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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Ares Capital Corporation: Ultra-high yield and mild growth Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company ( BDC ), which means it can avoid paying income taxes by delivering at least 90% of its earnings to investors as a dividend. Among the 473 companies in its portfolio, the average one earns $179.7

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JULY 18, 2024

The company basically owns a portfolio of mortgages and makes money off the spread between the yield of its investments and the short-term funding costs to buy them. It locks in the spreads with hedges and then uses leverage to increase its returns. Image source: Getty Images.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

During the 50-year period between 1973 and 2022, dividend-paying stocks in the benchmark S&P 500 index delivered a 9.18% average annual return, while non-dividend-paying stocks in the same index returned just 3.95% on average, according to Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research. AT&T generated $19.8 range during the first half of 2025.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

According to a report issued last year by the Hartford Funds, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research, dividend-paying companies have generated an annualized return of 9.18% over the past half-century (1973-2022). The unmistakable lure of income stocks is that they outperform. Image source: Getty Images. 30, 2023.

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MARCH 6, 2024

dividend yield Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a business development company (BDC) that specializes in providing capital to venture-backed start-ups. The chart below tracks the total return of Ares stock versus a number of leading S&P 500 -themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Hercules Capital: 10.6%

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