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Is There Really Such a Thing as 'Good' Debt?

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Image source: Getty Images You'll often hear that debt is bad news, no matter what form it comes in. It's good advice to try to keep your debt to a minimum in general. But you should also know that there is such a thing as good debt, because certain types could help your financial picture improve in the long run.

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Where Will Opendoor Stock Be in 1 Year?

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However, investors should recall that Zillow's overdependence on AI algorithms once caused it to overestimate the value of the homes its former Zillow Offers business purchased for resale. But its high debt-to-equity ratio of 2.9, AI isn't a magic bullet that will solve all of Opendoor's recent problems.

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DXC Technology (DXC) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Although this is not great news, I would like to point out that a major piece of the revenue shortfall was resale revenue, which is low margin, and we have conscientiously reduced over the last few years to limit our dependency on this type of revenue. So, in the short term, the underrun and resale revenue impacts bottom-line profit.

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Is Wheaton Precious Metals Stock a Buy?

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This is good for the miners because they don't have to sell stock or take on debt to build out their operations. It earns money by offering the cut-price metals it buys for resale at market prices. Wheaton is really a financial partner that gets paid in precious metals, when you step back and look at the big picture.

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3 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

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billion more in cash than debt, Costco emerges as an essential holding for long-term dividend-focused investors. million over the trailing 12 months, the market might finally be taking notice of the resale company valued at a market capitalization of $1.3 When combined with an impressive balance sheet with $7.2

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Broadcom (AVGO) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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Measure on resales, Q4 industrial resales of $173 million declined 27% year on year. Free cash flow as a percentage of revenue has declined from the same quarter a year ago, due to higher cash interest expense from debt related to the VMware acquisition, higher cash taxes due to a higher mix of U.S. billion of cash and $69.8

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4 Money Moves to Make if the Fed Cuts Interest Rates in 2024

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Pay off debt with lower interest If you have a good credit score , 2024 could be the year to pay off your credit card debt faster -- by replacing it with lower-interest debt. Here are a few ways that you could get out of debt faster with lower interest rates in 2024.

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