MarketBeat Highlights Three Defensive Stocks for Portfolio Stability

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MarketBeat identifies three defensive stocks offering stability amid AI-driven market volatility. UnitedHealth Group, with a 0.64 beta and over 2.25% dividend yield, is seeing rising analyst price targets and seven consecutive quarters of institutional accumulation. Brookfield Corporation, the world's largest alternative investment firm, provides exposure to real assets and a 0.6% yield supplemented by buybacks of up to 10% of shares. American Electric Power, a utility with a 0.53 beta and nearly 3% yield, benefits from growing electricity demand and capacity expansion plans.

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Buybacks of up to 10% of shares and exposure to real assets provide stability.

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