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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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

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

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 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

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

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

APRIL 28, 2024

But VinFast has a few things going for it, and investors just got some good news. Introduction Most investors likely haven't heard of VinFast Auto before -- and for good reason. So it's great news for VinFast investors that the company just added 12 franchised dealerships to sell its crossover EVs in the U.S. Let's dive in.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

The company's leverage remains a big problem and you have to continue to monitor it. Interest expenses continue to eat Carvana's lunch money Although intimately tied to the leverage issue, one of the big reasons for the debt renegotiation was to lower its interest expenses. Most investors will probably be better off avoiding it.

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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

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

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

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

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

APRIL 10, 2024

Bill Ackman , a hedge fund manager and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, is a closely followed investor on Wall Street. Given the company owns the world's two most visited websites -- Google and YouTube -- it makes sense that advertisers would be keen to leverage these platforms.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 21, 2024

Investors in Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) , South Korea's biggest e-commerce company, have had a challenging time over the last few years. Still, despite its uninspiring stock performance, some of the most intelligent investors in the market are keeping a close eye on this company, and for good reasons. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 16, 2024

It's a type of ETF known as a leveraged ETF , meaning it uses derivative securities and/or borrowed money to amplify returns to a desired level. If the Nasdaq 100 falls by 1%, you can expect the leveraged ETF to drop by 3%. Also, while a leveraged ETF amplifies gains, it also amplifies losses in tough times. Should you invest?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

I think one Vanguard ETF, in particular, is the worst to buy right now for long-term investors. Bottom of the pack Vanguard offers 86 ETFs to investors. This ETF's name could cause some investors to misunderstand its focus. This ETF's name could cause some investors to misunderstand its focus. Image source: Getty Images.

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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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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2024

Issuers can leverage certain operational expenses for an ETF, such as marketing spend. That provides investors with tighter bid-ask spreads and helps the ETF price track the net asset value of the fund's holdings. But Blackrock and Fidelity are not too far behind, with expense ratios of 0.25% each. and Bitcoin wasn't one of them.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 2, 2024

Nvidia is an investor in speech-recognition platform SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN). Moreover, both Amazon and Alphabet leverage speech AI applications across their respective lines of smart home appliances. But following Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in late March, investors finally learned a bit more about the partnership.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 5, 2024

Here's why they think that investors should check out these oil stocks. A further rise in energy prices could be just what's needed to get investors excited about Chevron again. Since its cash flows rise alongside oil prices, investors in Devon Energy can often expect to earn big dividends when oil prices rise.

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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

APRIL 23, 2024

Since Appaloosa is technically an institutional investor, investing on behalf of others, it's required to file form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission every quarter when it holds more than $100 million in assets. It's now leveraging that position to fuel its cloud computing and enterprise software businesses.

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Global asset management major Fidelity International has launched its first European direct lending fund for institutional investors. The post Fidelity International leverages ‘uncertain outlook’ by filling LP demand for direct lending first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The bank reported an unexpected loss for the fourth quarter, catching investors off guard. Here's what investors need to know. However, investors were stunned after the company reported a Q4 loss of $0.36 One move that likely irked investors was the bank slashing its quarterly dividend by 71%, from $0.17 per-share profit.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Consequently, investors who bought these companies during the 2022 bear market have undoubtedly benefited from massive returns. Regarding these three stocks, investors may want to wait rather than buy under current market conditions. Arm Holdings Semiconductor investors undoubtedly welcomed the debut of U.K.-based

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fortunately for income investors, though, this is exactly the situation with Devon Energy. Cautious investors might balk at the company's ultra-high-yielding dividend, but after drilling down into the company's financials, they'll find that the distribution doesn't represent as much risk as they might have initially feared.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 17, 2024

On that score, energy giants ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) have proven they are both buy-and-hold stocks for dividend investors. Both are very respectable streaks and prove that each of these companies clearly cares about returning value to investors via dividends. Chevron's is roughly 3.9%.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

In that same study, Hartford Funds found that non-dividend payers had returned investors just 4.27% annually, with more volatility than the S&P 500. Dividend payers display a history of positive cash flows, good capital management, and steady growth, making them solid choices for investors. Recently, the company paid out $0.08

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Investors wanting to buy the stock shouldn't have a hard time finding a justification for doing so. The good news for investors is that this will give Amazon another revenue source that will help the company fund new content. That's the kind of trend that investors like. It's skyrocketed more than 8x over the last 10 years.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 13, 2023

Income investors must tread lightly when a stock's dividend yield is around double digits. A dividend cut is certainly on the table for Medical Properties Trust 's (NYSE: MPW) ultra-high-yielding payout, and that means income-focused investors should avoid the healthcare REIT. However, it has a lot of debt maturing in 2025 and beyond.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 12, 2024

The up-and-coming e-commerce stock delivered an impressive 79% return to investors last year as its revenue climbed 75% year over year in the first nine months of 2023. It has also leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the customer experience, such as automatically issuing refunds on unsatisfactory purchases.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 4, 2024

Or should investors avoid it as an investment? Additionally, PayPal will prioritize growing its branded checkout and leveraging its customer data better. Investors should know that PayPal's business isn't in dire condition like the share-price declines might have you believe. So, is PayPal poised for a comeback?

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 14, 2024

Investors were delighted as these numbers suggest the worst of its headwinds could be behind it. Still, before investors rush into the stock, there are two critical risks that they should be aware of now. This suggests that further improvement in operating leverage and future growth could finally turn the loss-making company around.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Last year was a disappointing one for JD.com 's (NASDAQ: JD) investors as the company delivered a weak operating performance and its stock price fell by more than 60%. Here are two crucial things that investors should focus on regarding the company in 2024. Investors should closely track its progress on these goals in 2024.

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