Focus Of Article The focus of PART 1 of this article is to analyze Ares Capital Corp.’s ( ARCC ) recent results and compare a handful of the company’s metrics to thirteen business development company (“BDC”) peers. This analysis will show past and current data w...

BDC Total Returns As predicted in previous articles, business development companies ("BDC") continue to do well with an average total return of almost 24%. However, there is a wide range of results and the market has started to pullback. The table below shows the total returns by BDC usi...

Introduction This is Part 2 describing my experience with a SWAN “Sleep Well At Night” 100% high-yield portfolio. Price is not the focus of my investment strategy since price is controlled by market sentiment. Essentially, price is manipulated at times by emotion, based on sh...