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Trump's $250,000/Month Secret Exposed |
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While President Trump's official salary is $400,000 per year... his tax returns reveal he's been collecting up to $250,000 PER MONTH from one hidden source. |
Until recently, most Americans couldn't touch the type of investment that makes up this investment. But thanks to Executive Order 14330, that just changed. |
If you love investing in disruptive new companies... |
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📐 How much income rests on one company? |
Position size has a second meaning when the portfolio helps pay the bills. |
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If you keep a household income list, McDonald's next declared payment offers a useful entry to examine. The company declared $1.86 per share on July 23, payable September 16. A hypothetical holding of 100 shares would receive $186 before any taxes, assuming eligibility and no change to the declaration. At the same quarterly rate, those shares would generate $744 over four payments. Your own share count supplies the first part of the calculation. The more revealing part comes when you divide that expected income by the annual dividends from the entire portfolio, using consistent assumptions for each holding in the account. |
McDonald's second-quarter release reported global comparable sales growth of 1.3%, including 0.8% in the United States. Comparable sales measure the performance of established restaurants. Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski discussed improving execution in the U.S. business. Those are company-specific facts worth following even for a familiar dividend payer. A restaurant business still has customers to serve and spending choices to make. Its payout record can be long while its operating results vary. Reading the income column beside the share count keeps the business visible after the payment has become a comfortable part of the household routine. |
Suppose those hypothetical 100 shares supply $744 of an illustrative $6,000 annual dividend budget. They account for 12.4% of that income, regardless of how large the position looks in the portfolio's market-value column. Both amounts are examples, not a suggested allocation or a forecast of payments. A second holding can be a similar size in dollars and contribute a different share of income. Writing down both shares helps you see where the household plan depends on a particular company. You might find the concentration acceptable. You might prefer discussing it at your next portfolio review, with your spending needs and the rest of your assets in view. |
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The $744 example is easier to assess alongside dated declarations from the other businesses in the account. Keeping the estimates on the same annual basis avoids comparing a quarterly check with a full year of household needs. |
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💵 INCOME WATCH |
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AbbVie (ABBV): $1.73 per share declared September 10, unchanged from the prior quarter. Record date October 15. |
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September 14–18, 2026:
UNH: $2.32 per share. Ex 09-14, declared 08-11, payable 09-22.
KO: $0.53 per share. Ex 09-15, declared 07-15, payable 10-01.
MO: $1.11 per share. Ex 09-15, declared 08-27, payable 10-09.
PLD: $1.07 per share. Ex 09-16, declared 09-02, payable 09-30.
VICI: $0.46 per share. Ex 09-17, declared 09-03, payable 10-08. |
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McDonald's 74 completed payments give us a record to examine while keeping future dividends separate from past checks. |
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🧾 THE STEADY |
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74 quarterly payments in the verified 2008–June 2026 record. |
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Quarterly rates rose to $1.52 in 2022, $1.67 in 2023, $1.77 in 2024, $1.86 in 2025. |
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Forward annual rate: 2.94% on September 10, below the September 9 Treasury's 4.83%. |
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September 10 close, near the bottom of its adjusted 52-week range, $252.54–$335.18. |
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A restaurant holding whose payout still depends on its business. |
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For the weekend review, the 12.4% example leaves one useful question beside the calendar: is that dependence comfortable? |
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📅 TOMORROW'S CALENDAR |
Saturday, September 12 · all day ET: U.S. stock markets closed. No regular equity session to plan around. |
Next session: Monday, September 14 · 9:30 a.m. ET: NYSE core trading opens. UNH reaches its declared ex-dividend date. |
Looking ahead: Wednesday, September 16 · 2 p.m. ET: Federal Reserve policy announcement. Read the statement and economic projections together. |
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Does one company supply a larger share of your dividends than you'd expected? I'd welcome your experience by reply. |
Randy Cole, Editor |
P.S.: Most of what moves a session is on a calendar. Good Morning Alerts sends it before the open. |
(From Good Morning Alerts) |
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