BIZD News and Press, VanEck Vectors BDC Income From 04/16/23

2023-04-16 04:42:06 ET Summary Despite the risk of a banking crisis and a worsening financial situation, BDCs appear to be well-positioned to maintain their investment income and dividend growth trend. Indeed, the banking crisis is likely to create new and appealing investment opp...

2023-04-11 07:00:00 ET Summary The March CPI report is due on Wednesday, April 12th. We preview what the report is likely to reveal. We then delve into the implications that it could have for dividend stocks and our investing approach. The U.S. March CPI report is du...

2023-04-07 02:00:00 ET Summary We examine the genesis of the gap between bank deposits and loans. Small bank loan books represent a greater proportion of deposits relative to large banks. This is fine and quite different from Silicon Valley Bank. The outsized exposure of small...

2023-04-04 08:00:00 ET Summary GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF holds an equal weight portfolio in CEFs, MLPs, REITs, and BDCs. The change in underlying index last month was not a major one. The 4 asset categories are characterized by capital decay. HIPS has a stable ...

2023-04-03 11:45:35 ET Summary With a likely recession on the horizon and interest rates still at high levels, the bar for income stocks has been raised. Investors need to insist on higher starting yields that are likely to hold up through a recession. We share five picks that...

2023-04-03 05:35:00 ET Summary It's surprising to see the Financial sector with expected EPS growth for Q1 ’23 of 5.2% on expected revenue growth of 9%, especially given all the events around the banks in the last 4 weeks. While the regional banks are going to get a lot of ...

2023-04-02 03:43:00 ET Summary Bank shares plunged in the wake of the SVB meltdown, for understandable reasons, while Big Tech was off to the races, for reasons we will explore in further detail below. Stock price valuations are heavily influenced by interest rates, and a reductio...

2023-04-01 08:00:00 ET Summary ARCC and MAIN are widely regarded to be among the top blue chip BDCs and for good reason. While MAIN certainly has its advantages, we believe that ARCC significantly outshines MAIN right now. We share three reasons why ARCC is a better buy than M...

2023-03-29 02:22:00 ET Summary The Fed and the ECB hiked their interest rate targets over the past several days and have stated that more rate hikes will be needed. Gold is not the anti-dollar, as it is sometimes labelled. It is reasonable to think of gold as the anti-bank or ...

2023-03-28 16:56:32 ET Summary With the number of retired investors growing, demand for ultra-high-yield investments has surged, creating potential market dislocations. The Business Development Company ETF BIZD is a popular choice due to its 11% yield and strong recovery after 202...