Private Equity Wire

MARCH 6, 2024

Leverage levels in private credit will increase as alternative asset managers’ rapid capital deployment in turn increases their share of the private credit market, according to a private credit research report by Moody’s Investor Services.

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Top 1000 Funds

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard how Bridgewater Associates is allocating capital and resources to meet this shifting paradigm and why investors can’t try to bet on certain geographic regions overperforming. The past 20 years have seen large pools of capital become larger, more global and diversified across asset classes.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2024

Devon is generating lots of cash and returning much of it to its investors. billion, putting its net leverage ratio at around 0.6 That debt repayment will help reduce its leverage ratio, which it expects will rise to around 1x after closing the deal. This strategy continues to pay big dividends for shareholders. billion of debt.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 12, 2024

While corporations may not fully cancel their existing contracts with their other software vendors, business leaders might have more leverage at the negotiating table when it's time to renew their deals since AI was not part of the picture when many of those initial deals were signed. Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

However, dividend investors can breathe a bit easier after AT&T's CFO recently said the company is on track to achieve its free cash flow guidance for the year. Nevertheless, that doesn't mean income-focused investors should rush out and buy its stock. That would help push its leverage ratio down toward 3.0 by year's end.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 8, 2024

SS&C partnered with the Alternative Credit Council to conduct the “Financing the Economy 2023” survey of 56 private credit managers and investors. The use of leverage by private credit funds is subject to scrutiny from policymakers and regulators. These leverage trends are seeing two notable impacts in the higher rate environment.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 21, 2024

Once an investor darling, Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) has fallen from grace. Recapturing the hearts of its end users Most investors identify Alibaba as the biggest e-commerce company in China, serving a country of more than 1.4 Alibaba aims to be the former group, leveraging AI to redefine its prospects.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

With so much going on at the company, it's crucial that investors understand Alibaba's most important focus areas in 2024. A turnaround plan for the cloud computing business Alibaba was an early mover in the cloud migration trend, leveraging its vast network of businesses and customers to build its cloud computing business.

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The Big Picture

MAY 13, 2023

 This week, we speak with Howard Lindzon , who is co-founder and managing partner of the early-stage seed investment fund Social Leverage. He used it to launch seed investor Social Leverage. Lindzon also cofounded the social network Stocktwits, which pioneered the “cashtag” (e.g.,

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Investors were disappointed with the company's fiscal 2024 third-quarter results (ended May 30), especially AI sales which fell short of lofty expectations. Furthermore, geopolitical and supply chain challenges plaguing the overall semiconductor industry also did not help overall investor sentiment for Micron.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 28, 2024

With shares of the search giant slipping since Tuesday, is this an opportunity for investors to buy the dip? billion from $395 million a year ago, as the company continues to leverage this high-fixed-cost business. Its cloud computing segment continues to shine; it's both growing rapidly and showing great operating leverage.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Given that Dogecoin is now outperforming Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) for the year, it's perhaps no surprise that it is beginning to attract attention from crypto investors. Dogecoin's future is highly leveraged to Elon Musk The one key factor in Dogecoin's favor is the unique relationship that it enjoys with tech billionaire Elon Musk.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 9, 2024

Enterprise Products Partners distributed 53% of that money to investors. The MLP has an elite credit rating (its A-/A3 bond rating is the highest in the midstream sector) thanks to its low leverage ratio. The company's leverage was 3.0 Over the past year, it has produced about $8 billion in adjusted cash flow from operations.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 2, 2024

Nevertheless, after showing some signs of maturity and providing investors with thorough updates during the first-quarter earnings call last week, shares in Tesla rebounded slightly. Let's break down why this meeting was so important for Tesla, and what it could mean for investors in the long run. billion miles of driver data.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Let's examine the company's earnings report and guidance and see if this is an opportunity to buy the shares on the dip, or if investors should stay away. Should investors buy the dip or stay away? At the same time, the retailer needs its same-store sales to grow over 3% in order for it to leverage its expenses and grow its earnings.

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AltAssets

MARCH 25, 2024

Zero Prime Ventures, a seed investor looking to back engineer founders from 'day zero', has raised $48m to close its second fund. The post Zero Prime Ventures looks to leverage AI boom with Fund II final close first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2024

Let's have a look, and then I'll talk about what it all means for investors. However, it's not resting on its laurels -- the company is surely exploring additional ways to leverage its data and enhance its ad-targeting capabilities. Investors should track how Roku leverages this very real data advantage.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 19, 2024

While most investors shy away from Chinese companies, contrarian investors are excited about Chinese tech companies, thanks to their lower prices. Still, investors shouldn't rush into JD's stock until they consider the following risks. Still, investors shouldn't rush into JD's stock until they consider the following risks.

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AltAssets

JUNE 28, 2024

Industrial impact investor Blackhorn Ventures has raised $150m for its third fund, targeting software that addresses what it says is an urgent need for industrial resource efficiency and decarbonization at scale.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 18, 2023

With the rapid increase in energy prices in 2021, the company switched its dividend policy to better reward investors. The outcome from this change should be just as positive for investors, but in a different way. In an effort to reward investors for owning the stock, Pioneer linked its dividend to financial performance.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 28, 2023

I've discussed Zscaler's strengths and weaknesses before, but today I'll dive deeper into three other aspects of its business that smart investors should know -- and whether they support the bullish or bearish cases for its future. They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2024

Google's cloud computing arm is an underestimated growth engine for three reasons investors may be overlooking. The organization will be forced to change at least some aspects of its business sooner or later, and these changes will likely weaken the leverage Alphabet presently enjoys. How Google Cloud makes Alphabet stock a buy 1.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2023

CEO Warren Buffett has often warned lay investors about the pitfalls of short-term thinking and actively trading individual stocks based on ephemeral trends. Here is a brief look at one brilliant Berkshire holding that most investors should buy without hesitation. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) stock index.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Revenue and the share price grew so fast that some investors might question whether this is sustainable or just a flash in the pan. The margin guidance implies that Nvidia still enjoys pricing leverage. This, of course, bodes well for continued sales performance and supports the pricing leverage needed to maintain profit margins.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 19, 2024

Here's what Microsoft is doing -- and what it could mean for investors. G42 has also formed a number of joint ventures and is a minority investor in several start-ups. Suleyman is now CEO of Microsoft AI, and the tech giant hired several of his associates from Inflection AI as well. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

And after the conglomerate delivered its weakest growth -- 2% -- in the last fiscal year, investors aren't too optimistic about its prospects. What it means for investors The Chinese e-commerce industry has become hyper-competitive in recent years thanks to the rise of next-generation e-commerce players like Pinduoduo and Douying.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

Nvidia's GPUs are being deployed in Tesla vehicles to help with autonomous driving and are also being leveraged by Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) to hone its targeted advertising capabilities in an intensely crowded social media landscape. The trends below hit on an important theme for Amazon investors.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 20, 2024

It also raises questions for shareholders regarding the mechanics of a stock split and what it means to investors. Assuming Chipotle investors approve the measure, shareholders of record as of Jun. Another school of thought suggests investor psychology comes into play. Image source: Chipotle. Is a stock split a good thing?

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2024

The master limited partnership (MLP) has distributed the same level of cash, or more, to its investors every quarter since it has been a publicly traded company. With visible growth coming down the pipeline and an elite balance sheet, the MLP has plenty of fuel to continue pumping more income into its investors' pockets.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

This is the sort of company investors can safely bet will likely still be generating significant profits a decade from now. While the odds of this occurring are low, it's still a risk investors should keep in mind. This is why it's so important for the company to bring its leverage ratio down.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2023

With that being said, here are three things that smart investors know about Tesla. Evidently, we are seeing Tesla benefiting from operating leverage, something shareholders have been hoping for. By now, investors have some background knowledge about Tesla to be able to conduct further research on the stock.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 7, 2024

Investors know full well that the company has to compete with the e-signature offerings of tech giants, particularly Microsoft 's SharePoint eSignature and Adobe 's Acrobat Sign. It seems that the company got left in the dust while investors piled into "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks. in fiscal 2024.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Walgreens stock had been riding (relatively) high at the end of last week, as investors digested an estimates-beating fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. Even Walgreens' maintenance of its high-yield dividend couldn't halt the slide. Same-day headache What a difference a few days can make.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

It was able to steadily chip away at its leverage ratio , driving it down to its 4.0 The MLP generates significantly more cash than it distributes to investors -- $3.6 It expects leverage to be toward the low end of its target range this year. That strategy has paid off. target range within the last year. billion-$14.8

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Qualcomm also generates most of its profits from its higher-margin licensing business, which leverages its massive portfolio of wireless patents to squeeze royalties and licensing fees from every smartphone sold worldwide (including those that don't use Qualcomm's SoCs). It has an enterprise value of nearly $190 billion with 1.1

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Let's take a closer look at Amazon and see if investors should follow Wood into the stock. E-commerce and cloud computing leader Many of the Ark Innovation ETF's top positions have reputations for being divisive among investors. Given the operating leverage in this business, this is a good thing for investors.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The mortgage-focused real estate investment trust (REIT) pays its investors a monthly dividend yielding an eye-popping 15%. A crucial factor supporting the dividend An analyst on AGNC Investment's fourth-quarter call asked the question that most income investors want answered. That's 10 times higher than the S&P 500 index's 1.5%

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