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This Completely Off-the-Radar Company Yielding 11.5% Might Be the Safest High-Octane Dividend Stock to Own in 2025

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But what's most important to investors is that dividend stocks have crushed non-payers in the return column over the last half-century. BDCs are a type of business that invests in the equity (common and preferred stock) and/or debt of middle-market companies. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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Looking For Passive Income? Here Are 5 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold For a Decade

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Let's break down five companies that are established dividend payers, and assess why holding each of these stocks over a long-term time horizon can lead to massive gains for your portfolio. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC). per unit at the end of 2009, to $3.70

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Could These 3 Ultra-High-Yield Stocks Help You Retire a Millionaire?

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It can be a tricky business , to be sure. In a normal economic environment, AGNC's shorter-term borrowing costs are less than the returns it achieves on the long-term mortgage loans it's holding. When short-term interest rates push above longer-term rates, however, the business model unravels. PBR Dividend data by YCharts.

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3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for the Next Decade

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Ares Capital: A 10.05% yield Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company, or BDC. Ares Capital is essentially a lender to midsized companies that have a hard time getting the big banks to return their calls. This BDC's costs of capital are rising too, but not quite as fast. a year earlier.

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3 Dividend Growth Stocks to Buy Now for a Lifetime of Passive Income

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With equity stakes in successful businesses such as Palantir Technologies and Axsome Therapeutics , this business development company's ( BDC ) regular quarterly dividend has held steady or risen since 2009. That said, success for one can offset dozens of failures. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Black Friday Sale for Income Investors: These 3 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks Are Bargain Buys

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As a business development company (BDC) , it must return at least 90% of earnings to shareholders as dividends to be exempt from federal income taxes. Ares Capital has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 in total returns since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2004. for the S&P 500 energy sector.

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3 Reliable Dividend Stocks With Yields Above 5% That You Can Buy With $100 Now

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Pfizer With products that many of us can't live without, pharmaceutical companies tend to pay dividends that are relatively reliable. Pfizer has raised its payout every year since 2009, but a market concerned about slowing sales is pressuring its stock price lower. At recent prices, the pharma company offers a 5.9%