BIZD News and Press, VanEck Vectors BDC Income From 01/08/24

2024-01-08 07:00:00 ET Summary BlackRock TCP Capital announced a merger with BlackRock Capital Investment that is expected to create long-term value for shareholders. The merger could lead to cost synergies and enhanced scale, giving TCPC better access to capital and driving long-...

2024-01-07 11:00:00 ET Summary MAIN is an established blue-chip BDC that many consider to be the industry's gold standard. CION is a relative newcomer without much of a publicly traded track record to judge it by. That being said, CION trades at a meaningful discount to MAIN a...

2024-01-07 09:00:00 ET Summary Dividend stocks underperformed growth stocks in recent years. This is mainly due to the surge in interest rates. But as rates are cut, dividend stocks should strongly recover in 2024. Over the long run, dividend stocks have generated fa...

2024-01-06 12:30:00 ET Summary Following the failure of several prominent banks, financial sectors remained largely resilient in 2023. This upheaval prompted sizeable support measures from the Federal Reserve. The same factors that supported stability in 2023 remain in force f...

2024-01-06 12:30:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-01-06 06:04:26 ET Summary BDCs are one of our favorite vehicles for investing in the credit asset class. But there are so many good ones to choose from; takes a lot of monitoring and due diligence. Glad to see the still relatively new, actively-managed Putnam BDC ETF doin...

2024-01-04 17:00:00 ET Summary CION Investment Corporation is a newcomer in the BDC sector and has the potential to be a future superstar. The company has been defensively positioning its portfolio, with a focus on first-lien investments and a strong Q3 performance. CION has b...

2024-01-04 11:15:00 ET Summary In this 2023 year-end sector review (part 1), we look at how companies performed during 2023 in the communications services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, and financial services sectors. After a bad year in 2022, the consumer disc...

2024-01-02 11:00:00 ET Summary 2024 is expected to be a great year for BDCs as interest rates are predicted to be significantly lower, leading to attractive price points for investors. Blackstone Secured Lending is a top BDC to consider adding or buying due to its defensive positi...

2024-01-01 16:00:00 ET Summary Fidus Investment has performed well in 2023 rewarding shareholders with extra income in the form of specials & supplementals. FDUS has a 3-year dividend growth rate of 43.33%, beating out Capital Southwest's 39.02%. Additionally, the BDC has ...