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3 Smart Ways to Earn Yields of 9.4% or More

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To be sure, some higher-yielding assets aren't good picks. 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.

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1 Ultra-High Dividend Yield Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist in 2024

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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. The investment firm New England Asset Management (NEAM) is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. Data source: YCharts.

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24 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold in 2024

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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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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. The company also has potential growth opportunities in transporting captured carbon.

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My Top 5 Favorite High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy in May

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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. Ares Capital Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) might be the least well-known of my picks.

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3 Unstoppable Dividend Stocks With Yields of 7.2% or Better

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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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Apollo launches Mubadala-backed private credit fund 

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Apollo Global Management has launched a new private credit fund, Middle Market Apollo Institutional Private Lending, that will invest money from an affiliate of Mubadala Investment Company and other institutional investors, according to a report by Bloomberg. These fees include a 1% management fee and a 12.5%

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