AINV News and Press, Apollo Investment Corporation From 03/26/22

We take a look at the action in BDCs through the third week of March and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs finished higher this week on the back of a bounceback across the broader income space. We take a look at whether BDCs affiliated with large investment ma...

Most investors fail to look beneath the surface. By failing to look closely, they are literally leaving money on the table. We're looking at a few easy opportunities for investors to swap between similar investments to collect more income and better upside. What's the easiest ...

Interest rates are finally starting to rise and this article discusses a sector that will benefit. HTGC is currently yielding 11.2% and higher interest rates will likely drive improved margins and dividend increases. More importantly, BDC pricing will likely head higher before add...

One of the mortgage REITs has already announced a monster dividend cut. Don't expect that dividend to recover. Assigning ratings using target price-to-book value ratios continues to work. That's how we determined shares were a strong buy during April 2020. Since then, we hit the s...

We dropped one of our solid positions with an 11% yield. Shares were not overpriced, but we needed the capital. During our holding period, we earned over 11% in under three months. That’s even better considering the sector dropped during that time. The 8.6% yield came in wi...

BDCs invest mostly in American small businesses paying shareholders sustainable yields between 6% and 11%. This article compares two of them managed by Gladstone Management Corporation currently yielding 7% to 8%. I own both of these BDCs for many reasons including higher quality ...

We’ve got three shares on sale following a swift decline in their prices. Yields on these shares range from 7.3% to 11.3%. Big discounts to book value are showing up for some of the mortgage REITs, creating a much better risk to reward ratio. For further details see: ...

Part 1 of this article compares ARCC’s recent quarterly change in NAV, quarterly and trailing 24-month economic return, NII, and current valuation to 15 BDC peers. Part 1 also performs a comparative analysis between each company’s investment portfolio as of 9/30/2021 and...

The war in Ukraine has overshadowed any other market development in February. I have kept my portfolio intact and made a couple of purchases while divesting one small position. The combination of soaring inflation and geopolitical uncertainty has rattled markets but despite some d...

All 7 of these shares have dipped below our target prices. One of them was a terrible deal in late 2021, but that’s turned around. Similar fundamentals, vastly better price. We warned investors to swap out of the shares when they were overvalued, but the absurd valuations p...