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1 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stock You'll Want to Have on Your Radar as Rate Cuts Loom

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There are many types of businesses that could benefit from reductions in interest rates. In particular, I've been looking closely at business development companies ( BDCs ). What are business development companies? BDCs are pretty interesting.

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My 3 Favorite Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy in November

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Ares Capital ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). It provides financing to middle-market businesses. Delivering great total returns is something Ares Capital has consistently done, by the way.

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2 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now for a Lifetime of Passive Income

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Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company, or BDC. Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) , and EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) offer yields above 8% at recent prices. These specialty financiers fill the gap left by U.S.

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Is Hercules Capital the Best Dividend Stock for You?

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Shares of this business development company boast a trailing dividend yield of a little over 8%, in fact, and that's based on just its ordinary quarterly payout. And it's not just investors wary of overvalued and overly volatile equities finding fair risk-versus-reward in business development companies.

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2 Unstoppable Dividend Stocks Yielding More Than 9% That Income-Seeking Investors Will Want to Buy in October and Hold Forever

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Ares Capital Ares Capital is the world's largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ). Right now, Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT) offer yields above 9%, and there's a pretty good chance that they'll be able to maintain their payouts over the long term.

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3 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks I'm Buying for Decades of Passive Income

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As a business development company (BDC) , Ares must return at least 90% of its income to shareholders in the form of dividends for its profits to be exempt from taxes. The company has a lot of income to return with its dividend yield topping 9.2%.

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Want $1,000 in Annual Dividend Income? Invest $9,550 in These 2 Ultra-High-Yield Stocks

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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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