I look at something that is quite rare called business development companies. These companies pay an extremely high yield but are taxed as ordinary income not making them attractive for taxable accounts.
Many of these often pay out so much that the value of the company declines over time. Would you invest in these or junk bonds?
Business Development Companies have a pretty spotty track record. Unlike S&P 500 or index stocks that all have done fairly well over time, many BDCs have done poorly while some have done well so this isn’t like throwing darts at a board and coming out OK.
COMPANY SYMBOL TOTAL NET ASSETS
Ares Capital Corp. ARCC 20.39%
FS KKR Capital Corp. FSK 13.26%
Owl Rock Capital Corp. ORCC 11.13%
Main Street Capital Corp. MAIN 4.70%
Golub Capital BDC Inc. GBDC 4.57%
Prospect Capital Corp. PSEC 4.55%
Hercules Capital Inc. HTGC 4.50%
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund BXSL 4.46%
Sixth Street Specialty Lending Inc. TSLX 3.77%
Goldman Sachs BDC Inc. GSBD 3.47%