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Delta Air Lines announced its Q1 2026 financial results, reporting non-GAAP operating revenue of $14.2 billion and an earnings per share of $0.64, exceeding expectations.
It was wise of Omnicom to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings after the market closed on Wednesday, since its stock gained in after-hours trading - unlike Publicis, which got walloped by traders after its quite positive financial results. However, its results were neither spectacularly good nor terribly bad, with 2025 revenue up 10%, thanks in part to including one month of revenue from Interpublic Group, which it finished absorbing at the end of November. Foreign exchange values also goosed the revenue by $125 million, bringing total revenue for the year to $17.3 billion.
MORT holds shares in mortgage real estate investment trusts, companies that borrow at short-term rates and invest in mortgage-backed securities or originate real estate loans. The income MORT distributes comes from the dividends paid by the underlying mREITs to their shareholders.
The emergence of so-called "agentic AI," systems that can perform tasks independently and support decisions, plays a central role in this. Two-thirds of respondents believe that there is currently more hype surrounding agentic AI than previous technological developments. At the same time, three-quarters are still discovering how this technology can be used effectively. According to Basware CEO Jason Kurtz, the time for experimentation is over; executives expect concrete results.
The ETF holds 50 positions, but the top two dominate in a way that makes the rest almost incidental. Johnson & Johnson carries a 25.4% weight, and Eli Lilly and Company sits at 21.4%. Together they account for roughly 46.8% of the entire fund.
As audit committees confront a rapidly expanding risk landscape, their role in corporate governance is being reshaped. Boards have often turned to current and former CFOs as independent directors, particularly for audit committees, because of their ability to translate complex operational and financial realities into effective oversight.For example, this month, J. Michael Hansen, former EVP and CFO of Cintas Corporation, was appointed to the audit committee at Paychex.