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JULY 21, 2024

AGNC's portfolio has a weighted average yield of 4.52%, so the company uses leverage -- meaning debt -- to boost returns for investors. The company expects leverage to be around 6 to 12 times its tangible stockholders' equity. It gains leverage by borrowing against its assets, which helps boost returns during good times.

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OCTOBER 23, 2024

Granted, the company is in the middle of a turnaround, after shares plunged by more than 83% from its all-time high set in 2021. That's the highest level since 2021. The company is positioned to help large organizations (governmental, non-profit, and commercial) leverage the power of AI to improve their operations.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

With shares down by a whopping 97% from their all-time high of $58 (reached in early 2021), Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) meets at least one of these criteria. When Lucid hit the market in 2021, electric vehicles (EVs) were the latest technology hype -- arguably capturing the same level of excitement as artificial intelligence today.

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MARCH 6, 2024

in late 2021. With a recovery in sight, is it possible for Sea to reach its 2021 highs ever again? billion in the third quarter of 2021 to a trough of just $443 million in the second quarter of 2023. Not only that, but Sea's chief corporate officer, Yanjun Wang, noted that this outlook doesn't incorporate the return to India.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

It has jettisoned high-cost operations and recycled that capital to grow its higher-returning assets. Devon is generating lots of cash and returning much of it to its investors. billion, putting its net leverage ratio at around 0.6 Devon Energy returned an additional $256 million to shareholders by repurchasing 5.2

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) has lost almost all its value in a short period , with shares down by an eye-watering 92% since hitting public markets in late 2021. For the next few years, management's biggest priority will probably be keeping the lights on -- not returning boatloads of cash to shareholders.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

billion in 2021 and increased to S$7.1 billion in 2021 to $37.3 billion in 2021 to an adjusted net profit of $73 million in 2023, demonstrating the strong operating leverage it enjoys in tandem with increased scale. Revenue increased from $6 billion in 2021 to $9.9 billion in 2021 to $3.9 billion by 2023.

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MAY 17, 2024

Bitcoin's move led to some big moves among leveraged Bitcoin players. Early this week, the return of some risk-taking driven by pandemic-era personalities caused a number of stocks to jump dramatically, and not surprisingly, those moves made their way to the crypto market. All of that led Bitcoin to jump 10.1% Will the pop last?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Since its initial public offering in late 2021, shares of the restaurant technology specialist have struggled and are currently off by 53% from their all-time high, which was established in November 2021. billion was nearly 3 times higher than in Q2 2021. Toast (NYSE: TOST) certainly falls into this category.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Even now, Palantir stock sells at a discount of more than 60% from its $45 per share high in early 2021. Palantir shareholders might also remember in 2021 when CEO Alex Karp forecasted a 30% revenue growth rate in the 2022-2024 time frame. Furthermore, in 2021, Palantir was not the profitable company it is today.

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MAY 14, 2024

Memes and short squeezes Yesterday started a major run-up in stocks that were popular in the 2020 and 2021 meme craze, including SunPower, Sunnova, and Sunrun. In 2021, it was a popular tactic to target companies with high short interest and bid the stock higher, forcing short-sellers to buy back shares, pushing shares higher still.

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APRIL 5, 2024

set on July 8, 2021. Its sales rose another 22% in 2021. That stabilization and acceleration in the second half of 2023 was a bright spot, because Amazon usually leverages AWS' higher-margin cloud revenue to subsidize the expansion of its lower-margin retail businesses. Image source: Amazon. Its profit growth is stable.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Consider what happened in 2021. That brief period in May 2021, when Dogecoin hit a price of $0.74, was the only time it ever came close. Dogecoin's future is highly leveraged to Elon Musk The one key factor in Dogecoin's favor is the unique relationship that it enjoys with tech billionaire Elon Musk.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Roku's share price more than tripled in value in the six months from mid-August 2020 to mid-February 2021. The biggest drag on Roku's results Roku saw strong results in 2020 and 2021 as media companies launched their own streaming services. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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APRIL 18, 2024

The scale of profit-taking was the largest since 2021. Furthermore, the widespread use of leverage trading magnified Bitcoin's price movements. Leveraged positions reached extremely high levels during Bitcoin's ascent to its all-time high. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Devon used its free cash flow to return capital to shareholders and strengthen its balance sheet. It has now repurchased $3 billion of stock since launching its current buyback program in late 2021, retiring 6.7% leverage ratio. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The company first bought shares in Q3 2020, cut the position in 2021, then began building it up again in Q3 2021. Between Q3 2021 and Q3 2022, Berkshire's Chevron position surged 576%. million 2/14/2022 12/31/2021 28.70 million 11/15/2021 9/30/2021 23.12 million 8/16/2021 6/30/2021 23.67

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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Amazon also leveraged its cloud business' higher-margin revenues to subsidize the expansion of its lower-margin e-commerce business -- and that unique strategy gave it an edge against many of its brick-and-mortar retail competitors. Metric FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 Total store count growth (YOY) 1.5% Data source: Costco.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

PDD leverages its huge short-video user base to offer livestreaming e-commerce services, an area where Alibaba was the incumbent. By comparison, it delivered 42% growth in 2021. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Still, there are a few things that investors should note.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Amazon's trusted brand means a lot to both merchants and customers, and Amazon is leveraging that trust and brand to generate higher sales. Amazon gets a cut of both the advertising revenue and the sale, and more than 80% of merchants using the service have said they have met or surpassed their return-on-investments goals.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

For example, the S&P 500 delivered a long-term average annual return of about 10% before inflation. However, to fully leverage the compounding effect in the stock market, it makes sense for investors to avoid the hype and instead invest in companies with robust fundamentals and a solid vision. Over time, the U.S.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

Shares of Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) are down roughly 50% from their 2021 highs. Adjusted earnings in 2021 rose 30% versus 2020 and hit a record of $10.48 High leverage, slowing sales, and weak margins were all contributing factors. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

million at the end of 2021 to 104.5 As a result, Nu's activity rate (active customers divided by total customers) rose from 76% at the end of 2021 to 83% in the second quarter of 2024. from 2021 to 2023 -- and that metric only rose to $0.90 invested in Nu's initial public offering (IPO) in 2021. during the same period.

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MARCH 8, 2024

For cryptocurrency investors, this rally is starting to look at lot like 2021. As the crypto sector gains momentum, speculative leverage flows toward the areas of the crypto market that can generate the highest returns. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. As of 2:45 p.m.

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JUNE 18, 2023

With the rapid increase in energy prices in 2021, the company switched its dividend policy to better reward investors. What goes down The big story behind Pioneer's dividend change in 2021 was basically oil prices. In 2021 that jumped to $6.83. To be fair, Pioneer isn't wildly over leveraged. onshore drillers.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

Asana is also leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) within its software by launching Asana AI Teammates, an AI-powered collaboration platform that helps corporate teams achieve their goals faster. billion euros in 2021 to 13.2 This metric went from 180 million in 2021 to 236 million in 2023. billion euros in 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Rising interest rates have weighed on the mortgage REIT Real estate companies rely on debt to finance and leverage their investments, and rising rates lead to increased debt which has weighed heavily on the sector. Because AGNC invests in relatively safe agency-backed MBS, it uses leverage to boost its returns.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The one time it did serve up a reported profit in 2021, it was entirely the handiwork of an asset sale. Business has decelerated sharply after more than doubling in 2021 and 2022. Recursion is hoping to reinvent the drug discovery process by leveraging AI and machine learning. Investor appetite for 3D printing stocks has cooled.

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JULY 30, 2024

However, its leverage ratio is starting to come down (with more progress expected). That debt reduction has lowered its leverage ratio from 3.1 While leverage is higher than it would like (and above rival Verizon 's 2.5x That's up from 35% in early 2021 as it converts more fiber customers to mobile subscribers.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

At one point in 2021, the stock traded for as much as $310 per share as investors optimistically expected the company's rapid growth to continue. Chriss has been leveraging this experience to turn things around at PayPal as he tries to reignite the business and attract more businesses and customers to the payment platform.

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AUGUST 18, 2024

Also, since the mortgage yield isn't relatively high enough, the mREIT uses leverage to boost the return on its portfolio. Annaly uses repurchase agreements (repo) and other financial instruments to leverage and boost returns. As a result, its net interest spread of 1.32% decreased from 1.89% in 2021.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Although shares are up more than 200% from their late 2022 low, they're also still down 55% from their 2021 peak. If you like Shopify stock, don't tarry So why then is this stock still down 55% from its 2021 high? If you're looking for a bargain-priced growth opportunity, look no further than Shopify (NYSE: SHOP).

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

After all (presuming the company in question is worth owning), stepping in at a lower price leads to better net returns than diving in at a higher one. Chewy's only managed to turn the smallest of inconsistent quarterly profits since 2021. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

In fact, the company's in-force premium per employee reached an all-time high of $693 during Q2, more than doubling since the end of 2021 when it was at $340. Lemonade's objective is to use this operating leverage to reach profitability. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Let's start with leverage. Cruise lines took on a lot of additional debt during the pandemic-related shutdown in 2020 that lasted well into 2021. Leverage isn't typically a positive thing, but let's play this out. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. wasn’t one of them.

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APRIL 20, 2024

Some investors may be looking to simply get the highest returns possible, while others may be looking for a solid stream of income that comes from dividends. The reason for this is because if leverage becomes too high, companies could be forced to cut their dividends in order to pay down their debt loads. markets in 2021.

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JUNE 25, 2023

After a massive sell-off during the 2022 bear market, improving financials and its ability to help its clients leverage artificial intelligence (AI) have made its stock increasingly popular with investors. Moreover, investors should remember that its sales multiple rarely fell below 24 in 2021 and reached a record high of 46 that year.

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