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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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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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Dividend stocks reign supreme Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are almost always profitable on a recurring basis, as well as time-tested. BDCs are a type of business that invests in the equity (common and preferred stock) and/or debt of middle-market companies.

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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. To compensate for lumpy cash flows, it also declares a supplemental dividend each year.

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

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Indeed, the company's stated policy is paying out at least 45% of its free cash flow in the form of dividends, but cash flow is largely a function of ever-changing oil prices. even if they bolster shareholders' total returns. A big piece of whatever profits it's producing are passed along to shareholders in cash. Bottom line?

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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. These specialized investment vehicles can avoid paying income taxes by distributing at least 90% of their profits to shareholders. This BDC's costs of capital are rising too, but not quite as fast. a year earlier.

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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. And the numbers speak for themselves: Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $350,915 !*

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Is Ares Capital Stock a Buy?

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Ares Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that provides financing for middle-market companies (businesses that generate between $10 million and $250 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ( EBITDA ) every year). Should you invest in it today?

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