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There are plenty of great stocks that offer attractive dividends and don't cost too much. Here are my picks for the smartest dividend stocks to buy with $100 right now. You can scoop up a share of Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) for roughly $23 at its current price.
When stock prices go up, dividend yields decline. The search for reliable high-yield dividend stocks is harder than it was a couple of years ago, but it's not impossible. At recent prices, Realty Income (NYSE: O), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT), and Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) offer a yield of 8.5% on average.
If generating more passive income is one of your New Year's resolutions, you have plenty of options for achieving the goal. One of the easiest is to buy high-yield dividend stocks. Investing $50,000 in each of these five stocks could make you nearly $17,500 in passive income in 2025.
Buying dividend stocks is one of the best approaches. If you have a tidy amount of cash to invest and can find stocks with especially juicy dividend yields (and the ability to keep those dividends coming), you can potentially rake in significant passive income. Investing $134,800 in these three high-yield dividend stocks could make you $10,000 in reliable passive income in 2025.
While stock returns have been terrific, new investors seeking passive income learned the hard way that dividend yields fall when stock prices rise. Dividend yields among most S&P 500 stocks aren't appealing, but there are a few business development companies (BDCs) that deserve more attention from income-seeking investors than they've been getting. Shares of Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE: PFLT), and Hercules Capital (NYSE: HTGC) offer an average yield of 9.9% at recent prices.
If you're trying to secure a stream of passive income to support your retirement dreams, there's more than one way to make it happen. Buying rental properties is an easy-to-understand option you're probably already familiar with. Unfortunately, owning rental properties comes with day-to-day responsibilities that most retirees would rather avoid.
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Check out these 3 stocks that reward shareholders with robust income and can actually afford to do so over the long run.
These financiers offer dividends that are more stable than you'd think, given the high yields they offer.