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This Completely Off-the-Radar Company Yielding 11.5% Might Be the Safest High-Octane Dividend Stock to Own in 2025

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With thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to choose from, every investor is likely to find one or more securities that'll help them meet their goals. BDCs are a type of business that invests in the equity (common and preferred stock) and/or debt of middle-market companies.

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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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In particular, I've been looking closely at business development companies ( BDCs ). What are business development companies? At their core, they're capital providers to early-stage businesses looking for funding to get their operations off the ground. BDCs are pretty interesting.

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Prediction: Buying Berkshire Hathaway Today Will Set You Up for Life

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And ironically, your highest-odds/best-payoff approach isn't trying to beat the market at all, but instead just aiming to match its performance by buying and holding simple index funds. Nearly half of all Berkshire Hathaway's current value is made up of solid-but-small companies you can't directly invest in.

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Make $1,000 in Annual Income the Easy Way With These Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks

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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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3 Smart Ways to Earn Yields of 9.4% or More

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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. Business development companies (BDCs) have become increasingly attractive sources of capital for small-to-medium-sized businesses. Strong total returns.

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Could These 3 Ultra-High-Yield Stocks Help You Retire a Millionaire?

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If you need consistent dividend income to pay your bills or to fund a dollar-cost-averaging plan, forget about this ticker. Yet, this paradigm never seems to leave this state-supported oil company without enough capital to fully fund new projects. It's in a category of investments called business development companies , or BDCs.

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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. EPR Funds from Operations (TTM) data by YCharts EPR Properties abruptly stopped paying dividends in the spring of 2020 while the COVID-19 pandemic kept us from joining together in large groups. per share.

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