Previous 10 |
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...
In October, I presented a series of articles discussing how to build a retirement portfolio using Business Development Companies ("BDCs") currently yielding over 10% and their safer baby bonds/preferred shares currently yielding around 6%. Part 1 discussed Monroe Capital ( MRCC ), Owl Rock C...
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...