 4.97% | $0.28 | 37.2% | 8/3/26
| | TD Toronto Dominion Bank | $121.36 | $1.12
quarterly | 2.86% | $1.08 | 48.5% | 7/31/26
| | TOL Toll Brothers | $151.37 | $0.26
quarterly | 0.69% | $0.26 | 7.9% | 7/24/26
| | VZ Verizon Communications | $42.58 | $0.71
quarterly | 6.31% | $0.71 | 69.0% | 8/3/26
| | 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 | 5.47% | GBX 1,067.01 | 41.39% | 5.29% | 1.81 | £2.56K | | FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. | 16.11% | $1.68 | N/A | 1.81% | N/A | $2.93K | | BGEO Lion Finance Group PLC | 4.60% | GEL 1,622.58 | 31.57% | 4.90% | 2.25 | GEL498.22K | | WPP WPP plc | 5.98% | GBX 31.90 | N/A | 4.75% | N/A | £2.89K | | EFC Ellington Financial Inc. | 11.58% | $1.56 | 93.98% | 4.36% | 8.12 | $1.69K | | PRGO Perrigo Company plc | 10.53% | $1.16 | N/A | 5.21% | N/A | $1.55K |
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