AINV News and Press, Apollo Investment Corporation From 10/09/20

I currently have 16 BDC positions including ARCC which I continue to purchase additional shares of as I believe that this is one of the "higher-quality" BDCs. ARCC is up more than 9% since my purchase two weeks ago and this article discusses if it's still a Buy. On Sept. 23, ARCC ...

I recently started a position in FDUS as I believe that there's a good chance for a total return potential of 30% or higher over the next 12 months. FDUS is currently trading at a 35% discount to book value, driving a current annual dividend yield of 12%. There's also the possibil...

NEW YORK, Oct. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) (the “Company”) announced today that it will report results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, after market close on Thursday, November 5, 2020. The Company will also host a c...

Part 2 of this article compares ARCC’s recent dividend per share rates, yield percentages, and several other highly unique dividend sustainability metrics to fourteen BDC peers. This includes a comparative analysis of ARCC’s cumulative undistributed taxable income ratio,...

Part 1 of this article compares ARCC’s recent quarterly change in NAV, quarterly and trailing twelve-month economic return, NII, and current valuation to fourteen BDC peers. Part 1 also performs a comparative analysis between each company’s investment portfolio as of 3/3...

This is a series of articles discussing retirement portfolios using BDCs currently yielding around 12% and their safer notes - baby bonds/preferred shares with yield-to-maturities ranging from 6% to 10%. GBDC is trading below book value/NAV offering a current dividend yield of 8.8%. ...

As a whole set of factors should be negatively impacting markets, such as the ongoing pandemic, an uncertain path to economic recovery and the even more uncertain November U.S. Presidential Elections, markets are shaking off these concerns and racing to new highs almost every single day in Aug...

The U.S. stock market saw continuing improvements for dividend paying firms in August 2020. The number of publicly-traded companies either cutting or suspending dividends declined from July 2020's much-improved levels. Meanwhile, the number of firms increasing their dividends increased over th...

Introduction This article is part of a series discussing how to build a retirement portfolio using Business Development Companies ("BDCs") currently yielding almost 12% and their safer notes - baby bonds/preferred shares with yield-to-maturities ranging from 6.5% to 10.0%. Please see the...

Introduction This article is part of a series discussing how to build a retirement portfolio using Business Development Companies ("BDCs") currently yielding almost 12% and their safer notes - baby bonds/preferred shares with yield-to-maturities ranging from 6.5% to 10.0%. Please see the...