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MARCH 8, 2024

Much ado has been made about the broader macro picture improving for the most speculative asset classes. Many of these projects remain obscure, despite their multibillion-dollar valuations, with retail investors continuing to drive the vast majority of the trading volume around these digital assets. What gives? Can this rally continue?

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JULY 28, 2024

Capitalize on assets you already own Look around you -- do you have an extra room or perhaps a car that's often unused? These can become income-generating assets. Leverage affiliate marketing If you already run a blog or YouTube channel or have a strong social media following, affiliate marketing is a powerful tool.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

onshore assets in the Permian and DJ basins. leverage ratio , well below its 20% to 25% target range. That percentage will trend d own in the near term after the company agreed to sell its Canadian assets in a $6.5 billion deal, which is part of its strategy to sell $10 billion to $15 billion of noncore assets through 2028.

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JULY 11, 2024

Adding an accelerant Brookfield Renewable and some partners (its parent, Brookfield Asset Management , and Singapore's state investment company Temasek) recently struck a deal to acquire a majority stake in Neoen from some of its largest shareholders. gigawatts (GW) of assets in operation or under construction. Neoen currently has 8.3

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AUGUST 25, 2024

Enbridge currently gets 98% of its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from stable cost-of-service or contracted assets. The company currently boasts an investment-grade credit rating backed by a leverage ratio toward the low end of its 4.5-5.0 times target range.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Bitcoin's liquidation spree When assets move quickly, it often causes a squeeze on leveraged positions. million in short leverage positions liquidated for Bitcoin and $363 million across crypto, which could have fueled the run-up. Leverage long positions must be sold, which causes the drop to accelerate.

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JULY 31, 2024

Since our last earnings call on April 30, I am pleased to announce that we are making solid progress on our path forward of one, simplifying the business; two, operational performance improvement and three, reducing leverage. On asset sales, in the second quarter we sold an outparcel deal for $7.1

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Bucking the larger trend Most risk assets traded lower on Monday, as investors once again began to price in the risk of higher-for-much-longer into various asset classes. That's because the use of leverage in the world of crypto trading is on another level, and is a key driver many investors watch.

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APRIL 24, 2024

The REIT's average cost of funds was 1.58%, compared with an average asset yield of 4.56%. It leveraged that investment to grow its portfolio to $63.3 leverage ratio , up from 7.0 A prodigious passive income producer AGNC Investment's business model uses leverage to boost the return it can earn from low-risk Agency MBS.

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MARCH 16, 2024

These firms then use leverage to boost their returns. Annaly and AGNC also have less leverage than they've used in the past before the pandemic. For example, Annaly had economic leverage, which takes in account the volatility of the assets, of 5.7x at the end of 2018, while AGNC had leverage of 7.0x

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MAY 1, 2024

The company benefited from the contribution of new assets placed into service during the period, which helped offset the impact of weaker commodity prices. That kept its leverage ratio at 3.0, It aims for leverage of 3.0, The company's integrated energy infrastructure system transported the equivalent of 12.3 right on target. (It

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

It repaid debt, which steadily drove down its leverage ratio. Today, Energy Transfer has a strong investment-grade balance sheet with a leverage ratio in the lower half of its 4.0-to-4.5x That improving leverage ratio has provided Energy Transfer with increased financial flexibility. The MLP also has a well-balanced asset mix.

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MAY 17, 2024

They also have geographic diversification via global asset portfolios. Notice that as the price of oil dropped in 2020, which crushed revenue and earnings for energy companies, Exxon and Chevron both increased their leverage.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

It is so large that generating additional growth requires massive investments in new assets each year. Realty Income generates around 72% of its rents from retail assets, which tend to be smaller properties, while W.P. Carey's rents largely come from industrial assets (64% of the total), which tend to be larger properties.

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MARCH 24, 2024

It operates pipelines, storage assets, a marine business, and export terminals. It also operates crude oil and refined products logistics and storage assets, as well as natural gas G&P operations. leverage ratio , which falls in the middle of its 2.75-3.25 Enterprise Products Partners has a similar business. target range.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Further, its distributable cash flow payout ratio is well within management's target range of 60% to 70% The balance sheet is also healthy: Leverage is well within management's target range of 4.5 Throughout its business, the company focuses on generating reliable cash flows from fees, regulated assets, and contracts.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

The iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: IBIT) from Blackrock (NYSE: BLK) was the first to reach $1 billion in assets under management less than one week after its launch. That title belongs to the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (NYSEMKT: BITB) , which charges just 0.20% of assets under management. Both issuers are also offering generous fee waivers.

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MAY 12, 2024

One of them was the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to leverage PayPal's huge data trove and create more value for clients and expand its opportunities. It has enviable assets and tons of potential. A few themes emerged from Chriss' update on the first-quarter earnings call. So far, it's going well.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Citigroup stock can't earn any respect Despite years of restructuring, Citigroup shares still trade at a 45% discount to book value , an easy-to-use metric that gauges how the market is valuing a bank's assets. Quite simply, the bank isn't able to squeeze as much profit out of its asset base. That's a huge gap. How has Citigroup fared?

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OCTOBER 19, 2024

That is, they acquire all sorts of additional assets that may not have the same return profile as the original well -- potentially squandering the original golden goose. If you're bullish, few investment options are superior to Occidental, given its direct leverage to rising prices.

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MARCH 11, 2024

And, if anything, this extremely leveraged Bitcoin position is only going to grow over the next few years as the company just announced a massive new $700 million convertible note offering. Coinbase Global The price of Coinbase Global stock, too, is leveraged to the price of Bitcoin, but not nearly to the same degree as MicroStrategy.

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AUGUST 27, 2024

A cash flow-generating machine Enterprise Products Partners operates a diversified portfolio of midstream assets. leverage ratio and one of the highest credit ratings in the midstream sector. The acquisition will enhance the company's capabilities due to Pinon's specialized treating assets. It has a low 3.0 It will add $0.03

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

XOM data by YCharts ExxonMobil has proven it can navigate a mediocre oil price environment while continuing to invest in efficient assets to grow production. Companies with high-quality assets shine when oil prices are falling. Rising oil prices can also benefit leveraged companies. ExxonMobil earned $7.1

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APRIL 29, 2024

BlackRock Finally, there's BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, with over $10 trillion in assets under management. In the span of just over three months, the ETF has gone from $0 to $17 billion in assets under management. And you can expect that figure to grow even higher as the price of Bitcoin increases.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Chevron has invested in quality over quantity, giving it a diversified asset portfolio that can break even at lower oil prices. To top it all off, Chevron has an elite balance sheet with very low leverage. Although the deal made Oxy, once again, more leveraged, it could pay off as long as oil prices remain around current levels.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

A strong balance sheet is a key part of the story, but so, too, is the company's diversified business, which includes upstream (production), midstream (pipeline), and downstream (chemicals and refining) assets. As a midstream company, Enterprise is a toll taker, collecting fees for the use of its energy infrastructure assets.

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

This will add immediate cash flow for the company, but also additional debt and increased exposure to high-decline shale assets. Put simply, Occidental has a lot of leveraged upside in a rising-price environment. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is roughly $70 per barrel today. per share.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

It owes its leadership to its advantaged resource portfolio, which features several world-class assets that generate high margins. Instead, Exxon expects a combination of investing in its advantaged assets, operational excellence, and disciplined cost and capital management to drive its earnings and cash-flow growth.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

While these Ethereum ETFs have not garnered as much buzz and hype as the Bitcoin ETFs, they do offer investors the prospect for even more diversification within the crypto asset class. For example, the new leveraged and inverse ETFs track daily moves in Bitcoin, and not long-term moves in Bitcoin.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The MLP has an elite credit rating (its A-/A3 bond rating is the highest in the midstream sector) thanks to its low leverage ratio. The company's leverage was 3.0 billion and opportunistically purchased 580 miles of pipelines and related assets for $160 million. times target range.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By creating cbBTC, Coinbase lets users leverage their Bitcoin in DeFi while keeping the original Bitcoin fully backed. However, with the introduction of cbBTC, Bitcoin holders can now leverage their assets within DeFi easily. However, that might be changing as Coinbase has introduced a new Bitcoin-equivalent token: cbBTC.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The hospital-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) has been absolutely hammered this year, as quickly rising interest rates have not only hurt valuation, but also forced the company to grow at a slower pace and attempt to de-lever the business with asset sales. What can turn the situation around? in earnings this year, but $0.85

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The master limited partnership ( MLP ) has invested billions of dollars to build and buy energy midstream assets. That approach would enable the company to leverage its existing infrastructure to support the production of lower-carbon blue ammonia. Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) has grown significantly over the years.

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MARCH 4, 2024

These sorts of returns aren't really possible for most asset classes, particularly those with multibillion-dollar valuations. So long as capital continues to flow into the crypto sector, and traders continue to amplify their momentum-based positions using leverage to bet on meme tokens, it's entirely possible this rally will continue.

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JULY 1, 2024

Meanwhile, its balance sheet is in good shape with a leverage ratio (net debt/adjusted EBITDA ) of just 3.2 Western appears on track to reach its leverage (net debt/adjusted EBITDA) goal of 3 times by year end, at which point it could pay out excess (special or variable) distributions above its current $0.875 quarterly based payout.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 14, 2025

in assets under management through partnerships with two U.S. FLEX simplifies access to private equity, offering a diversified portfolio of assets from secondary transactions and co-investments. Franklin Templeton manages $250bn in alternative assets, representing 15% of its $1.68tn total AUM. The fund launched with $904.5m

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Fueling that growth was strong utilization across its existing assets, recently completed expansion projects, and the impact of acquisitions. Because it now gets 98% of its cash flows from predictable cost of service and contracted assets, it has negligible commodity price exposure and limited volume impacts. target range.

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