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This 7.7%-Yielding Dividend Is Growing Safer by The Quarter

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That provided the telecom giant with enough money to cover capital expenses (which declined by 4% to $10.1 The company ended the first half with a net leverage ratio of 2.6 As a result, capital spending has come down considerably. After spending $6 billion in the first quarter, Verizon's capital spending was $4.1

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MicroStrategy (MSTR) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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In addition, it also enables us to acquire bitcoin through the use of excess cash or proceeds from equity capital raises or corporate debt capital raises. These capital market levers allow us to deploy intelligent leverage to increase our Bitcoin holdings in a manner which we believe has created shareholder value.

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Want $1,000 in Super-Safe Dividend Income in 2024? Invest $9,750 Into the Following 3 Ultra-High-Yield Stocks

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This is a function of investors being concerned following a July report from The Wall Street Journal that alleged legacy telecom companies utilizing lead-sheathed cables could face large environmental/health liabilities, as well as replacement costs. Furthermore, any potential liabilities would likely be determined by the U.S.

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This Elite High-Yield Dividend Stock Is Making Smart Moves to Cash In on High Interest Rates

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While higher interest rates have made it harder to find accretive equity investments, Realty Income has capitalized on the situation by starting to invest in real estate credit. The REIT capitalized on higher interest rates to lock in a high cash yield on a very stable credit investment. That move could pay big dividends in the future.

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There Are Over 50 Dividend Kings. Here Are My Top 3 to Buy and Hold for the Next 20 Years.

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All three companies are well run and efficiently allocate capital. It nearly doubled its capital expenditures over the last five years, pouring money into new stores, existing store renovations, and Walmart+ -- its e-commerce home delivery option. ITW Return on Capital Employed data by YCharts. Image source: Getty Images.

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Where Will Medical Properties Trust Be in 5 Years?

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There's little indication that the business has enough free capital to invest in purchasing additional properties to reverse the trend. Issuing a tremendous amount of new shares to raise capital could potentially help, but it'd inflict massive losses on shareholders in the process, and it wouldn't be enough on its own.

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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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Billionaire Bill Ackman manages hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, and he's comfortable with the idea of contrarian investing. Among the problems that Ackman saw was an enormous amount of leverage. He said the company's liabilities-to-equity ratio was 139 to 1.