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Bill Ackman's Critics Had "Extreme Skepticism" About These 3 Investments, but He Still Made Billions on Them

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In 2014, Ackman reportedly told Bloomberg that he had invested $60 million in General Growth Properties -- both in the company's unsecured debt and in the stock itself. By advocating for the value of the assets, Ackman was able to contribute to a bidding war for General Growth Properties. That's when Ackman decided it was time to buy.

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2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Could Go Parabolic

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Their ability to tap into the current AI zeitgeist has pushed investors to bid these stocks massively higher. billion) in fiscal 2014, the year it IPO'd. Its software leverages this technology to automate processes, perform manual tasks faster, and free workers to spend more time on creative and analytical work.

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3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy With $500 and Hold Forever

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However, that stock has been bid to nosebleed valuations, dramatically increasing the risk. When Lisa Su became CEO in 2014, she shifted AMD's focus to CPUs and GPUs. The company successfully leveraged this core competency and took a lead over Intel in data center CPU market share growth in 2023.

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Deere (DE) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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In the last 10 years, inventory to sales ratios for 220-horsepower tractors for Deere have only been this low twice: in April 2014, just prior to the last down cycle; and in January 2022, due to post-pandemic supply constraints. Joshua Jepsen -- Chief Financial Officer And, Cory, this is Jepsen.

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Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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And then I'll stick with just one more and looking at leverage. times leverage today is a decade low. I don't know what the all-time low is, but it's lower than at any point, I think, since 2014. So my question is, has there been any change to the leverage target of four to five times? Jonathan Hughes -- Analyst OK.

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Lam Research (LRCX) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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In both DRAM and NAND, there is intense focus on lowering bid cost through efficient reuse of the installed base. And I just mentioned, since paying our first dividend in 2014, we have now raised the dividend in 10 consecutive years. Should we assume that 47% is the baseline and then you get some leverage on top of it?

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Has the Birkenstock IPO News Grabbed Your Attention?

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They have been able to grow revenue 20% annualized from 2014-2022. I sent it to my Hollywood agent first and by Friday of that week, we had a bidding war with five studios bidding on it. But when you look at the actual numbers here it's really impressive. In 2022, they generated $1.24 billion in revenue. That's a great thing.