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Jeff Bezos Just Sold $240 Million Worth of Amazon Stock and He's Planning to Sell More. Here's What Investors Need to Know

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It's an effective tax planning strategy for stock investors. Donating shares to nonprofit organizations will provide two tax benefits. First, you get to deduct the value of the shares you donate as a charitable contribution on your taxes. What the organizations do with the shares is out of his control.

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CarMax (KMX) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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We expect continued year-over-year improvement in the fourth quarter as governed by sales performance given the leverage deleverage nature of service. SG&A leveraged by 640 basis points driven by the growth and gross profit and our continued expense efficiency actions. With that, we'll be happy to take your questions.

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Forget Occidental Petroleum -- Buy This Magnificent High-Yield Energy Stock Instead

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In 2019, the company bought Anadarko Petroleum, winning a bidding war with Chevron. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway even got involved, helping to finance Oxy's bid. However, the deal was very large, requiring the company to take on material leverage. That's where the story gets complicated. distribution yield.

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Full Truck Alliance (YMM) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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We have also notably improved the truckers' ecosystem and matching efficiency by implementing trucker credit ratings, priority access, and our premium cargo bidding mechanism enhancements that drove our fourth-quarter fulfillment rate to 37.5%, up 5.4 These tax-related costs net of refunds totaled RMB 1,278.5 year over year to RMB 1.16

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2 AI Stocks to Buy Right Now

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The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) has been at the forefront in leveraging this opportunity by programmatically matching buyers and sellers of advertisements on the CTV (connected television, a device or software used to support video content streaming) platform. million in the previous quarter.

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Commercial Metals (CMC) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

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The result included a 264 million after-tax charge for litigation expense as a result of a verdict the company intends to appeal. CMC's downstream bidding activity has remained resilient, which points to a solid pipeline of potential future projects. million, or a loss of $1.54 per diluted share, on sales of 1.9 million, or $0.78

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This Famous Investor Thinks These Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks Are Screaming Buys Heading Into 2024

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The companies buy mortgage-backed securities (MBS) backed by government agencies using a lot of leverage. As such, they'll likely start bidding up other yield-focused assets, like Annaly and AGNC, causing their stock prices to rise and dividend yields to fall. That happens as the market value of treasury notes rises.

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