5 Best “Dogs of the Dow” Stocks to Buy for the Rest of 2026

2. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)

Short Percentage of Float: 1.01%

Dividend Yield as of May 15: 2.02%

A May 12 report from Bloomberg said JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) posted record balances in its prime-brokerage business as clients looked to take advantage of heightened market volatility in recent weeks. According to Claudia Jury and Scott Hamilton, the bank’s global co-heads of sales and research, clients generally remained optimistic and had started unwinding some of the hedges they put in place during the early stages of the Iran conflict. Their focus, the executives said, had shifted more toward US corporate earnings.

Jury noted that clients were actively trading and taking on more risk as they tried to benefit from ongoing market swings despite continued geopolitical uncertainty. The two executives were in Paris alongside other senior JPMorgan leaders for the company’s annual Global Markets Conference, which brought together hundreds of clients. Their comments came shortly after JPMorgan reported a record $11.6 billion in first-quarter trading revenue, up 20% from a year earlier.

The report also noted that volatile markets have boosted demand for prime-brokerage services, where banks provide hedge funds with cash and securities to support trading activity. Bloomberg pointed to Citigroup Inc., which recently announced plans to grow its prime-brokerage balances to more than $700 billion by 2028, more than triple 2022 levels. Jury and Hamilton also said clients were showing growing interest in artificial intelligence and how JPMorgan is using the technology internally. They highlighted a new AI-powered tool that allows clients to search through a decade of research more efficiently. Hamilton added that AI is also helping the bank personalize communication with clients more effectively.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is a financial holding company involved in investment banking, consumer and small-business financial services, commercial banking, transaction processing, and asset management.