Investing $50,000 in Each of These 5 Stocks Could Make You Nearly $17,500 in Passive Income in 2025

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 2025.1. Ares CapitalAres Capital (ARCC -0.27%) is the largest publicly traded business development company (BDC). It targets a growing traditional middle market (U.S. companies with annual revenue of $100 million to $1 billion) of ar ...