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The Best Way To Invest In Prospect Capital Stock (NASDAQ:PSEC)
Prospect Capital has many investment grade bonds with annual yields between 4.1% and 7.6%. See why it's better to invest in IG bonds versus PSEC stock. → Read More
Ares Capital: 9% Stock Yield Or 6% For Its IG Bonds (NASDAQ:ARCC)
Ares Capital is a best-of-breed company with 9 investment grade bonds that are currently rebounding. See why you can invest in both ARCC stock and its IG bonds. → Read More
Fixed 6.5% Return On Main Street's Investment Grade Bond (NYSE:MAIN)
Main Street is a best-of-breed company but likely overbought at these levels. Read why investors should look at Main Street's investment grade bond. → Read More
Recession Proofing With Investment Grade Bonds
This update discusses 'Interest Expense Coverage' and 'Asset Coverage' ratios for each BDC. No BDC has ever defaulted on debt obligation. Read what to know here. → Read More
Buy The Dip And Position For Higher Rates With Hercules Capital
Interest rates are rising, and this article discusses the BDC sector currently yielding between 7% and 12% that will benefit. Read more about HTGC stock here. → Read More
Fidus Stock: My Top Pick For The High-Yield BDC Sector In 2022 (NASDAQ:FDUS)
Fidus will outperform due to increased dividends and excellent credit quality. See why I think FDUS stock is well positioned for higher interest rates. → Read More
PennantPark PNLT Vs. PFLT: Head-To-Head High Yield Comparison (NASDAQ:PFLT)
This article compares BDCs PennantPark Investment (PNLT) and PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT). Read more to see which stock is a buy. → Read More
12 Years Of 31% Average Annual Returns From Main Street Capital
My previous article discussed portfolio allocations and the need for stocks to earn the amount of income required for retirement. This article discusses MAIN wh → Read More
12 Years Of 31% Annualized Returns From Main Street Capital
My previous article discussed portfolio allocations and the need for stocks to earn the amount of income required for retirement. This article discusses MAIN wh → Read More
TCG BDC Yielding 10.8% Trading 17% Below Book And Why I Sold
CGBD reported Q3 2019 results on Nov. 6, 2019, and I sold my position due to the additional declines of valuations in 'watch list' investments as shown below. N → Read More
These Dividend Stocks Are The New 'Bonds' For Retirement Portfolios
The old 60/40 portfolio model just won’t be able to cut it anymore in this environment of continued lower interest rates. Experts are suggesting that equities w → Read More
TPG Specialty: SWAN Stock Yielding 8% Will Likely Beat Earnings Next Week
TSLX has easily outperformed the S&P 500 since my first article discussing this stock in 2014. This is due to the continuous stream of good news reported by the → Read More
The Big Boys Continue To Pile Into This Dividend Sector: Owl Rock Capital
BDCs, like REITs almost 20 years ago, want institutional investors and the scale that comes with them. Recently, many of the largest asset managers have been ac → Read More
Why Investors Are Selling 12% Yielding Monroe Capital
I recently suggested to my subscribers to sell or at least trim current positions of MRCC and wait for the company to report Q4 results. On Jan. 7, the WSJ repo → Read More
DGI Capital Southwest Yielding 9.5% Before Upcoming Increases
This article discusses the dividend coverage and risk profile for internally-managed CSWC that will be reporting results in two weeks. CSWC is favorably priced → Read More
SWAN Ares Capital: 9% Yield And Beating The S&P 500
ARCC is one of my largest BDC holdings and has provided annual returns of more than 20% for multiple purchases over the years. This article discusses the update → Read More
Stocking Stuffer Or Sell The Recent Rally: Gladstone Investment
GAIN recently announced the sale of its portfolio company Nth Degree, which represented 11.7% of the portfolio and will drive significant realized gains in Dece → Read More
Baby Bonds For Baby Boomers Rebalancing Into Fixed Income
According to Fidelity Investments, 57% of baby boomers who manage their own portfolios are holding more stock than the company would recommend.This article discusses portfolio allocations including BDC Baby Bonds currently yielding 6.2%.Also discussed are metrics used to analyze the safety of a debt position including "Interest Expense and Asset Coverage" ratios for the BDCs with Baby Bonds. → Read More
Building A Retirement Portfolio With 6% To 9% Yield: Part 5
Interest rates will likely remain low, and investors will continue to need equity investments to generate an adequate yield from their portfolios. BDC stocks ar → Read More
Building A Retirement Portfolio With 6% To 9% Yield: Part 4
Interest rates will likely remain low, and investors will continue to need equity investments to generate an adequate yield from their portfolios. BDC stocks ar → Read More