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Could Buying Rivian Automotive Stock Today Set You Up for Life?

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Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) attracted a stampede of bulls with its IPO on Nov. 9, 2021. The electric vehicle (EV) maker went public at $78 per share, and its stock opened at $106.75 before touching a record high of $172.01 just a week later. At that peak, Rivian's market cap hit $153 billion, which was 92 times higher than the revenue it would generate in 2022.

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Top BBVA shareholder sells out over Sabadell hostile bid

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GQG Partners, which also holds stakes in Commerzbank and CaixaBank, sold shares during the summer

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Congress Could Soon Vote on a Bipartisan Social Security Bill to Expand Benefits for Nearly 2.8 Million Americans

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The Social Security program faces many challenges in the coming years to solve financial issues, and address other issues that stakeholders say badly need change. While this won't happen overnight, there is now a bipartisan effort to get rid of two provisions that limit -- and in some cases eliminate -- Social Security benefits for millions of Americans based on where they worked for part of their careers.

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KKR Acquires Portfolio of Six Class A Industrial Warehouses Across the U.S.

KKR

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that KKR has acquired a portfolio of six well-located, Class A industrial logistics properties in major U.S. Gateway and Sunbelt markets for approximately $377 million. The six modern industrial properties possess an average vintage of 2014 and feature 35-foot average clear heights.

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Billionaires Are Buying a BlackRock Index Fund That Could Soar Up to 73,000%, According to Wall Street Experts

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In the first half of 2024, the billionaires listed below started positions in BlackRock 's exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the spot price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). The fund is called the iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: IBIT). Their positions remain small, but their ownership is still noteworthy because they manage the three best-performing hedge funds in history as measured by net gains, according to LCH Investments.

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KKR Completes Acquisition of Varsity Brands from Bain Capital and Charlesbank

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New investment supports Varsity Brands’ growth strategy and mission to serve sports teams, schools, and student-athletes DALLAS & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Varsity Brands (the “Company”), a leader in team sports, athletics and spirit, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the completion of the acquisition of Varsity Brands by KKR from Bain Capital and Charlesbank.

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Demand Is "Crazy" for This Spectacular New AI Chip. Should You Buy Nvidia Stock Now Before It Launches?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to transform society and revolutionize the economy, at least according to its evangelists. Whether it lives up to its full potential is yet to be seen, but the technology's impact is already being felt, and with firms like PwC -- one of the "big four" accountants -- claiming the technology could add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, its revolutionary power looks to be more than just hype.

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The S&P 500 Just Did This for the First Time in 13 Years. Here's What History Says Happens Next.

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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is the most widely followed stock market index in the U.S. and includes the 500 largest companies in the country. Because it contains a broad swath of American businesses, it's also considered by many to be the best overall benchmark and the most reliable gauge of overall stock market performance. The storied index has been squarely in rally mode since it bottomed in October 2022, driven higher by waning inflation, the advance of artificial intelligence (AI) , a

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KKR to Present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) announced today that Raj Agrawal, Partner and Global Head of Infrastructure, will present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on Monday, September 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM ET. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Center section of KKR’s website at [link] For.

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All It Takes Is $2,500 Invested in Each of These 3 High-Yield Dow Dividend Stocks to Help Generate Over $300 in Passive Income Per Year

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has 30 industry-leading components that act as representatives of the U.S. economy. The index's rich history has made it a go-to destination for investors looking for quality names that can help them generate dividend income. Over time, the composition of the Dow has changed to reflect the growing influence of technology on the economy, which has helped the Dow produce impressive gains in recent years.

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KKR-Mirastar Acquires Portfolio of Five Prime Logistics assets across the UK from PLP

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London, 3 September 2024 – KKR and Mirastar, KKR Real Estate’s industrial and logistics platform in Europe, have completed the off-market acquisition of a prime UK logistics portfolio from PLP, totalling 890,364 square feet across five assets. The portfolio is currently 80% let, with a weighted average lease term to break of 10 years. The assets provide best-in-class specifications, including BREEAM Very Good certifications and EPC A+ ratings.

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Where Will Nu Holdings Be in 3 Years?

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If you've never heard of Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU) , this could be your chance to buy into a growth superstar at a discount. While the company does face some challenges over the next three years, there's more than enough opportunity to make up for it. If you're willing to buy and hold, this could become a stellar investment. Don't expect history to repeat itself Nu is the perfect example of a fintech company.

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Axel Springer Announces New Corporate Structure to Unlock Future Growth Potential

KKR

Berlin, September 19, 2024 – Axel Springer SE (“Axel Springer”) today announced a strategic decision to create a new corporate structure for the company, with a goal to create a focused media company and separately held classifieds businesses. The new corporate structure is designed to position all businesses for optimal future growth potential and success in their respective markets.

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How $300 per Month Can Create $50,000 in Annual Dividend Income

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Steadily building a portfolio of high-quality dividend payers could set you up for decades of passive income. Ideally, you'll find companies that not only pay a solid dividend today but can pay bigger and bigger dividends over time. That should prevent you from having to sell your shares for extra income in retirement, and such stocks have historically outperformed the rest of the market too.

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KKR Closes $4.6 Billion Ascendant Fund

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The Fund is the first of its kind at KKR, targeting the large and fragmented North American middle market KKR to support implementation of broad-based employee ownership and engagement programs in all control investments in the Fund NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final closing of KKR Ascendant Fund SCSP (“Ascendant” or the “Fund”), a $4.6.

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2 Dividend Stocks to Double Up On Right Now

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Dividend stocks aren't in high demand now that investments like CDs are paying fatter yields than most top dividend performers. You can still get no-risk yields of over 4% with bank-issued CDs, after all, which is more than twice the current yield on the S&P 500 index. Ironically, that situation might set investors up for some excellent long-term returns if they focus on buying these two dividend stocks while Wall Street is looking elsewhere for gains.

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KKR Announces Intra-Quarter Monetization Activity Update for the Third Quarter

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR today announced income from monetization activity in excess of $535 million with respect to the period from July 1, 2024 through September 23, 2024 based on information available as of today. In its Asset Management segment, KKR has earned total realized performance income and realized investment income in excess of $450 million.

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Is ServiceNow Stock Going to $1,100? 1 Wall Street Analyst Thinks So.

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ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) stock has marched to new highs this year, and Wall Street analysts are generally bullish on the stock's prospects. Samad Samana has a "buy" rating on ServiceNow, and the Jefferies analyst recently raised their price target from $900 to $1,100, implying near-term upside of 20% for the stock. ServiceNow's software has been in high demand as businesses look for ways to improve employee productivity.

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KKR Releases “An Alternative Perspective: Past, Present, and Future”

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New Report Highlights the Private Alternatives Sector’s Expansion Beyond Private Equity and Potential for Future Growth NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today released “An Alternative Perspective: Past, Present, and Future,” a new Insights piece by Henry McVey, CIO of KKR’s Balance Sheet and Head of Global Macro and Asset Allocation (GMAA).

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Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Is 2.5% -- but Here's Why 2026's COLA Could Be Even Smaller

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Millions of retired Americans rely on Social Security as a key source of monthly income. And that makes the program's cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, so important. Automatic COLAs were introduced to Social Security in 1975. And their purpose is to help seniors maintain their buying power as inflation drives the cost of living upward over time.

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Consortium of KKR and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund to acquire Majority Stake in Queensland Airports

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SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which a consortium of KKR (on behalf of funds managed by it) and the Skip Essential Infrastructure Fund (the ‘Consortium’) will acquire a 74.25% stake in Queensland Airports Limited (‘Queensland Airports’) from The.

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Are the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite Set to Plunge? 1 Virtually Flawless Forecasting Tool Thinks So.

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Over the last century, no asset class has performed better than stocks. While Treasury bonds, housing, and various commodities, including gold, silver, and oil, have delivered positive returns, nothing has come close to matching the annualized return stocks have brought to the table. Thanks to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, stock-split euphoria, and stronger-than-expected corporate earnings, Wall Street's bull market rally recently celebrated its two-year anniversary.

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KKR to Sell GeoStabilization International to Leonard Green & Partners

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All 900+ GSI Employee Owners to Earn Cash Payouts, with Longest Tenured Hourly Employees Each Receiving Over $325,000 in Proceeds DENVER & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR today announced an agreement to sell GeoStabilization International (“GSI” or the “Company”) to Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (“LGP”). GSI is a leading provider of geohazard mitigation solutions and roadway safety services.

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This Top Energy Stock Has Never Seen as Rich an Investment Opportunity as It's Experiencing Right Now

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Kinder Morgan 's (NYSE: KMI) co-founder and executive chair, Richard Kinder, knows the natural gas midstream space as well as anybody. He's helped build the company into the country's leader in natural gas infrastructure. Kinder Morgan operates 60,000 miles of gas pipelines (which move 40% of the country's gas production) and has interests in 702 billion cubic feet of working gas storage capacity (15% of the country's total).

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BBVA forms a Strategic Partnership with KKR, investing $200 million in its Global Climate Strategy

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NEW YORK – September, 27th, 2024 – BBVA and leading global investment firm KKR have formed a new strategic partnership to support the decarbonization of the real economy.

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1 Top Cryptocurrency to Buy Before It Soars 700%, According to this Wall Street Executive and Billionaire

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It seems that, eventually, everyone changes their tune on Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). One of those people is none other than Larry Fink, billionaire chief executive officer of BlackRock , the world's largest asset manager. Fink was once a Bitcoin skeptic, dismissing it as worthless, but he has since done a 180 and is now leading the charge to integrate Bitcoin into traditional finance and bring the cryptocurrency to the masses.

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Powin Secures $200 Million in Debt Capital From KKR to Bolster Growth and Innovation in Energy Storage

KKR

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Powin, a global leader in battery energy storage solutions, announced today that it has successfully secured a revolving credit facility of up to $200 million primarily from insurance accounts managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm.

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This Labor Strike Just Cost 10% of Boeing's Workers Their Jobs

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Boeing's labor strike entered its sixth week on Friday. With 33,000 workers from the International Association of Machinists (IAM) off the job and on the picket lines, Boeing (NYSE: BA) production of 737, 767, and 777 airliners is shut down and, according to even the most conservative estimates, Boeing is losing $1 billion a month as the strike drags on.

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Peregrine Closes on Debt Financing from KKR

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BOULDER, Colo. and NEW YORK , Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Peregrine Energy Solutions LLC ("Peregrine"), an integrated multi-technology clean energy platform with a focus on utility-scale energy storage, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that Peregrine has closed on a credit facility from insurance accounts managed by KKR that can provide financing for up to $250 million in assets.

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The Best Stocks to Invest $50,000 in Right Now

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For most people, $50,000 is a nice sum of money. In fact, you can buy a pretty nice car with that amount. However, instead of spending it, the best move over the long term would be to invest. And when it comes to investing, technology stocks are one of the first places long-term investors should look. As technology, like artificial intelligence (AI) , continues to transform the world we live in, technology companies have become the biggest stock market winners.

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KKR Acquires Leading Near-Airport Parking Provider, The Parking Spot, from Green Courte Partners

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NEW YORK & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that KKR has acquired The Parking Spot (“TPS” or the “Company”), the nation’s leading owner and operator of near-airport parking properties, from an affiliate of Green Courte Partners, LLC, a private equity real estate investment firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Looking to Buy Your First AI Stock? This Is the Best Choice (Hint: It's Not Nvidia).

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) dominated the artificial intelligence boom thus far, and it's easy to see why. The company has a monopoly-like share of the data center GPU market with an estimated 98% in 2023. Those are the components that cloud hyperscalers like Amazon and Microsoft and AI start-ups like OpenAI depend on to run intensive generative AI applications like ChatGPT.

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KKR & Co. Inc. to Announce Third Quarter 2024 Results

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) announced today that it plans to release its financial results for the third quarter 2024 on Thursday, October 24, 2024, before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A conference call to discuss KKR’s financial results will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

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Warren Buffett Recently Sold $800 Million Worth of This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock, While Buying Another $345 Million Worth of His Favorite Stock

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Warren Buffett has served as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) since 1965. He and his team manage a portfolio of publicly traded stocks and securities worth $318 billion, in addition to $277 billion in cash and numerous private wholly owned subsidiaries. Berkshire stock has delivered a compound annual return of 19.8% under Buffett's leadership, which could have turned an investment of $1,000 into more than $42 million over his 59-year tenure.

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KKR Acquires Portfolio of Six Class A Industrial Warehouses Across the U.S.

KKR

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that KKR has acquired a portfolio of six well-located, Class A industrial logistics properties in major U.S. Gateway and Sunbelt markets for approximately $377 million. The six modern industrial properties possess an average vintage of 2014 and feature 35-foot average clear heights.

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2 Magnificent S&P 500 Dividend Stocks Down 30% to Buy and Hold Forever

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The S&P 500 has been in rally mode for much of the past couple of years, and while that may make you feel great about the stocks you already own, it has made it harder to find new bargains to buy. The average stock in the S&P 500 has seen its price-to-earnings ratio increase from around 20 a year ago to more than 24.5 now. However, if you zoom in on the right corners of the market, you can still find some compelling long-term investment opportunities.

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KKR Completes Acquisition of Varsity Brands from Bain Capital and Charlesbank

KKR

New investment supports Varsity Brands’ growth strategy and mission to serve sports teams, schools, and student-athletes DALLAS & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Varsity Brands (the “Company”), a leader in team sports, athletics and spirit, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the completion of the acquisition of Varsity Brands by KKR from Bain Capital and Charlesbank.

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