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

The Motley Fool

Although start-ups can be risky, Hercules has demonstrated that it employs robust due diligence processes before making an investment. Over the last 15 years, the economy has witnessed the 2008-2009 Great Recession , prolonged cratering oil prices between 2014 and 2016, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Private Credit, Meet “Higher for Longer”

Blackstone

From March 2009 when the S&P 500 traded at 13x earnings to August 2020 when it peaked at 23x, a passive investor in the market earned 16% per annum. 8 Breaking down the total returns by source from December 2009 to December 2020 shows that 44% of the index’s average total return was from multiple expansion.