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OCTOBER 20, 2024

Companies like Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM) , Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) , and Royalty Pharma (NASDAQ: RPRX) are raising their payouts rapidly. For decades, ADM has leveraged its enormous global asset base to originate, process, and transport agricultural commodities between over 190 countries.

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JUNE 18, 2023

Since their inception in the 1980s by an act of Congress, business development companies (BDCs) have often delivered market-beating total returns for shareholders. Turning a $10,000 investment made in 2018 into $18,000 with dividends reinvested, Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) has outperformed the market. of its portfolio.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A capital idea There's nothing shady about Buffett's "secret portfolio." In 1998, Berkshire Hathaway acquired reinsurance company General Re. Around three years earlier, General Re bought New England Asset Management (NEAM). Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) ranks as one of the best, in my view. Why is this yield so high?

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APRIL 16, 2024

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin more than tripled Citadel Advisors' position in Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) during the last three months of 2023. Hercules Capital Hercules Capital is a business development company ( BDC ) that lets everyday investors get in on the ground floor with innovative tech and life science businesses.

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JULY 8, 2024

The good news is that you don't need much upfront capital to get started. Ares Capital Another $21 or so will allow you to scoop up a share of Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). The business development company (BDC) pays a juicy dividend yield of roughly 9.2%. Ares Capital has only 2.4%

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JULY 31, 2023

To be sure, some higher-yielding assets aren't good picks. Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) offers a dividend yield of nearly 9.7%. Ares Capital has handily outperformed the S&P 500 since the company's IPO in 2004 as well as over the last three-year and fie-year periods. below its net asset value.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Business development companies (BDCs) can be a great source of dividend income, in part because they are required to pay out at least 90% of their taxable income each year as dividends. One leading BDC that has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 is Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). What makes Ares Capital different?

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 3, 2024

Investors who are nearing retirement, or simply eager to boost their passive income stream, may want to turn toward Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). Ares Capital Corporation Ares Capital is a business development company, or BDC. over the past five years. For decades, U.S.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Companies that regularly share a percentage of their profits with investors are usually time-tested and recurringly profitable. Based on a separate study from Mellon Capital that was released in the mid-2010s, high-yielding dividend stocks are sometimes more trouble than they're worth. AGNC Dividend Yield data by YCharts. Since Sept.

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JULY 10, 2024

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) , PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) , and Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) offer an average yield of 8.5% PennantPark Floating Rate Capital If the pharmaceutical industry's ups and downs make you nervous, consider PennantPark Floating Rate Capital. However, it isn't impossible.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC) in the world. It provides alternative financing to middle-market companies across a wide range of industries. There shouldn't be any issues for Ares Capital to fund its juicy dividend.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 16, 2024

Although other asset classes have delivered nominal gains for investors, including housing, gold, and Treasury bonds, no other asset class comes remotely close to the average annual rate of return that stocks have generated over the last 100 years. Lastly, AGNC's investment team relies almost exclusively on agency assets.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

At recent prices, Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) , and Rithm Capital (NYSE: RITM) offer dividend yields of 9.1% Generally, stocks don't offer yields this high unless investors have concerns about their underlying businesses. At recent prices, Ares Capital offers investors a 9.1%

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JANUARY 7, 2024

Stock Business Summary Dividend Yield 5. Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP) (NYSE: BIPC) Owns and operates infrastructure assets including pipelines, data centers, and utilities 5% (BIP) 4.4% (BIPC) 6. Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) Midstream energy company that operates pipelines and other assets 7.4%

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) looks like a great target for one-third of your $106,000 upfront amount. How can Ares Capital pay such a juicy dividend yield? Ares Capital stands out from most BDCs, though. More importantly, the company has a more stringent risk management approach than most of its peers.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The businesses underlying AT&T (NYSE: T) , Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , and Altria Group (NYSE: MO) have what they need to meet their dividend commitments and raise them further. The company reported total revenue that rose 1.4% Last year was the sixth in a row that the company added over 1 million new fiber subscribers.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Acquiring properties that you rent to others is a popular one, but acquiring rental properties often requires more capital than most investors are prepared to commit. Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is America's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ). as of Sept.

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JUNE 14, 2023

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.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

One of the best ways to create wealth is by investing in companies that pay a dividend. While many different types of companies pay dividends, business development companies (BDCs) represent a unique opportunity. Hercules Capital: 11.5% Ares Capital: 9.6% The company's 9.6%

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FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it lends to companies that are too big for small business loans but still too small to work with large banks. Ares Capital has a 14-year track record of delivering stable quarterly dividends.

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MAY 2, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) might be the least well-known of my picks. Anyone familiar with middle-market financing probably knows the company well, though. It's the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC) providing financing solutions to middle-market businesses.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Although the stock market has its ups and downs, equities have handily outperformed other asset classes over the last century, including Treasury bonds, housing, oil, and gold. Investors, say hello to business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT). Image source: Getty Images.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). As a BDC, Ares Capital must return at least 90% of its taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends. However, the company's yield of around 7.5% isn't shabby at all.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ares Capital I think Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a great stock to buy with the first one-third of the initial $115,000. The company's dividend yield of 9.49% would enable you to make well nearly $3,638 in passive income this year. Ares Capital offers such a high yield primarily because of its business structure.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Ares Capital If you take one-third of an initial $123,500 and buy shares of Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , you should make a little over $4,000 in passive income next year. That's because Ares Capital's dividend yield stands at 9.73%. Ares Capital is organized as a business development company (BDC).

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 5, 2024

At recent prices, shares of Altria Group (NYSE: MO) , Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , and AT&T (NYSE: T) offer an average yield of 8.5%. Ares Capital Ares Capital is America's largest business development company (BDC), which essentially means it's a lender for mid-market businesses throughout America.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Hercules Capital Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company ( BDC ) that allows individual investors to take part in the previously elusive world of venture capital investing. Even billionaires with the means to dabble in venture capital are buying shares of Hercules Capital.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Morgan Asset Management, a division of money-center bank JPMorgan Chase , released a study that compared the performance of publicly traded companies that initiated and grew their payouts between 1972 and 2012 to public companies that didn't offer a payout over the same timeline. In 2013, J.P. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 13, 2024

This is to say that an expanding economy has needed more capital to facilitate transactions. A BDC is a company that invests in the debt or equity (common and/or preferred stock) of middle-market businesses -- i.e., generally unproven small- and micro-cap companies. As of the midpoint of 2024, it was hauling in a 12.1%

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In simple terms, mortgage REITs look to borrow money at the lowest possible short-term rate and use this capital to purchase higher-yielding long-term assets. These "long-term assets" are often mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which is how the industry got its name. The company raised its monthly payout twice last year.

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JUNE 13, 2024

Even if your priority is growth -- or capital appreciation -- most investors' portfolios benefit from the occasional cash bump. What the nation's biggest bank (as measured by total assets) lacks in current yield, though, it more than makes up for in dividend growth. Should you invest $1,000 in Hercules Capital right now?

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JULY 9, 2023

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) reigns as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). It provides financing primarily to middle-market businesses. With Ares Capital's dividend yield above 10.1% With Ares Capital's dividend yield above 10.1% midstream energy market.

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JUNE 27, 2023

yield If you haven't paid attention to AT&T (NYSE: T) for a while, you might not realize it spun off its cable TV assets in 2021, and last year, its WarnerMedia assets became part of Warner Bros. Now that AT&T is purely a telecom business again, investors can reasonably expect steadily growing dividend payments.

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APRIL 7, 2024

Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) might be the best dividend stock many investors have never heard of. It's the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). With a market cap of less than $13 billion, though, some could overlook Ares Capital. I think that's a mistake.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

AT&T Income-seeking investors should be flocking to AT&T (NYSE: T) now that it's sold off all of its risky media assets. This is a heavy load, but highly reliable cash flows from mobile, home, and business internet subscribers are sufficient to whittle it down to a more manageable figure. yield at recent prices. It offers a 9.6%

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JANUARY 4, 2024

It's also in the process of acquiring Spirit Realty Capital in an all-share deal that clocks in at $9.3 Spirit Realty's CRE portfolio will complement Realty Income's existing assets, while allowing the combined company to further diversify beyond retail. History offers comfort for investors, as well.

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JULY 18, 2024

Part of the stock's struggles come from higher interest rates and the impact that has had on commercial property values, which are valued based on capitalization (cap) rates -- a property's net-operating income divided by its current value. It's also grown its net-asset value (NAV) by 130% since 2007. It currently is valued at about 1.19

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