Dividend Investor Insights: Three Dividend-paying Investments for Times of Transition

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Three Dividend-paying Investments for Times of Transition 10/09/2026 The Dollar You Saved in 2000 Buys About 51 Cents Today. It now takes about $1.95 to buy what one dollar bought in 2000, so the dollar you set aside then has the purchasing power of roughly 51 cents today. Gold pays no dividend. What it does is sit outside the printing press: no central bank can create more of it and no issuer can default on it. The free 2026 Gold IRA Guide covers how an IRA, 401(k) or TSP rollover works. Send Me the Free 2026 Gold IRA Guide – free of charge, no obligation to buy anything Click Here... Three dividend-paying investments for times of transition give investors a chance to adopt to changing circumstances that could provide additional total return. But there are no guarantees that potential will be turned into reality. For that reason, investors should learn about the circumstances and decide whether trying to forecast the future is worth the risk. Technology advances are becoming a key part of growth opportunities, and that trend is affecting all three of these investments. An aerospace and defense company that has a strong niche in information technology is one of the three investments, along with a telecommunications provider and a fund. Three Dividend-paying Investments for Times of Transition: GD Names New CEO A leadership change is taking place at General Dynamics Inc. (NYSE: GD), headquartered in Reston, Virginia, a global aerospace and defense company with a portfolio of products and services in land combat vehicles, weapon systems and munitions; and technology products and services; business aviation; and ship construction and repair. The company, a global aerospace and defense provider, named its Present Danny Deep as its next chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2027, to lead more than 120,000 people worldwide who helped to generate $52.6 billion in revenue during 2025.  Deep will succeed Phebe Novakovic, who will transition to executive chairman after serving as chief executive officer (CEO) since 2013. Novakovic released a statement calling Deep a “highly skilled executive” and praising his operating experience. “I am certain he will be an outstanding CEO,” said Novakovic. “I very much look forward to our continuing collaboration.” Deep, who was named to the company's board of directors in August, has worked at General Dynamics for more than 25 years and served as its president since December 2025. Prior to becoming its president, his various operating roles within the company included executive vice president for Global Operations, executive vice president for Combat Systems and president of General Dynamics Land Systems. Three Dividend-paying Investments for Times of Transition: Information Technology  The CEO transition follows a separate leadership change at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), announced Oct. 2, with Paul Nedzbala, previously senior vice president and chief business officer, appointed interim president to replace Amy Gilliland, who left the company. Gilliland had led GDIT since 2017, while Nedzbala joined GDIT through its acquisition on April 2, 2018, of government information technology (IT) services firm CSRA Inc. for $9.7 billion, including $2.8 billion in debt. Before joining GDIT in 2018 through the CSRA acquisition, Nedzbala served at the latter company for 19 years in a variety of roles that included executive vice president. Nedzbala, who brings decades of federal IT services experience, will serve on an interim basis until a permanent GDIT president is named. Chicago-based investment firm William Blair & Co. took notice of the leadership transition at General Dynamics. While continuing to rate the General Dynamics stock as "market perform," it is possible Deep may pursue strategic action with the GDIT business, wrote William Blair & Co. research analyst Louie DiPalma. "While the other primes in the industry divested their IT services businesses over the past decade, GD doubled down on IT services with its 2018 acquisition of CSRA for nearly $10 billion," DiPalma wrote. "The government IT services industry has been pressured by DOGE and the desire from the new administration to contract directly with technology providers rather than systems integrators." Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com. Trump’s AI Secret: 100X Faster Than Nvidia While everyone’s fighting over AI scraps... Trump just triggered what I believe is the biggest tech disruption since the internet. Now I see something even BIGGER brewing. There are three companies are making it happen: building what I call the “Trillion Dollar Triangle”: Make no mistake. This could be one of the biggest opportunities I’ve seen in over four decades. Get the three company names here before Wall Street catches on. Click Here... Three Dividend-paying Investments for Times of Transition: VZ Verizon, the world's second-largest telecommunications company by revenue and the biggest U.S. wireless carrier, is a second company facing a transition. It entered the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure market with an announcement during its Q2 2026 earnings call that it agreed to a $1 billion-plus dark fiber deal with Google, part of Mountain View, California-based Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG). The pact led to upgraded, full-year financial guidance for Verizon and an expanding strategy to retrofit central offices for artificial intelligence workloads. Income investors may like that Verizon offers a current dividend yield of 6.15%. However, risk exists that cost cutting could have an unintended consequence on future operating performance, Citi Research commented. But the investment firm still maintained its Buy rating on Verizon with an unchanged target. Citi Research plans to look further into the potential sources of upside in Verizon's wireless wholesale revenue relative to its estimates, Rollins wrote. His earnings per share (EPS) for 2026 is unchanged at $5.01, while incorporating some dilution in 2027 partly from a recently disclosed spectrum purchase. "We believe the wireless competitive landscape is showing some positive signs of stabilizing over the near term, while Verizon is enhancing its go-to-market position with its refreshed rate plans, converged offers and small rebound in core prepaid," Rollins wrote. "However, the larger question and risk that is still orbiting around the telco and cable stocks is the possibility that LEO [low-Earth-orbit] satellite constellations, including StarLink, become a direct and broader competitor to both wireless and broadband in the U.S. market." Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com. Three Dividend-paying Investments for Times of Transition: Wisdom from Woods The market has two things going for it that should keep the bulls running, Wall Street veteran Jim Woods wrote to his Tactical Trader advisory service subscribers in his weekly update on Oct. 6. “First, strong earnings growth is coming from key sectors such as tech and AI-related companies," Woods wrote. "Second, economic growth is still strong, despite the headwinds of higher gasoline and diesel prices, and despite Fed trepidation and domestic political uncertainty regarding the upcoming midterm election." This situation proves a Wall Street maxim, “Bulls love to run, and bears like to grumble," continued Woods, who also heads the Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter. Jim Woods heads Tactical Trader and Forecasts & Strategies. Stop Chasing Stock Tips. Start Scanning for Probability. Another tip from a forum, a group chat, a guru with a hot take, and you are always the last one in. VantagePoint's patented AI analyzes intermarket relationships across global markets, forecasting direction up to 3 days in advance, so you're working from data instead of somebody else's opinion. Trade like consistent, successful traders do, with your own process instead of someone else's tip. Reserve your seat to start scanning for probability. Click Here... Three Dividend-paying Investments for Times of Transition: XLC A third investment that can help during a transition is the State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE Arca: XLC), which seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Communication Services Select Sector Index, before expenses. Dividend-paying XLC follows the S&P 500 Communications Services Index, which takes a broad view of communications services, said Bob Carlson, who heads the Retirement Watch investment newsletters. The fund contains stocks such as Verizon and the major cellular phone service providers, among others, said Carlson, a retired pension fund chairman who also recently updated his proprietary IRA Calculator to help those assessing whether to convert to Roth IRAs. XLC provides a modest current dividend yield of 1.15%. Bob Carlson invented his own IRA Calculator. The top three U.S. cellular carries, New York City-based Verizon (NYSE: VZ), Dallas-headquartered AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS), of Bellevue, Washington, are among the top 10 of the 22 current holdings in the exchange-traded fund (ETF). But the fund also includes stocks of companies in “very different industries,” he added. For example, the top holdings are Meta (NasdaqGS: META), of Menlo Park, California, with a 23.01% weighting; Alphabet Inc. Class A (NasdaqGS; GOOGL) and Alphabet Inc. Class (NasdaqGS; GOOG), of Mountain View, California, combining for 22.16%, Carlson counseled. Other major holdings in the fund recently were Burbank, California-based Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), 4.78%; and New York City-headquartered Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO), with 4.61%. Chart courtesy of www.stockcharts.com. Woods, who heads the Forecasts & Strategies investment newsletter, has recommended XLC in his newsletter since November 2023, and it has produced a total return of 63.32%. He also heads the TNT Trader, Tactical Trader, Five Star Trader and Bullseye Stock Trader advisory services that recommend both stocks and options. Geopolitical Risk Russia is continuing to intensify its invasion in Ukraine that has included firing on buses and other civilian targets with jet-powered attack drones. Ukraine's capital of Kyiv has been targeted directly. In response, more than a dozen automated turrets have been deployed around the Ukrainian capital as Russia steps up its use of faster drones that are more difficult for conventional air defenses to intercept. Ukraine’s Air Force indicated it is using artificial intelligence and machine vision to track targets and aim through its Sky Sentinel system to defend against the faster Russian, jet-powered drones, creating a tactical battle in which warfare is moving towards machines fighting machines. The war's escalation occurred despite recent visits to both nation's capitals by President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who sought to broker a peace agreement. With military action taking place there, the Middle East and elsewhere, these three investments offer a potentially profitable path to receive share-price appreciation. If investors are wary about the ups and downs of the stock market, an alternative is to trade options. An advisory service  teaches how to do so. The pure-play options service that trades into volatility to pursue quick profits is the DayTradeSPY Trading Room, advised Hugh Grossman, who is the senior leader of the the service. The DayTradeSPY Trading Room has a win rate that averages 89.8%, its Pick of the Day service track record is 88.6% and the DayTradeSPY Signal service profits 86% of the time. As long as there is turmoil in the world… wars, tariffs, political upheaval, you name it, "we make money," said Grossman, who also offers Inner Circle memberships that include all his services. "We can’t control the events of the day, but we can take advantage of that instability by trading short-term movements," Grossman continued. "Options on SPY provide outstanding leverage and liquidity for quick profits." Sincerely, Paul Dykewicz, Editor DividendInvestor.com About Paul Dykewicz: Paul Dykewicz is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today, Seeking Alpha, GuruFocus and other publications and websites. Paul is the editor of StockInvestor.com and DividendInvestor.com, a writer for both websites and a columnist. He further is the editorial director of Eagle Financial Publications in Washington, D.C., where he edits monthly investment newsletters, time-sensitive trading alerts, free e-letters and other investment reports. Paul also is the author of an inspirational book, "Holy Smokes! Golden Guidance from Notre Dame's Championship Chaplain", with a foreword by former national championship-winning football coach Lou Holtz. Follow Paul on Twitter @PaulDykewicz.

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📡 Spectrum held. Banks next. Read online BONUS: CCI +15.6%, TMUS −13%; JPM Tue ~7am ET kicks bank week ‌ MARKET SIGNAL REPORT POWERED BY STOCKSTOTRADE FRI OCT 9  RECAP · CLOSE · SPY ▲0.60%   QQQ ▲0.49%   DIA ▲0.87%   IWM ▲0.49% TOGETHER WITH OXFORD CLUB · (Ad) NVIDIA’s CEO said “once-in-a-generation” — and it isn’t the chip trade Jensen Huang’s real-world AI corner, and the #1 name the Oxford Club is watching. KEY TAKES Official close: SPY +0.60%, QQQ +0.49%, DIA +0.87%, IWM +0.49% — soft green after Thursday’s tech flush. SpaceX Grain spectrum held into the bell: CCI +15.6%, AMT +9.3%; TMUS −13.3%, T −9.8%, VZ −8.7%. HUM +13.0% on Stars. They called you wrong on gold — Trump’s Priority Gold reset brief (From First Ballot) THE CLOSE Friday closed with SPY at 778.57 (+0.60%), QQQ 751.27 (+0.49%), DIA 516.11 (+0.87%), IWM 278.94 (+0.49%). The 3 PM read held: carriers did not bounce into the bell, and towers did not give back the SpaceX Grain premium — CCI finished +15.6% (from mid-session ~+12%), AMT +9.3%, while TMUS closed −13.3%. Soft indexes still masked a wireless re-price, not a broad risk-on. Humana’s Stars recovery also stuck (+13.0%). The 3 PM “Wrong if” — carriers bounce, towers fade — did not print. TOMORROW'S SETUP Mon Oct 12 — Equities open (Columbus Day: Fed statistical releases shift to Tuesday; stocks trade). No major confirmed earnings Monday — quiet tape into Tuesday’s bank stack. Tue Oct 13 ~7:00 AM ET — JPM Q3 print (call 8:30 AM ET). Also BMO: UNH, GS, WFC, JNJ, DPZ, C — bank week starts. Wed Oct 14 8:30 AM ET — US CPI (Sep). Midweek inflation into the bank prints. ONE TO WATCH TOMORROW JPM · Monday positioning into Tuesday’s ~7:00 AM ET Q3 release (call 8:30 AM ET). First mega-bank print of the week — not today’s tower/carrier movers. Tell: JPM vs Friday close; XLF after the 7am print. SHH. 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