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3 Things You Need to Know if You Buy Walgreens Boots Alliance Stock Today

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It doesn't have a great track record for investing its capital efficiently As an investor, it's important to know whether a business is going to make good use of the capital it has on hand, as well as the capital it can draw on in the form of debt and shareholders' equity.

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Why It Makes No Sense to Invest in the Airline Industry (and Why Boeing and General Electric Investors Will Do It Anyway)

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It's a great industry to invest in, but there is one logical problem with it: Historically, airlines don't actually cover their cost of capital. The former is simply the profits generated from the capital invested in the business, while the latter is the weighted cost of its equity and debt.

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3 Wealth-Creating Dividend Stocks to Boost Your Income in 2024

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Because of that, they stand out to these three Fool.com contributors as top dividend stocks to buy for 2024 for those seeking to boost their income (and capitalize on their upside potential). Dividends are more than just yield -- they are a portion of your total return on investment. That should continue.

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This Magnificent Dividend Stock Is Looking to Tap Into an $18.8 Trillion Opportunity to Enhance Its Continued Growth

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One factor driving that view is that it's only tapping into a small fraction of the capital invested in the commercial real estate market. Robust access to public capital "Access to capital is paramount to the success of our company," stated Realty Income CFO Jonathan Pong on the third-quarter conference call.

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2 Stocks I Bought Last Week

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The company's parks and cruises are doing well, so much so that Disney will double its capital investments over the next decade to $60 billion. Towers cost little to maintain and run, so once American Tower snags a few tenants on a tower, the return on investment is exceptional. Walt Disney Disney has a lot to figure out.

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The Fed Just Lowered Interest Rates. My Top High-Yield Dividend Stock to Buy Now.

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Lower interest rates lower the cost of capital and can increase the return on investment for capital-intensive projects. As you can see in the following chart, Kinder Morgan's debt-to-capital (D/C) ratio is now just 51%, which is among the lowest of its peer group. PBA Debt To Capital (Quarterly) data by YCharts.

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This Ridiculously Cheap Warren Buffett Stock Could Make You Richer

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But don't let Buffett's relatively modest stake in Amazon prevent you from capitalizing on an opportunity sitting in plain sight. Amazon responded with a monstrous hike in capital expenditures: Data by YCharts. These investments helped take Amazon's logistics business to a new level. Here is why.

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