The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

This steadfast dividend stock is offering you a generous 9% yield today. As the largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ) in the U.S., Ares provides private companies with the cash they need to expand. It's a massive market that accounts for roughly a third of U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

One of the best ways to create wealth is by investing in companies that pay a dividend. While many different types of companies pay dividends, business development companies (BDCs) represent a unique opportunity. BDCs are required to pay out 90% of their taxable income to investors each year.

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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 27, 2024

While many companies pay dividends, business development companies (BDCs) represent a unique and potentially lower-risk way of adding substantial passive income to your portfolio. However, the catch is that this debt typically carries a much higher interest rate than a loan from a bank.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Ares Capital ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). It provides financing to middle-market businesses that banks sometimes shun. Since its initial public offering in 2004, the stock's average annual total return tops 12%.

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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

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. Hercules is different from a typical bank as it tends to offer more flexible financing options. Hercules Capital: 10.6%

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