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A Bull Market Could Be Here: AGNC Investment Isn't the Bargain You Think

The Motley Fool

This is vastly different from property-owning REITs, which are fairly simple to understand using kitchen table finance. Mortgage REITs buy mortgages that have been cobbled together into bond-like securities, often called collateralized mortgage obligations (CMO). Basically, you buy a property and rent it out. A lot can go wrong.

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How Coinbase's Newest Innovation Could Boost Bitcoin's Long-Term Value by Billions

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Without smart contracts, Bitcoin holders are unable to directly participate in the rapidly growing decentralized finance (DeFi) economy, where users engage in lending, borrowing, yield farming, and even buying non-fungible tokens (NFTs). However, with the introduction of cbBTC, Bitcoin holders can now leverage their assets within DeFi easily.

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The Open Secret That Is AGNC Investment's Achilles' Heel

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However, it is still a company so it has more leeway in the way its business gets financed. The big open secret here is that AGNC, like other mortgage REITs , makes liberal use of leverage in an effort to enhance shareholder returns. In and of itself using leverage isn't a bad thing, but it increases risk.

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Fund finance: how to unlock scalability with growth

Private Equity Wire

PARTNER CONTENT F und finance is witnessing exponential grow th, b ut this comes with escalating operational requirements for sponsors and lenders as they scale these facilities. Keeping pace with growth The use of fund finance has grown exponentially in recent years, as demand for both subscription lines and NAV lending has ballooned.

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MicroStrategy (MSTR) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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As an operating business, we are able to use cash flows, as well as proceeds from equity and debt financing, to accumulate bitcoin, which serves as our primary treasury reserve asset. 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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Bain Capital’s Harrington Takeover: OHA and BMO Pave the Way with $1bn Financing

Private Equity Insights

Oak Hill Advisors (“OHA”) served as a Lead Arranger for the unitranche financing to fund Bain Capital Private Equity’s (“Bain Capital”) acquisition of Harrington Industrial Plastics (“Harrington”) from Nautic Partners.

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Rocket Companies (RKT) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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First up is the power of our unique ecosystem, a system that connects each step of the journey from finding and financing a home to servicing the title and closing and the journey beyond. There's no additional acquisition costs for clients in our ecosystem, creating even more operating leverage. Let me share just two quick examples.

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