Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) stock has gotten clobbered over the past few years. Shares are down nearly 80% from their peak in 2022. That has driven its dividend yield up to over 10%, even after it cut its payout by nearly half last year. The biggest weight on its stock has been the financial […]
Tag: headwind
Alaska’s working-age population continues its long decline, a headwind for the economy
Jan. 15—Alaska’s working-age population continued its long-term decline in 2023 as more people continue to leave the state than move here, according to annual data released this month by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The shortage of working-age residents, those between the ages of 18 and 64, is holding back economic growth, […]