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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Before you plow every penny you can find into these two stocks, it's important to remember that an especially high yield means the market is worried the underlying business can't continue meeting and raising its dividend commitment. Here's why these two stocks could be far less risky than their ultra-high dividend yields suggest.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ). With a brief exception in 2018, it's been making monthly dividend payments that have risen or remained steady since 2011. At recent prices, it offers a 10.7%

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AUGUST 23, 2023

With a steadily growing telecom business, though, its payout could rise at a low single-digit percentage throughout your retirement years. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) is a business development company.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) is a business development company (BDC), which means it legally avoids paying income taxes by distributing at least 90% of profits to investors as a dividend. As its name implies, it only lends out capital at floating interest rates.

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MAY 2, 2024

Time to pounce: PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (10.82% yield) A second ultra-high-yield dividend stock that's begging to be bought in May is off-the-radar business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). Its monthly distribution of $0.1025 has more than doubled in less than 13 years.

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OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) are a pair of well-manged business development companies (BDCs) that offer eye-popping dividend yields. With a brief exception in 2018, it's raised or maintained its dividend payout since its initial public offering in 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is a business development company ( BDC ). That means it's essentially a bank that makes high-interest loans to midsize businesses that can't get regular banks to return their calls.

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