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About Main Street Capital
Main Street Capital Corporation is a Houston-based investment firm focusing on providing comprehensive financial solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. With a knack for nurturing growth, the company offers equity and debt financing for a variety of purposes including management buyouts, refinancing, and expansion. It targets companies across diverse sectors such as logistics, healthcare, technology, and energy, preferring those with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. Founded in 2007, Main Street Capital prides itself on partnering closely with entrepreneurs and management teams to achieve mutual success.
MAIN Coverage
10:00am ET
Investing
Ordinary dividends from BDCs, REITs, and midstream partnerships hand the IRS a cut before the income even compounds, but the account holding these positions changes everything about what you actually keep.
10:23am ET
Personal Finance
The $2 million retirement target assumes something most financial advice never questions, and the gap between that assumption and reality is where serious dividend income actually gets built.
8:11am ET
Personal Finance
A six-ticker income stack promises $4,100 every month without selling a single share, but two of its highest-paying positions carry a risk most retirees discover only after the check shrinks.
7:01am ET
Investing
Ordinary dividends from BDCs and REITs hand a cut of every distribution to the IRS before it reaches your account, and the bracket you sit in determines exactly how steep that cost…
7:49pm ET
Personal Finance
The yield you chase to replace a six-figure income determines not just how much capital you need, but whether that income holds up a decade from now or quietly erodes beneath you.
7:01am ET
Investing
Holding high-yield BDCs, REITs, and MLPs in a taxable account quietly hands thousands of dollars to the IRS every year, and the account type you choose matters far more than the stocks…
7:01am ET
Investing
Holding REIT and BDC dividends in a taxable account hands the IRS a cut every single month, and the bracket you sit in determines exactly how much you are giving away. Five…
11:06am ET
Personal Finance
Reaching $6,600 a month in dividend income sounds like a single-number problem, but the capital you actually need swings by more than a million dollars depending on which yield tier you choose…
3:01pm ET
Investing
BIZD's double-digit yield looks like a private-credit shortcut, but a hidden fee structure quietly eats into returns in a way most investors never calculate before they buy.
7:00am ET
Investing
September has a reputation for punishing passive investors, but income seekers who own the right monthly payers can keep collecting checks no matter how ugly the broader market gets. Here are five…
3:35pm ET
Personal Finance
Generating $75,600 a year from a sub-million-dollar portfolio sounds like a stretch, but the math gets surprisingly clean when three specific monthly payers stack their yields in just the right proportions.
1:00pm ET
Investing
The Fed has held rates steady, but inflation keeps threatening to push them higher again, and not every income investment handles that scenario the same way. Two BDCs with floating-rate portfolios are…
8:16am ET
Investing
Social Security alone leaves most retirees scrambling to cover basic expenses, but a carefully constructed portfolio of five monthly dividend payers could change that equation entirely for Baby Boomers sitting on investable…
6:17am ET
Personal Finance
The yield you chase to replace a salary can quietly destroy the purchasing power you built to protect. Before you settle on a number, understand what the tradeoff between yield and dividend…
5:20am ET
Personal Finance
Three tickers, one retiree, and a specific monthly income target that most financial planners would say requires far more diversification to pull off safely.