Each week, Mike Wilson offers his perspective on the forces shaping the markets and how to separate the signal from the noise.

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Dubuque, IA-based Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (“Heartland”) (NASDAQ: HTLF) and Racine, WI-based Johnson Financial Group, Inc. (“JFG”) jointly announced today that Arizona Bank & Trust (“AB&T”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heartland headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, has entered into a purchase and assumption agreement, pursuant to which AB&T will acquire certain assets and will assume substantially all of the deposits and certain other liabilities of Johnson Bank’s Arizona operations.

This week will not be easily forgotten in history, and it shouldn’t be.

Starion Bank issued the following announcement on.Starion Bank has awarded Megan Rodine, an Oakes High School (OHS) graduate, with a $500 scholarship to support her pursuit of a degree in agribusiness.

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American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company®, a leading underwriter of fixed index annuities, announced the launch of a new growth-focused fixed index annuity.

\Genworth Mortgage Insurance, an operating segment of Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW), today released takeaways from the first quarter of 2020 by its Chief Economist, Tian Liu.