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AUGUST 19TH, 2026 Unsubscribe MarketBeat Daily Ratings MY PORTFOLIO Text "MarketBeat" to 68285 for free, real-time alerts on your watchlist stocks. Get Free Alerts Today's Top Stories RTX Stock Gets a Radar Lock on a $23B Navy Win RTX Stock Gets a Radar Lock on a $23B Navy Win BY JEFFREY NEAL JOHNSON Berkshire Just Made a Huge Alphabet Bet—Should You Follow? Berkshire Just Made a Huge Alphabet Bet—Should You Follow? BY RYAN HASSON Michael Burry Is Betting Against Palantir Again—Should Investors Care? Michael Burry Is Betting Against Palantir Again—Should Investors Care? BY CHRIS MARKOCH ALERT: Drop these 5 stocks before the market opens tomorrow! SPONSORED · PARTNER CONTENT ALERT: Drop these 5 stocks before the market opens tomorrow! The Wall Street Journal is already raising the alarm about a potential market crash, and Weiss Ratings research points to the first half of 2026 as a particularly rough stretch for certain holdings. 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Chief Income Strategist Tim Plaehn calls it a breakthrough strategy that transforms gold's rally into reliable monthly payouts… Discover the gold income fund before the next payout datetc pixel Analysts' New Coverage ALL INITIATIONS AGMB AgomAb Therapeutics Cantor Fitzgerald Overweight AKTS Aktis Oncology Wedbush Outperform PT $35.00 36.2% upside ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals BMO Capital Markets Outperform PT $318.00 39.1% upside BMRN BioMarin Pharmaceutical BMO Capital Markets Outperform PT $98.00 42.9% upside DRIO DarioHealth Alliance Global Partners Buy PT $12.00 63.9% upside IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals BMO Capital Markets Outperform → Market Perform PT $60.00 0.3% downside This AI fund sends investors payouts every Thursday SPONSORED · PARTNER CONTENT This AI fund sends investors payouts every Thursday CrowdStrike, Palantir, Nvidia none of them pay a real dividend. But one fund holding the biggest AI names distributes income every single Thursday, with payouts reported as high as $1,051 a month. 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