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• Wondering if American Tower at US$185.76 is giving you real value for the risk you are taking? This article breaks that question down into plain English.

• The stock has been mixed recently, with the share price down 1.8% over the last 7 days but up 8.9% over the last 30 days. Year to date it is up 6.3%, while the return over the past year is down 10.3%.

• Recent attention on American Tower has focused on how investors are weighing its role in real estate and infrastructure against changing expectations for interest rates and capital costs. At the same time, ongoing discussion about data usage and mobile…