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There’s a group of stocks out there that most people think yield just 2%—or less. But they’re way off. In reality, these “elite” payers yield 2X, 3X—and in the case of a stock we’ll talk about below, even nearly 4X that. I’m talking about a tidy 8.3% shareholder yield (remember that phrase) here. This one has another advantage we love in a market like today’s, too: Its management team “buys the dips” in the share price for us. We don’t have to do anything at all! Stocks like this are perfect for times like these, with the economy still ticking…

The Urbandale Chamber of Commerce has announced the Central Iowa Business Conference 2026 keynote lineup featuring business growth expert Richard Bryan, Civic Renaissance founder Alexandra Hudson, and Lean TECHniques CEO Brandon Carlson. Set for Thursday, May 21, the event will bring together leaders from across Iowa for a full day of professional development and networking. Bryan will share strategies for building high-performing teams, Hudson will explore the role of civility and civic renewal in organizational culture and Carlson will discuss practical approaches to integrating AI in the workplace. More details and registration are available at centraliowabusinessconference.com.

Compound Planning Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV – Free Report) by 16.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 135,005 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 18,866 shares during the quarter. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF accounts for about 2.9% of Compound Planning Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Compound Planning Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF were worth $90,359,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Other large investors also recently…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) portfolio tracker Step Finance said it will wind down operations effective immediately.The Solana-based platform was subject to a hack at the end of January, which saw 261,854 SOL, worth roughly $27 million at the time, stolen.Step said it was unable to secure a viable outcome following the hack after it “explored every possible path forward, including financing and acquisition opportunities,” in a post on X on Monday.The project is working on a buyback for holders of native token STEP based on a snpashot of holdings and value prior to the incident.STEP lost nearly 96% of its value…

Cybersecurity continue to sell off as artificial intelligence disruption fears ripple throughout the market. But the Street doesn’t expect the new security tool within Anthropic’s Claude AI model to reshape the space anytime soon, saying the reaction is more panic-driven than based in reality. The iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF (IHAK) fell more than 3% Friday after Anthropic debuted Claude Code Security, which the company says scans code for vulnerabilities and suggests solutions. Major cybersecurity names like CrowdStrike and Cloudflare shed around 8% on Friday, while Okta tumbled more than 9%. All were under pressure again on Monday , with the…

The UAE Central Bank is currently guiding FIs on the responsible application of artificial intelligence, a move that sparked a conversation. I spoke with Katie Chambers on Dubai Eye. We explored a fundamental shift in our industry: whether automated decisioning truly expands access to capital or if it simply reinforces existing digital exclusion. While digitisation and basic algorithms have supported credit bureaus for years, the shift to AI represents a massive leap in data volume.In my view, the main difference today is that AI allows banks to unlock vast amounts of alternative data that traditional machine learning tools previously ignored.…

Oil prices have reached seven-month highs, as traders reacted to heightened tensions between the US and Iran ahead of nuclear talks this week.US crude futures rose to $67.28 a barrel on Monday, while Brent crude touched its highest level since 31 July at $72.50 a barrel. Prices fell back late in the session, but were up again on Tuesday morning, approaching Monday’s highs.James Hosie, a research analyst at Shore Capital, said oil markets were “rationally trying to price in a risk premium for oil prices, given the disruption a conflict could have on global supplies”.“The risk of possible military escalation…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, when asked about fierce competition across the financial industry, said he’s starting to see parallels to the era before the 2008 financial crisis, when a rush to make loans ended disastrously. “I see a couple people doing some dumb things,” Dimon told investors on Monday. Bloomberg’s Silas Brown reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

An attendee at the Dubai Air Show enters an aircraft on Nov. 13, 2017, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Natalie Naccache | Bloomberg | Getty Images Etihad Airways reported a near 50% jump in net profit to $698 million last year, the carrier said on Tuesday, as increased capacity supported strong demand across markets and lifted its load factor.”We’ve been investing a lot in our product, in customer satisfaction. We’ve been growing a lot, adding capacity, right?…So I would say it’s a combination of efforts,” CEO Antonoaldo Neves told Reuters.The Abu Dhabi airline said passenger numbers rose 21% to 22.4 million…

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