AINV News and Press, Apollo Investment Corporation From 03/11/21

Stocks performed strongly in February with cyclicals and energy stocks rallying strongly. I am continuing my monthly investment plans while awaiting a market correction or possibly a real crash once market euphoria has come down. My dividend income amounted to $350, up 19% sequent...

The mortgage REIT sector began the year with big discounts to book value. Since then, it has delivered big returns. If you've read even a few of our articles on mortgage REITs, you're surely familiar with the price-to-book ratios. Investors who didn't buy mortgage REITs in April 2...

BDCs continue to provide higher-than-average annualized returns (15% and higher) that will never be taxed if invested correctly in a Roth IRA. BDCs can be volatile and the best way to invest in these income vehicles is through dollar averaging purchases during the general market pullb...

The mortgage REIT sector has been on fire lately. It gave us some huge gains in late 2020 and more huge gains in early 2021. As investors shift into "value" stocks, we've seen a dramatic increase in price with price-to-book ratios increasing substantially in the sector. With these...

During February, we placed a handful of trades in the mortgage REIT preferred shares. We recently picked up shares of ARR-C and NRZ-B. We'll highlight the index cards and commentary on those positions. In February we also closed out positions in NYMTP, TWO-E (which was called) and...

NEW YORK, March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: AINV) or the “Company,” announced today that Tanner Powell, the President of the Company and the Chief Investment Officer for the Company’s Investment Adviser, is scheduled to participat...

We trade our mortgage REIT positions based on shifting price-to-book ratios. It’s a great technique. It’s like counting cards, except we get to use machines, and some people think they sat down to play "Go Fish." We will share one of our recent adjustments in our por...

Apollo's exposure to aircraft leasing adds a level of future risk. With management's conservative dividend approach, we view the dividend safe and the risk mostly mitigated. With crude oil increasing in price, Apollo might find opportunities to sell the balance of its non-core ene...

Pricing between the different series of NLY preferred shares is absurd. NLY-G values are much too close to NLY-F and NLY-I. Investors in NLY-G can get a dramatically better risk-adjusted rate of return by swapping to NLY-F or NLY-I. The payback period on the upgrade is less than t...

When the pandemic hit last year, this higher-yield sector took a huge pricing hit with dividend yields soaring to 30% to 40%. I was actively making purchases during this volatility as I have identified the Business Development Companies ("BDCs") that will outperform during an economic...