MAIN
Main Street Capital Corporation
stock NYSE

I’m planning to rebalance my US portfolio. Here are my current holdings and I’d like to get your opinion and share some of my future strategies:
VOO 15%, SCHD 10%, MAIN 20%, O 15%, TLT 5%, NVDA 15%, MSFT 10% and TSLA 5%.
The main reason why MAIN went up so much because I heavily invested last 2022-2023 although Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla skyrocketed I top slice these stocks when the price goes up except for MAIN, because I took a leverage 2022 when I bought these stocks.
Now I want to keep MAIN and O in my portfolio even if small percentage lang and just hold VOO yes one ETF only that will carry my portfolio I'll just keep buying this ETF for now. My target is 15yrs? or even more. My Plan B is to add growth ETF like VUG or QQQM but I don't want to micro-manage anymore and I just want to do chill investing like buy every month then forget, parang ito kasi ang best strategy na nanotice ko sa US market, I also have PH stock holdings but more on dividend growth strategy like REITs, dividend stocks and preferred shares.
Add ko lang 80% of my loan are almost paid that I used during 2022-2023 naka 36mos to pay siya at 0.39% interest so to give an example for ₱10,000 loan the total interest is ₱1,404 also bawi or positive na po ako even if the market drops again like the Liberation Day April 2025.
Lastly am I slowly turning into a Boglehead? What if VT and chill nalang kaya? 🤣

He might be saying tickers like $MAIN might be a "better" choice.

OP, I have MAIN in my son's custodial IRA, along with QQQI and SPYI, all on DRIP. Not sure of Canadian availability.

MAIN, outperformed the sp500 by 3x from 2007 to 2025. Continues to be a beast and monthly div payer

I see. Are you investing into local private companies or larger Lending markets like Cadre and Yieldstreet? I do currently have BDC’s like MAIN and ARCC. Debated on all the others as they’re usually illiquid.

MAIN is very consistent in its regular (and increasing) dividend. Just the special makes it look inconsistent, it is not

You compare the market price to the book value. So, if MAIN is selling at $65 and the book value is $37 then the Price/NAV is 1.77 or a near 80% premium to book value. The lazy way would be to just look it up on the website: bdcinvestor.com

I have about 6% in MAIN, even though I generally limit individual stocks to 5% of portfolio.
Nice dividends with usually an extra bonus dividend every month, plus almost 25% gain in 3 months by my chart. Historical performance not indicative, not investment advice, etc.
I also have a big chunk in ARCC and PBDC, even given PBDC's. obvious overlap.

MAIN is my current cash cow. Once I get O all straighten up I'll DCA MAIN till 7/2026.

All produce income. Individual stocks include BDC'S (MAIN, ARCC), a BDC PDF (PNDC), Individual preferred stocks, individual IG corporate bonds, other CC'S, and dividend ETF'S.

Hey yall, I’ve got about $2k parked between CLM and CRF right now and I’m not sure what to do with them. Specifically, my cost basis is 6.53/6.23 for each so I think I bought them when the dip happened. Now these two are only about 5% of my portfolio and as a late 20 year old, I feel like the smart move is to sell them off into something better, but I’m not sure. Majority of my holdings are MAIN, SCHD, and SCHG. I’d almost rather drop this into ARCC or VOO (I have some of both) or into KO.
Thoughts?

Yup. O pays monthly and considering adding MAIN which pays monthly as well. I’m enjoying Snowball analytics. It simplifies the breakdown and has a clean look all around. It has useful insights too.

My suggestion here is to do the math carefully.
When I did I realised that with less than 100k invested in full into income instruments, the monthly income would be irrelevant. And even with 100k down, the income is not much, inflation will eat in it and the dividends will grow very slowly. Take into account the 15% haircut on dividends from US by the US taxman (O and MAIN), and that Trump threatened to increase it.
Dividends are for the rich.

Check this out.
Let me know what you think
https://totalrealreturns.com/n/VT,SCHD,MAIN,GPIX

I dumped mine and replaced it with SPYI but I am now favoring GPIX and GPIQ they are more NAV stable with some growth. I also like MAIN. SCHD was a dog in my income portfolio.

I have SGOV (short-term treasury bills) as my cash position. Then I have some covered call ETFs. Then, things like ARES, PBDC, VOO, QQQ, ARCC, TSLA, MAIN. Little bit of diversification. I also have some crypto, BTC and etc.

MAIN and O are retirees' best friends in the US, are you retired yourself?

Sell all that but VOO and PLTR. Then get some VUG to cover all that Tech. Also a monthly dividend stock like O or MAIN for fun too.

I'd say take a plunge.. I have added to MAIN several times in the past year thinking its valuation was at a premium and too high, but have been happy for the continued price appreciation. I hope it continues!

This. Consider $O, $MAIN, and maybe $MO. But $SCHD is never a bad play.