Let’s highlight some potential public dividend paying candidates that might find a home in your dividend portfolio.

The real earnings season is nearly over. For the past month and a half, our analysts have diligently gone through over 3,000 annual reports, Form 10-K’s, to make adjustments from GAAP numbers to economic earnings. This report features an interesting non-operating item we’ve discovered in numerous filings.

If I were short bullion I might consider squaring up and inching towards the exit, just to be on the safe side.