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The late owner of OnlyFans, Leonid Radvinsky, died at 43; his company Fenix International Ltd posted $714m in pretax profit last year and paid over $700m in dividends (about $535m in 2025 and $174m later). The platform continues to grow with 132 million paying subscribers and is now owned by his widow, Yekaterina Chudnovsky.
State Farm has begun issuing a $5 billion dividend to auto-insurance customers—the largest in its history—with payments averaging about $100 per vehicle and varying by state and premiums. Eligible policyholders are those with an active personal auto policy in 2025 across more than 49 million vehicles. Recipients will be notified by email or letter, and a toll-free number is available for questions; the company announced the dividend earlier this year and payments are ongoing until complete.
State Farm is issuing a $5 billion cashback dividend to auto-insurance customers after stronger-than-expected underwriting in 2025. Dividends, ranging from 4% to 10% of last year’s premiums and calculated by state, are being paid in waves and can take months to reach all policyholders. Eligible customers can check amounts and payment dates at sfdividend.com using a Dividend ID and PIN (or name and policy number), with optional payouts via PayPal, Venmo, or Zelle; a helpline is available at 1-888-808-9532.
Three energy names—Chevron (CVX), Enbridge (ENB), and EOG Resources (EOG)—have sustained or grown their dividend payments over many years. Chevron has paid dividends for over 50 years and raised its payout for 39 consecutive years with a forward yield around 3.8%. Enbridge has increased its dividend annually for 31 years, supported by its pipeline-based cash flow. EOG Resources has never cut its dividend since becoming a standalone company in 1999 and has grown its payout for nine straight years, with a forward yield near 3% and potential extra windfall dividends.
Strategy sold 1,638 BTC for about $104.7 million last week, reducing its BTC stash to 842,138 coins; proceeds funded $52.4 million in STRC dividends and an $81 million STRC preferred-share buyback, with the rest boosting cash reserves to roughly $4 billion for about 2.3 years of runway. The firm hasn’t bought BTC since June 22, and Michael Saylor has signaled a shift from his old “never sell” stance as BTC hovers near $64k amid mixed market news.
A retirement-focused article argues for a three-pronged dividend strategy: Procter & Gamble as a wealth-preservation anchor with a long dividend-raising history, Enterprise Products Partners offering a high, fee-based 5.7% yield and solid coverage, and Ares Capital providing a double-digit yield as a BDC. Together they aim to deliver durable income for decades, though each carries caveats: PG faces commodity-cost headwinds, EPD involves a K-1 tax form and leverage risk, and ARCC is sensitive to credit cycles and non-accruals.
To replace $48,000 a year of take‑home pay with dividends, your required capital depends on yield: about $400,000 at 12% yield, $1,200,000 at 4% yield, $960,000 at 5%, and as low as roughly $686,000 at 7% yield. Conservative aristocrats (like JNJ, KO, P&G, MCD) offer lower yields with growth, while names like Realty Income and MAIN Capital span the 5–6% area. Higher-yield, leveraged funds exist (8–14%) but carry principal erosion risk. The article emphasizes modeling total return, inflation, and taxes, and calculating your real retirement spending to choose a sustainable yield strategy.
A 67-year-old aiming for $4,800 a month can reach it by a three-tier barbell using SCHD (~3.2% yield with growth, needing about $1.8M for $57,600/year), Realty Income (O) at ~5% yield with monthly payouts (about $1.15M), and JEPQ at roughly 11% covered-call yield (about $576K). The blended plan leverages SCHD’s dividend growth, Realty Income’s steady monthly cash flow, and JEPQ’s income boost, producing a sustainable paycheck over time—growth in SCHD can double the income in roughly nine years, whereas a static high-yield strategy risks NAV erosion. Tax considerations and fiduciary guidance are important for choosing the optimal mix.
Abbott reported 2Q26 sales of $12.59B, up 13% on a reported basis (4.8% comparable), with GAAP diluted EPS of $0.53 and adjusted EPS of $1.31; it reaffirmed full-year 2026 comparable sales growth of 6.5%–7.5% and raised adjusted diluted EPS guidance to $5.45–$5.60. The company returned about $2.1B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks, highlighted progress on the TECTONIC U.S. IVL trial, shared late-breaking data for pulsed field ablation and conduction system pacing, secured a CE Mark for Libre Duo, and advanced Amulet 360 LAA with an FDA submission. Abbott also declared its 410th consecutive quarterly dividend and noted the Exact Sciences acquisition is reflected in the results.
Strategy (MSTR) snapped a nine-day losing streak after unveiling a Digital Credit Capital Framework that could allow selling up to $1.25 billion of Bitcoin to fund its cash reserves (expanded to $2.55 billion), payouts on Stretch (STRC), and debt management; analysts praised the framework as a robust, direct answer to investor concerns, sending the stock up about 12.6% to $92.68, while the company holds 847,363 Bitcoin with roughly $13.1 billion in unrealized losses.
Top Wall Street analysts highlight three dividend-paying stocks—Kinetik Holdings (KNTK), SLB, and IBM—as compelling income and growth plays in a potential rate-hike environment, citing KNTK's sour-gas growth and capital plan, SLB's dominant energy-services position with AI/digital-growth catalysts, and IBM's AI-driven infrastructure and quantum roadmap, all supported by solid fundamentals and attractive dividend yields.
Sen. Bernie Sanders proposed a $7 trillion sovereign wealth fund funded by a 50% tax on the stock of the largest AI companies, to distribute annual dividends to Americans (over $1,000 per person) and grant public governance influence via an Independent Commission for Democratic AI; the plan would also require separating AI from non-AI business in major firms, faces resistance from AI industry leaders, and is unlikely to pass soon but is pitched as a starting point for public benefit discussions.
Nvidia announced it will return 50% or more of its free cash flow to shareholders this year, next year, and beyond, potentially equaling about $110 billion over two years based on current profit projections, while also raising its quarterly dividend 25-fold to $0.25 and accelerating share buybacks; the company remains flush with cash (about $80.5 billion) and light on debt as it rides AI-driven demand. In its fiscal Q1 2027, Nvidia posted revenue of $81.6 billion, gross margin of 74.9%, and adjusted EPS of $1.87, with data-center revenue at $75.2 billion, and management guided Q2 revenue to about $91 billion as momentum continues.
Bitcoin slid to about $73,000, its six-week low, as ETF outflows persisted and Strategy’s cash runway to cover its $1.7 billion in annual dividends collapsed to roughly 6 months, fueling talk of a retest of February’s $60k lows unless BTC can reclaim the $74k pivot and key moving averages; analysts split on whether the move is a meaningful shift or a sentiment-driven wobble, with potential upside if momentum improves and strategic selling remains limited.
JPMorgan argues that with market volatility, investors should consider unloved but dividend‑paying stocks for defensive income and downside protection, favoring safer, income-generating equities over high‑fliers.