FDUS News and Press, Fidus Investment Corporation From 08/06/20

EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fidus Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:FDUS) (“Fidus” or the “Company”), a provider of customized debt and equity financing solutions, primarily to lower middle-market companies based in the United States, today ann...

EVANSTON, Ill., July 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fidus Investment Corporation (NASDAQ: FDUS) (“Fidus” or the “Company”) today announced that it will report its second quarter 2020 financial results on Thursday, August 6, 2020 after the close of the financial...

Quick BDC Market Update As mentioned in previous articles, I was expecting Business Development Company ("BDC") pricing to pull back from the recent highs for various reasons including profit-taking and a partial return to "risk-off" mode. Please note that most BDC charts look similar to...

Foreword A reader of August's high-yield, low-priced dividend dog list said this is "dangerous advice". Hence, this information is to be used at your own risk. I have always advised that high dividends are a sure sign of high risk. Combine that signal with a low-price offer and you have ...

As we all know very well, the coronavirus has shut down economic activity across the world, impacting nearly all businesses, but hitting small businesses especially hard. This has had a direct effect on the balance sheets of business development companies (or BDCs for short). For the uniniti...

Introduction: Over the coming months, I will have a series of articles discussing how to build a retirement portfolio using Business Development Companies ("BDCs") currently yielding over 12% and their safer notes - baby bonds/preferred shares with yield-to-maturities ranging from 6.5% t...

Business Development Companies ("BDCs") were created by Congress in 1980 to give investors an opportunity to invest in private small- and mid-sized U.S. companies typically overlooked by banks. The following slide from ARCC breaks out many of the requirements of the BDC/RIC structure inclu...

Investing in BDC Baby Bonds This article is part of a series discussing Business Development Company ("BDC") Baby Bonds (also known as exchange-traded debt) for investors who would like to limit the amount of overall risk and pricing volatility in exchange for lower yields. These article...

Quick Article Follow-Up As mentioned earlier this month in " Heavily-Discounted Monthly Dividend Payer ," Business Development Companies continue to trade at depressed values for many reasons including being considered small-cap, financial sector, and high yield, all of which have been ...

EVANSTON, Ill., May 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fidus Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:FDUS) (“Fidus” or the “Company”) announced today a change in location for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on Thursday, June 4,...