Fortress Co-CEO Warns Private Credit On AI Deals: 'You're Not Getting Paid For That Upside'

3 High-Yield Financial Stocks to Buy for Income That Doesn't Depend on Rate Cuts

The article recommends three high-yield financial stocks positioned to maintain strong dividends even as interest rates rise: Realty Income (a REIT with 5.4% yield and 31 years of consecutive dividend increases), Brookfield Asset Management (4.2% yield with over $1 trillion in assets under management), and T. Rowe Price (4.8% yield with 39 years of consecutive dividend increases). These companies are better insulated from rising rate environments due to their scale, financial strength, and business models that don't directly depend on interest rate levels.

Reported Earlier, Brookfield Agrees To Acquire 100% Of Reliance Worldwide Corporation In All-Cash Deal At $3.38 Per Share

8-K filing — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (BAM)

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'Banks Line Up $22 Billion Chip Loan Tied to Blackstone, Alphabet' - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-16/banks-line-up-22-billion-chip-loan-tied-to-blackstone-alphabet

Shares of financial companies are trading lower amid overall market weakness after Fed Chairman Warsh took a hawkish tone in his press conference and Q&A session after the FOMC rate hike.

'Buyout Firm Vista Equity Partners Exploring Strategic Options, Including Sale, Of Financial Software Provider Finastra; Morgan Stanley Advising On Process For Finastra, Which Could Be Valued From High-Single-Digit Billions To As Much As $12B; Blackstone Among Parties That Have Expressed Early Interest In Finastra, Source Says' - Reuters Exclusive

Morgan Stanley advising Vista on early-stage strategic review of Finastra, sources sayProcess could include full sale, stake divestment, merger or acquisition, sources sayValuations range as high as $12 billion,