The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While many different types of companies pay dividends, one of the more generous types is business development companies (BDCs). Hercules Technology Growth Capital (NYSE: HTGC) is a leading BDC that specializes in a vehicle called venture debt for life sciences, energy, and technology businesses.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Ares Capital Last, but not least, consider jumping into a stake in Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) while its dividend yield stands at a frothy 9.5% Ares Capital shares may be a conventional stock, but this isn't a conventional company. This bank just has a history of smart, conservative self-management.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Problem: Owning a stake in every technology name you'd likely want to own can be complicated, and even a little overwhelming. This exchange-traded fund holds a piece of 100 of the biggest Nasdaq-listed stocks. Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is a business development company , or BDC.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Funds raised money, bought businesses, loaded them with debt, exited at a profit and convinced happy investors to do it all over again — at ever greater scale. Concerns about PIK loans have also begun to impact the people who provide them, often private credit funds. Surging borrowing costs have stalled that engine.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If the deal overcomes regulatory hurdles, it will see the consortium snap up the remaining 85.16% stake it does not already own. Led by PSP, the consortium also comprises entities controlled by the world's largest berry company Driscoll's Inc and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI). The approved $3.20

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 5, 2024

They're more likely to own real estate and stakes in privately owned companies. Although you would struggle to own a direct stake in most privately held corporations, you can easily own a piece of a private equity firm specifically built from the ground up to hold such companies. The problem?

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The Motley Fool

MAY 23, 2024

If you don't have enough capital to spread among dozens of qualified candidates, or a team of experienced analysts who can help you recognize potential winners, you would be more likely to lose your shirt by putting your money into such businesses than to realize significant gains over the long run.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2023, Hartford Funds released an extensive report ("The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future") that examined the ins and outs of how dividend stocks have outperformed over long stretches. The company raised its monthly payout twice last year. Including equity stakes, the company's roughly $1.07

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In an effort to combat historically high inflation that briefly surpassed an annualized rate of 9% in June 2022, the nation's central bank has raised its federal funds rate at the fastest pace in more than four decades. BDCs are businesses that invest in the debt and/or equity (common and preferred stock) of middle-market companies.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

According to a study from Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds, publicly traded companies that initiated and grew their payouts between 1973 and 2022 generated an annualized return of 10.24%. PennantPark pays its dividend on a monthly basis , with the company increasing its payout twice last year. If and when the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: 10.95% yield A second incomparable ultra-high-yield dividend stock that's begging to be added to income seekers' portfolios in December is little-known business development company (BDC) PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT).

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Everyday investors looking for ways to beef up their passive income stream want to turn their attention toward billionaire fund managers. Individual investors can learn a lot by studying the actions of billionaire fund managers with heaps more experience. Following the actions of billionaires might be easier than you imagine.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

The company's billionaire skeptics include Ken Griffin of Citadel Advisors and Israel Englander of Millennium Management, who oversaw the sale of approximately 2.27 million shares for their respective funds during the first quarter. million shares and 1.89 Ultra-high-yield monthly dividend stock No. Horizon parses out an $0.11

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The Big Picture

APRIL 1, 2023

Churchill’s publicly registered business development company. Kencel explains how the exclusive relationship with TIAA allows a unique approach to private credit: Churchill lends to middle-market firms while also taking an equity stake in those firms.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last year, a study released by the Hartford Funds, in cooperation with Ned Davis Research, found that dividend-paying companies delivered an annualized return of 9.18% between 1973 and 2022. That compared to an annualized return of 3.95% for non-paying companies over the same five-decade stretch. Image source: Getty Images.

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