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In fact, Amazon stock has soared tenfold since 2013 alone. But the company has $6 billion in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet with almost no debt. E-commerce remains Amazon's largest source of revenue, but the company's diverse exposure to so many different industries has driven remarkable gains for investors.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

After the Supreme Court rejected the Biden administration's plan to forgive as much as $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower, the White House was quick to roll out several backup student loan relief plans. Any months in hardship or military deferment (2013 or later). Any months in any deferment (before 2013).

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Quality Factor ETF has been around since 2013 and has a massive $50 billion of assets under management. It's a large fund with a robust return history that might just be the perfect investment in an uncertain market. This unsung ETF could be your portfolio's new best friend This is not a new concept.

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MAY 20, 2024

Here's what happened: From early 2013 to late 2017, Coca-Cola Consolidated -- under the direction of The Coca-Cola Company -- acquired various distribution regions and manufacturing facilities. Frank Harrison III said the company will "optimize our balance sheet by raising a prudent amount of debt in order to return cash to stockholders."

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Although the Supreme Court has ruled that President Biden's plan to forgive as much as $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower cannot proceed, the administration has already proceeded with a few other student loan relief measures. Any months spent in deferment prior to 2013, other than in-school deferments.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Image source: Getty Images A double whammy of higher interest rates and increasing levels of credit card debt means Americans paid over $100 billion in credit card interest in 2022. percentage points from 2013 to 2023, at a time when the cost of lending money has remained relatively steady or even declined.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

For example, it would have cost an investor $37,330 to buy 1,000 shares at the end of 2013. The REIT expects rising rents to increase its adjusted FFO per share by around 1% annually after adjusting for bad debt expense. compound annual rate. Those dividend payments have been a meaningful contributor to Realty Income's returns.

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JUNE 23, 2023

In 2013, J.P. BDCs invest in middle-market companies (predominantly small- and micro-cap businesses) and fall into two categories: debt-focused and equity-focused. billion in debt investments held clearly makes it a debt-focused BDC. billion in debt investment is of the variable-rate variety. Every cent of its $1.01

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Rising interest rates also added to the pain of the company's high debt load. per share in 2013 to $16.69 In 2013, Home Depot paid a dividend per share of $1.56. On the other hand, AT&T stock looks dirt cheap at today's prices, and it pays a dividend that's hard to beat. Trading at just 6.4 per share in 2022.

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JUNE 18, 2023

It's hardly a secret that student loan debt is a major problem -- one that's potentially approaching crisis levels. There's also the fact that student loan debt totals have increased dramatically over the past 10 years. In 2013, U.S. federal student loan debt totaled $948 billion. In 2013, U.S. A whopping 43.5

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AUGUST 25, 2023

A report issued by JPMorgan Chase 's wealth management division in 2013 found that publicly traded companies initiating and growing their payouts between 1972 and 2012 delivered an annualized return of 9.5%. BDCs are companies that invest in the debt and/or equity (common/preferred stock) of middle-market businesses. All but $0.1

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

That stellar performance transformed Bitcoin from a tiny $100 crypto in 2013 to the $60,000 behemoth it is today. According to this scenario, the growing mountain of debt in the United States ($35 trillion) will one day collapse. At some point, it will no longer be possible to print more money to cover this debt.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

From 2013 to 2023, its annual revenue declined from $576 million to $496 million as it struggled to keep pace with faster-growing cloud competitors like Microsoft and Salesforce. It's also taking on a lot more debt and issuing more shares to fund those purchases. MicroStrategy's transformation into a Bitcoin hoarder was abrupt.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

From 2013 to 2023, its annual revenue declined from $576 million to $496 million as it struggled to keep up with faster-growing cloud-based software companies like Microsoft and Salesforce. It ended its latest quarter with a seemingly low debt-to-equity ratio of 0.1, miners and launching a new joint venture in Abu Dhabi.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

annualized return between 1972 and 2012, according to a 2013 report from the wealth management division of JPMorgan Chase , public companies that initiated and grew their payouts produced an annualized return of 9.5% A BDC is a company that invests in the equity (common and preferred stock) and/or debt of middle-market businesses.

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MARCH 21, 2024

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JANUARY 5, 2024

The stock had lost more than half of its value between 2013 and the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. To make that purchase, IBM had to take on about $23 billion in new debt, taking the total debt to around $73 billion. IBM's longtime shareholders were likely pleased.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

A 2013 report from the wealth-management division of JPMorgan Chase found that companies initiating and growing their dividends generated an annualized return of 9.5% AT&T closed out the September quarter with $138 billion in total debt. 30, 2023, AT&T's net debt fell from $169 billion to $128.7 between 1972 and 2012.

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AUGUST 31, 2024

V Return on Equity data by YCharts Note that Visa has been able to boost its returns on equity without taking on too much debt. Its smartphone banking services took the Latin American market by storm in 2013 when it began grabbing business from conventional banks that were charging customers high prices for basic financial services.

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JULY 3, 2024

is adding $1 trillion in new debt every 100 days. government debt, and that's when the "Bitcoin is perfect money" scenario might start to play out. Saylor says he first thought about buying Bitcoin in December 2013, when it was trading at $892. Yet, it's hard to deny that the U.S. government is running unsustainable deficits.

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JULY 17, 2023

Debt and dividends leave AT&T and Verizon vulnerable Because they have paid out such hefty dividends and made the expensive C-band investments, AT&T and Verizon also have larger debt loads. While AT&T was able to offload some of its debt to Warner Bros. Image source: Getty Images. Verizon $152.9 $2.2

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

The company has increased its dividend every year since it separated from Abbott Laboratories in 2013, resulting in a remarkable 270% growth in its payout over the past decade. While the biotech does have a high debt level , its core business is inherently economically insensitive and it generates enormous free cash flows ($9.3

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

It also generates lots of free cash flow , which can be used not only for dividends, but also for paying down its considerable debt and investing in growth. AbbVie AbbVie is a drug company, spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013. Verizon may not grow quickly, but it should grow as it expands its fiber and 5G networks.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

2012 16% 2013 32.4% For example: Have you paid off your high interest rate debts ? It will be hard to get ahead if you're earning, say, 8% to 12% on your investments while paying 25% on debts. The stock market is volatile. Over many decades, though, the stock market has averaged annual gains of close to 10%. 2016 12% 2017 21.8%

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

The stock finally surpassed its all-time high from 2013 this year, and with its transformation into a cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) company, investors have taken an interest. This purchase meant a massive increase in IBM's total debt. So large was that debt that a failure would have likely led to doubts about IBM's future.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

AbbVie has raised its quarterly payment every year since spinning off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013 and its parent's dividend-raising history goes back even further. It hasn't announced a dividend raise yet, but it's generating enough cash to pay down a large debt load and begin increasing its payout again sometime next year.

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DECEMBER 17, 2023

since it spun off from Abbott Laboratories in 2013, and it is a Dividend King due to its heritage. The case for AT&T Over the next few years, AT&T is expected to steadily reduce its debt thanks to its improved free cash flows and lower costs. To illustrate these points, the company has increased its dividend by 287.5%

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DECEMBER 16, 2023

Measuring a company's profitability compared to its debt and equity, UPS' high mark is promising as it highlights its ability to generate outsize profits despite the heavy capital expenditures needed to maintain its network. And the icing on the cake for investors? by store count.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

In fact, according to a 2013 Gallup survey, only 32% of households said they prepared a detailed budget every month. But if it doesn't, that's alright, too. Even though there's a ton of advice that recommends budgeting, there are plenty of people who just don't like to do it. You don't need to track where every dollar goes.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

It relocated its headquarters to California in 2013. At the end of its latest quarter, it was still sitting on $497 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities with a manageable debt-to-equity ratio of 1.6. It has launched 52 of its Electron rockets since its maiden launch in 2017.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

How Rumble stands out Chris Pavlovski, who still serves as Rumble's CEO, founded the company in 2013. Currently, its liquidity is $132 million, meaning it can only sustain the same amount of losses for a few more quarters before turning to debt or share issuance for additional funding.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

It's no secret that Occidental buried itself in debt when it acquired Anadarko in 2019. But since March 2021, it's reduced its net debt by more than $15 billion. Since commencing its buyback program in 2013, Apple has repurchased around $600 billion worth of its common stock. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

It spun off in 2013, and it has continued to raise dividend payments. Investors have been bearish on telecom stocks due to rising interest rates and high debt loads. AbbVie Drugmaker AbbVie pays a high dividend yielding 3.3% -- that's more than double the S&P 500 average yield of 1.4%. That's nearly double AbbVie's rate.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

It has repurchased more than $600 billion worth of its common stock since instituting a buyback program in 2013. Elevated energy commodity prices allowed Chevron to meaningfully reduce its net debt throughout 2022. An elevated spot price for crude oil will be needed by Occidental Petroleum to further reduce its long-term debt.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Launching our new growth strategy with CareScout has been made possible by the financial flexibility we've built over the last decade, reducing debt from $4.2 billion as of the beginning of 2013 to $821 million today. We also retired $17 million of principal debt in the third quarter for $15 million in cash.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Investing in a green future has helped NextEra sustain a 10% annualized earnings growth rate since 2013. Debt-based financing can also be used for infrastructure upgrades. As of the end of 2023, York Water had $180 million in long-term debt, which could become costlier to service in a sustained higher interest rate environment.

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

In 2013, the company invested in a pizza chain called Pizzeria Locale (now closed down). Not only is popularity soaring, as evidenced by its Q2 same-store-sales growth of 14%, but it also has nearly $350 million in cash and cash equivalents and zero debt. Brassica isn't the first restaurant chain that Chipotle has ever invested in.

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