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SynopsisWhen making long-term investment decisions, it’s essential to consider various factors, such as industry trends, company financials, and more. However, one aspect that often proves decisive is whether a company possesses a significant advantage, or edge, over its competitors. This unique strength is what enables a company to outperform its peers when the industry faces challenges. Every sector, at some point, goes through difficult phases – whether due to external factors, internal disruptions, or broader macroeconomic challenges. For instance, while the IT sector is currently facing headwinds, it was the real estate sector that struggled with numerous issues four years…

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Normally, investors looking for dividend growth wouldn’t expect to find it in the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector. But sometimes there are gems that get overlooked because they don’t conform to the norms. Rexford Industrial Realty (NYSE: REXR) is just such a genre-defying stock. Here are three reasons why this is one magnificent high-yield dividend growth stock you’ll want to consider buying and holding forever.1. Rexford’s yield is attractiveTo get the bad news out first, Rexford Industrial’s yield is a little below average for a REIT. Rexford’s dividend yield is 3.3% while the average REIT has a yield of roughly…

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Market risk is the potential for losses in securities due to fluctuations in market factors like interest rates, currency values, FX/commodity spot rates, and equity prices. These risks are inherent in all traded securities, from corporate bonds to commodities. Each type of security may face multiple risks simultaneously, making market risk a crucial consideration for investors and financial institutions. Compounding these risks is model risk, which refers to the risk inherent with the development and usage of a model to determine financial outputs and decision making. An inefficient or incorrect modelling technique can sometimes lead to drastic repercussions for the…

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Federal agents on Saturday boarded a vessel managed by the same company as a cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the FBI confirmed.In statements, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed that authorities boarded the Maersk Saltoro. The ship is managed by Synergy Marine Group.”The Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division and Coast Guard Investigative Services are present aboard the Maersk Saltoro conducting court authorized law enforcement activity,” statements from both the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office said Saturday morning.Authorities did not offer further specifics. The Washington…

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A carbon tax protest on a highway in Calgary, Alta., on Sept. 15. (Credit: Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia files)It was a decade and half ago when Alberta and then British Columbia introduced the first carbon-pricing schemes in Canada. Today, Alberta maintains its carbon-pricing mechanism for large emitters, and B.C. still has its carbon tax. All other provinces have either adopted their own carbon-pricing schemes or use the federal backstop pricing system.Now however, opposition to carbon taxation has mushroomed so much that it is one step away from its grave. The federal Conservatives have been unexpectedly successful in their campaign to “Axe the…

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It’s important to take a long-term view. Right now is an exciting moment for Palantir Technologies (PLTR 1.00%). It’s set to join the S&P 500 index on Monday, showing that the company is one of today’s leaders. The stock has soared more than 100% so far this year, even climbing in recent weeks when other tech stocks have stumbled. And Palantir is starting to see big results from the launch of its Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) last year. On top of this, Bank of America recently added Palantir to its list of top investments and predicts the shares could rise…

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Shigeru Ishiba, a former Japanese defence minister and leading candidate in the ruling party’s leadership race, said there was “room to raise” corporate taxes, Kyodo News quoted him as saying late on Saturday. “There are still firms that can bear the tax burden. I would like them to bear it a little more,” Ishiba said in an election-related webcast, Kyodo reported. Shinjiro Koizumi, a former Japanese environment minister who is also seen as a front-runner in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race, expressed his intention to introduce the creation of a carbon tax, the report said. Koizumi…

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