With a decent dividend yield and an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 9.2%, American Campus Communities looks like a promising pick for investors seeking both growth and income.

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If five-year Treasury bonds are yielding 1.25%, as they were on November 2nd, then a negative 0.55% real yield on inflation-linked bonds implies an expected inflation rate of 1.8%.

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At equilibrium, all its investments will yield the same expected return, equal to the lending interest rate in non-Islamic banking.

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With a long-term expected earnings growth rate of 14%, reasonable valuation and a strong dividend yield, Evercore Partners is a promising pick for investors seeking both growth and income.

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To do a quick and dirty analysis of the expected return for junk bonds, all you need to do is look at the yield and subtract the default rate ( read why here).

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