BKLN News and Press, Invesco Senior Loan From 12/26/19

Note: This article is 1) only a small part of the complete article that was published on Macro Trading Factory ("MTF"), and 2) a co-production with The Fortune Teller " ("TFT"), moderator of Wheel of Fortune ("WoF"). 2019: What a Wonderful Year Following a flat-to-slightly-negat...

Background The article you're about to read is The Macro Teller 's ("TMT") first publication on the Seeking Alpha ("SA") platform, under this name. Nevertheless, TMT is not a new face on SA, rather the "macro version", alter-ego if you'd like, of the same author whose known here by th...

( Pexels ) Income investing has seen a surge in popularity over recent years. Many investors have made high returns on their equities and are now looking for ways to transfer those capital gains into a consistent stream of income. This is further exacerbated by the fact that most inves...

It seems that the 2010-2020 era will go down in history as the "great hunt for yield." Traditional fixed-income investments like sovereign bonds pay a historically low yield (perhaps a 5,000-year low yield to be exact). This is largely because global central banks have kept rates below their...

"Income is the only thing that matters" is a common refrain, particularly for investors interested in financing their retirement with distributions from their portfolios. This focus on income makes sense on two fronts: first, diversified income portfolios tend to do a better job of capital pre...

Staring at the Mirror Over the weekend, we've published two charts (that are part of the ones presented below) on the chat room of the Wheel of FORTUNE . When one of our subscribers responded to these charts by saying, "All of this hand-wringing going on. Eventually they will be right. ...

Last week, the OECD has cut the growth forecasts for almost every major economy, except for Japan ( EWJ , DXJ ). Back in May, the OECD already trimmed its growth expectations for 2019, but this time around, we also received some significant down revisions for 2020. Overall, the OECD has low...

The UK Supreme Court deals a strong blow to Brexit's chances. Donald Trump digs his heels in on protectionism. Houthi rebels (likely backed by Iran) successfully shut down half of Saudi oil production capacity through a terrorist strike. Democrats launch an official impeachment inquiry into th...

The Underestimated Growth Engine In a previous post (see here ), I wrote about the often-ignored engine of organic economic growth that is private savings . To quote myself: Saving leads to investment. Investment leads to increased productivity and output capacity. These lead to more ...

The XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust ( XFLT ) could use some rebranding. With a lengthy name like that and an even more complicated business model and investment structure, no wonder it is relatively under-appreciated in the marketplace. Investment Strategy F...