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The AI Dividend Play Nobody’s Talking About

Some weeks it feels like the market is just daring us to call bullshit. This was one of those weeks. Between AI quietly driving a natural gas boom, the government revising GDP numbers like they’re editing fan fiction, and one of the best ex-dividend lists we’ve seen in months—you’ll want to grab a coffee (or a Bobelo) and dig in.

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Economic News

1️⃣ AI Boom = Natural Gas Boom

AI isn’t just chewing up GPUs—it’s chewing up power grids. Renewables can’t scale fast enough, so natural gas is filling the gap. Result? A dividend-rich sector that’s up big this year:

  • EXE: +24%
  • EQT: +40%
  • LPG: +40%
  • WMB: +33%

If you want exposure to this macro trend, start with the steady dividend payers:

  • ET (7.7%)
  • EPD (6.9%)
  • MPLX (7.6%)
  • ENB (5.5%)
  • CVX (4.4%)

This isn’t a trade. It’s a decade-long story you don’t want to miss out on.

2️⃣ GDP Math Ain’t Mathing

Q2 GDP got revised up again—this time from 3.3% → 3.8%. Consumer spending was bumped from 1.9% → 2.9%, while income was revised down 1%. Prices nudged higher too.

So let’s pause: how exactly do consumers have less income, pay more for goods, and magically spend 1% more than the last two reports suggested? Either we all suddenly got better at alchemy… or the numbers are cooked.

None of this changes reality: stuff costs more, the labor market is weakening, and inflation is creeping higher. But sure, trust the data.

Top 10 IINvestments Going Ex-Dividend Next Week

This week’s list is 🔥 compared to the recent trashpanda weeks. 

Breakdown:

  • 3 BDCs: TRIN, KBDC, CCAP
  • 3 mREITs: LIEN, EFC, STWD
  • 2 Industrial REITs: IIPR, NLCP
  • 1 Pharma: BMY
  • 1 Tech Lender: OTF

Highlights:

  • BMY: Yield looks weak vs. the pack, but EPS is projected to jump 75% over the next year, plus 18 years of dividend growth. At 15% undervalued, this is a sleeper winner.
  • NLCP: Cannabis REIT (like IIPR) collecting rent on grow ops. Under the radar, but legit.
  • OTF: IPO’d June 2025. Tech/software lender. If peers are the benchmark, this could pop.

We currently hold TRIN, BMY, IIPR & STWD.

Portfolio Updates

1️⃣ Watchlist Add

JRS (CEF): Yields 8.3%, ~10% undervalued, holds a fat basket of REITs. Just went ex-div 09/15, so we’ve got up to three months to snag it at the right price.

2️⃣ Retirement Portfolio

Added AEF (emerging markets ex-China). Gives us exposure outside U.S. volatility. About 10% undervalued, ~8% yield, and has been around since 1989 (battle-tested).

Added more TGT shares. Under $100 = “back up the truck” territory.

3️⃣ Vanning Portfolio

Took most cash and dumped into COIW → accelerates the CONY experiment paydown.

Also grabbed a couple shares of QQQI (using JEPQ cash) and UPS.

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