Current BDC Yields
As mentioned in previous articles, business Development Companies ("BDCs") are priced based on expected returns to shareholders including regular and special dividends as well as realized capital gains and growing book values. The average BDC yield after taking into account special dividends is around 10% annually. BDCs with higher yields usually implies higher risk and/or expected credit issues driving dividend cuts and lower book values. Also mentioned in previous articles, I am expecting a handful of BDCs to announce dividend reductions in 2019 including MCC and TCRD as predicted in "Dividend