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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With services that we all need, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) sports some of the stock market's most reliable cash flows. The company has raised its dividend payout for 17 straight years. Soaring interest rates have the market worried that Verizon's debt load could become too much of a burden.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 2, 2024

Realty Income's strategy is to lease to brand-name businesses that operate stand-alone stores in industries that are going to draw in customers regardless of how well or poorly the U.S. economy and stock market are performing. Collectively, these five industries make up about 40% of Realty Income's annualized contractual rent.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 19, 2024

telecom businesses with a nationwide 5G network, investors can also look forward to steady gains over the long run. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital PennantPark Floating Rate Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that lends to mid-market companies earning between $10 million and $50 million annually.

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AUGUST 10, 2024

market closed on Aug. A stock market sell-off isn't great for the performance of stocks already in your portfolio, but it's creating opportunities to buy shares of terrific dividend-paying businesses at a relative discount. Among the 151 companies it's lent money to, just three representing 1.5%

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