Presented By: The Early Bird

Picture this: It's Saturday night, and a line of young people are waiting to get into an expensive Chicago club.

Designer clothes, fancy watches, and a couple of yellow sports cars parked out front. My first thought? "No way in hell I'd wait in that line for overpriced drinks."

But here's the thing - If you and Cher could turn back time 25 years, that could've been me. (Though I was more of a punk rock and goth club kinda guy.)

What hit me is this isn't just horny young people looking to party. It's a mating ritual, plain and simple. Their DNA is screaming to hook up and live forever. It's natural, like animals in the jungle doing their mating dance.

What isn't natural? Capitalism cashing in on this primal urge.

These people are using products to broadcast, "I'm a worthy mate!" It's like a peacock buying fake tail feathers to impress the ladies.

So, it got me thinking about some companies making bank off this mating game and paying shareholders dividends. Check it out:

Clothing

• V.F. Corp. (VFC), 2.20% (Dickies)
• Ralph Lauren Corp (RL), 2.00% (Polo Shirts)

Watches

• Movado Group (MOV), 5.59% (Movado Museum Watch)
• Swatch Group AG (SWGAY), 2.06% (Swatch Watch)

Cars

• Ferrari NV (RACE), 0.64% (Ferrari 488)
• BMW Group (BMWYY), 4.81% (BMW 3 Series)

Perfumes

• Estee Lauder (EL), 2.66% (Beautiful Perfume)
• Unilever (UL), 3.16% (Axe Body Spray)

Body Grooming

• Procter & Gamble (PG), 2.40% (Gillette Razors)
• Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL), 2.04% (Colgate Toothpaste)

Birth Control

• AbbVie (ABBV), 3.60% (Lo Loestrin Fe, Oral Contraceptive)
• Church & Dwight (CHD), 1.11% (Trojan Condoms)

Shoes

• Nike (NKE), 2.04% (Air Jordan Dunk Low)
• TJX Companies (TJX), 1.34% (Discounted Name Brands)

Liquor

• Diageo (DEO), 3.18% (Johnnie Walker Whiskey)
• Brown-Forman Corp. (BF.B), 2.00% (Jack Daniel's Whiskey)

Credit cards and banks

• Visa (V), 0.78% (Payment Processing)
• Bank of America (BAC), 2.42% (BofA Checking Accounts)

Let's face it - people will always want to impress potential mates. It's a constant in human nature. And that, my friends, is an investment opportunity that's not going away.

So, what'd I miss? Are any other companies cashing in on the hookup scene?

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And now, here is this week's portfolio activity.

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Dividends Received ~$126.60

• Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR) | $19.00
• Main Street Capital (MAIN) | $36.75
• Agree Realty (ADC) | $18.25
• Realty Income (O) | $52.60

Dividends Received Year to Date~

$4,191.81

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Stocks Sold (AVERAGE)

• 30 AT&T (T) | $18.82

Stocks Bought (AVERAGE)

• 3 Agree Realty (ADC) | $66.18
• 2 Nike (NKE) | $72.27
• 2 Starbucks (SBUX) | $73.34

Notable Ex-Dividends This Week + SSD Score

• 7/24 Lowe's (LOW), 4.5% | 93VS
• 7/25 Royal Bank of Canada (RY), 3.73% | 80S
• 7/26 Costco (COST), 0.55% | 99VS
• 7/26 Fastenal (FAST), 2.30% | 81VS
• 7/26 Pfizer (PFE), 5.61% | 75S

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🗣️Quote of the week🗣️

"Bernard Arnault has short-term pessimism and long-term optimism…just like Warren Buffett in the quest to own great businesses."

-Christian Billinger, The King of Luxury: Bernard Arnault & LVMH on the We Study Billionaires Podcast​

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Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time

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