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My Favorite Financial Stock to Buy in 2025 for Less Than $200

The Motley Fool

You get the interest rate arbitrage of investing insurance float in higher-returning investments, the direct profits generated by investing its own capital, and asset management fees accrued by investing client funds. Where exactly is Brookfield investing all of this combined capital?

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3 Wealth-Creating Dividend Stocks to Boost Your Income in 2024

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Dividends are more than just yield -- they are a portion of your total return on investment. At nearly 1,300 locations, the company has roughly double the number of third-party managed stores compared to CubeSmart and over 1,000 more than Public Storage.

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What's the Best Way to Invest in Stocks Without Any Experience? Start With This ETF.

The Motley Fool

The S&P 500 has performed well over a long time, averaging total annual returns topping 10% for decades. The ETF's return closely follows the returns of the index (less the management fees the ETF changes). Better still, index funds tend to outperform actively managed mutual funds.

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This Magnificent Dividend Stock Is Looking to Tap Into an $18.8 Trillion Opportunity to Enhance Its Continued Growth

The Motley Fool

The REIT plans to be a meaningful co-investor in the fund, enabling it to generate additional income from its investment. In addition, it will receive fees for managing the fund and potentially earn incentive fees. These additional earnings would bolster Realty Income's return on investment," noted Roy.

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Main Street Capital (MAIN) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

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We also benefited from significant fair value appreciation and the value of our External Investment Manager due to a combination of the continued increase in fee income, growth in assets under management, and broader market-based drivers.

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Andrew Coyne Is Dead Wrong on CPP Investments' Active Management

Pension Pulse

You’d never know it to read the latest annual report from the fund’s managers, the CPP Investment Board, which spends much of its nearly 80,000 words boasting how, thanks to the herculean efforts of its employees and the sophisticated investment stratagems of its managers, it eked out an 8-per-cent return on investment for the CPP’s beneficiaries.

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Why We Buy Stocks

The Motley Fool

The trade off I'm making is that I have a capped return, and I'm letting those soldiers do the work that I don't want to do, which is buy bonds. I want someone else to do that, and I'm willing to pay a little bit in terms of a management fee. I don't want to analyze debt securities. Do you think of index funds like that?

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