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How to Leverage the Gig Economy to Grow Your Small Business

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Image source: The Motley Fool/Upsplash According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, there are about 33 million businesses in the United States and 99.9% of them are small businesses. And, of those, the vast majority are one-person businesses. Typically, solopreneurs bill by the hour.

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3 Midstream Stocks to Buy With $5,000 and Hold Forever

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The sector has gone through a transformation in the past decade, with midstream companies reducing leverage and being more disciplined when it comes to funding growth projects. Even better, the company has said it could pay excess distributions once its leverage is below 3 times and it has excess free cash flow.

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Verizon Makes a $3.3 Billion Deal to Help Protect Its Towering Dividend

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billion of net debt), it had a higher-leverage ratio of nearly 2.9 AT&T aims to get its leverage ratio down to the 2.5 Meanwhile, Verizon set an even lower long-term leverage target of 1.75 However, the deal will delay Verizon's ability to achieve its leverage target. Even though AT&T had a similar debt load ($126.9

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How the Little Known Carry Trade Is Destroying the Market Today

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Instead, it's a highly leveraged yen "carry trade" that has led to billions of dollars in selling and liquidations starting in the crypto market on Sunday night. But the fact the yen carry trade is inherently a leveraged trade means there can be billions of dollars of positions (long and short) unwound in a short amount of time.

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Realty Income vs. Agree Realty: Which Is the Better Monthly Dividend Stock to Buy for Passive Income Right Now?

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Here's a snapshot of those numbers: Monthly Dividend Stock Dividend Yield Dividend Payout Ratio Leverage Ratio 2024 AFFO Growth Rate (midpoint) Price to AFFO Agree Realty 3.9% Agree Realty's leverage ratio is 4.9x Realty Income 5.5% Data source: Realty Income and Agree Realty.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Could Help Alibaba Regain Its Glory. Here's How.

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Whether in its core e-commerce operations or cloud computing offerings, Alibaba has made enormous efforts to leverage AI to become more efficient and grow its revenue. It could also attract new customers with AI services and later leverage that relationship into other cloud computing services like computing and storage.

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This 6.5%-Yielding Stock Has Paid Dividends for Nearly 70 Years and Has Plenty of Fuel to Continue Paying Them

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Thanks to its strategy of using long-term, fixed-rate debt and keeping its leverage ratio low, it has an investment-grade credit rating. leverage ratio, which was in the middle of its 4.5-to-5.0 Enbridge also has a rock-solid financial foundation. It ended the second quarter with a 4.7 target range.