HCXY News and Press, Hercules Capital Inc. 6.25% Notes due 2033 From 02/20/20

The following slide deck was published by Hercules Capital, Inc. in conjunction with their 2019 Q4 earnings Read more ...

Rethinking Portfolio Allocations WisdomTree and Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, are encouraging investors to consider alternatives to the traditional "60% stock, 40% bond allocation" in this recent CNBC interview : We...

MRCC Article Follow-Up: As mentioned in " Why Investors Are Selling 12% Yielding Monroe Capital ," Monroe Capital ( MRCC ) is likely going to report credit problems that will likely drive an upcoming dividend reduction in 2020. Clearly, investors agreed and continued to sell the stock:...

The other day I covered business development companies in " BIZD: As High-Yield Credit Spreads Fall, BDCs Will Perform Well " that explained why I believe BDCs are a solid bet over the next few months and how the ETF BIZD is a decent way to make that bet. While I like BIZD, I believe that ...

According to Fidelity Investments , 57% of baby boomers (born between 1946 to 1964) who manage their own portfolios are holding more stock than the company would recommend – "largely due to the bull market of the last 10 years." Fidelity Investments says that baby boomers are over...

Over the coming months, I will be discussing baby bonds and p referred shares for business development companies ("BDCs") that currently yield around 6% (please see the list at the end of the article for individual Bonds/shares) and much less volatile than stocks (currently yielding 10%)....

What is a BDC? 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. Most BDCs are publicly traded with a highly transparent structure subject to oversig...