BIZD News and Press, VanEck Vectors BDC Income From 07/11/22

Billionaire Warren Buffett has been aggressively accumulating shares in energy giant Occidental Petroleum, leading some to speculate that he may buy the entire company at some point. We share his bullish outlook on energy and have allocated a large percentage of our portfolio to high ...

The “forward 4-quarter” estimate for the S&P 500 has slid sequentially for the last two-three weeks falling to $240.83 from $241.70 two weeks ago. The airline stocks, which have never been owned in any size in the last 20 years – with the occasional trade made...

Rental properties have been on a tremendous run, making investors rich and enabling many to retire early with the passive income they generate. However, instead of buying rental properties, we are buying high yield stocks instead. In this article, we explain why we believe buying ...

HTGC's regular dividends yield 9.8%, plus its supplemental dividends yield an additional 4.5%. HTGC will benefit from rising rates - its debt investment portfolio has 94.7% in floating rate loans, with interest rate floors. HTGC is 27% below Wall Street's average price target...

Oaktree Specialty Lending has a very convincing dividend growth record. Diversified, safety-first debt portfolio produces downside protection. Valuation discount creates margin of safety. Oaktree Specialty Lending Corporation (OCSL) is currently selling a safe, reces...

MAIN is one of the pre-eminent blue-chip BDCs. However, we are not buying the dip here. We share why and also mention a few alternatives that we like better at the moment. Main Street Capital ( MAIN ) is one of the pre-eminent blue chip business development companies...

With economic risks rising, the stock prices of BDCs - highly leveraged instruments with riskier counterparties - have taken a hit. It is a time where insisting on quality is essential to ensure success regardless of the macro outcome. We discuss two of our top picks in the BDC sp...

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital yields 10.54% and pays monthly. It's trading at a -14.26% Discount to NAV/Share, much cheaper than the BDC industry average. PennantPark benefits from rising interest rates - its debt portfolio is 100% floating rate. For further details see:...

Capital Southwest is a BDC with a regular history of raising its regular dividend over time. The BDC had also been pumping out a supplemental dividend for several years and regularly issued special dividends. A reader had asked my thoughts on this BDC; this is my first look at thi...

Actively managed ETF is sub-advised by PineBridge Investments, a leader in the CLO market. Fund aims to provide opportunities for enhanced yield, lower interest rate sensitivity than other fixed income investments historically, and the benefits of built-in structural risk prot...