Over the last 26 years, private equity investments have beaten the S&P 500 by 18%. This is a huge advantage over investing in a regular stock index fund. But private equity deals are only for millionaires aren’t they? Yes, to invest directly into deals, however, several large private equity firms are publicly traded and pay dividends as well. This may provide you an opportunity to add Private Equity as an asset-class to your investment portfolio.
A few private equity stock candidates for you to consider include The Blackstone Group (stock ticker symbol BX), Apollo Global Management (ticker APO), The Carlyle Group (ticker CG), and Triangle Capital Corp. (ticker TCAP). As a group, the average dividend yield for these four companies is over 9%, a decent-sized yield in today’s low-interest rate environment.