Earlier this year, I was growing increasingly cautious in the BDC space, VanEck BDC Income ETF ( BIZD ) and greatly reduced my holdings in the sector due to the fact that economic conditions appeared to be worsening, and the FedIf you want access to our Portfolios that have crushed the market since inception and all our current Top Picks, join us for a 2-week free trial at High Yield Investor.We are the fastest growing high yield-seeking investment service on Seeking Alpha with a perfect 5/5 rating from 180 ...

HDO is the largest and most exciting community of income investors and retirees with over +8000 members. We are looking for more members to join our lively group! Our Income Method generates strong returns, regardless of market volatility, making retirement investing less stressful, simple and straightforward .With all the talk of a recession coming down the line, one would be remiss to forget that the GDP has historically been growing quite well. Source .Features include: model portfolio with buy/sell aler ...

I specialize in constructing investment portfolios aimed at generating additional income through dividends. My focus lies on identifying companies with significant competitive advantages and strong financials that can provide you with an attractive Dividend Yield and Dividend Growth, thus enabling you to augment your dividend income annually. By combining high Dividend Yield and Dividend Growth companies, you can gradually reduce your dependence on the broader stock market fluctuations.I also assist you in ...

It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Ares Capital (ARCC) . Shares have added about 4.1% in that time frame, underperforming the S&P 500.Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is Ares Capital due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important catalysts. Ares Capital Q3 Earnings Miss as Expenses ...

Group 1 - Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) is identified as the largest Business Development Company (BDC) by market capitalization [1] - Recent quarters have shown early signs of improving portfolio quality for Ares Capital [1] - The latest results indicate a decline in payments in kind, which is a positive sign for the company's financial health [1]

This year there has been some elevated volatility in the BDC segment driven by falling interest rates, inactive transaction markets, and notable spread compression due to supply (available private credit capital) exceeding demand (interest from companies to use private credit).Roberts Berzins has over a decade of experience in the financial management helping top-tier corporates shape their financial strategies and execute large-scale financings. He has also made significant efforts to institutionalize REIT ...

Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC ) submitted its third-quarter earnings sheet at the end of October, which is when the BDC missed consensus earnings expectations by $0.01 per-share. Ares Capital, however, benefited from a surge in originations in the September quarter and supportedAnalyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of ARCC, BXSL, HTGC either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receivin ...

Ares Capital Corp (NASDAQ: ARCC ) and Blue Owl Capital Corp (NYSE: OBDC )(NYSE: OBDE ) are two leading blue-chip business development companies in the market today that I discussed earlier this year. While ARCC has a long and storiedIf you want access to our Portfolios that have crushed the market since inception and all our current Top Picks, join us for a 2-week free trial at High Yield Investor.We are the fastest growing high yield-seeking investment service on Seeking Alpha with a perfect 5/5 rating fro ...

You'll only find one ultra-high-yield dividend stock in Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK.A) (BRK.B 0.55%) quarterly 13-F regulatory filings: Kraft Heinz. The definition I use for ultra-high yield, by the way, is four times the yield of the S&P 500. A forward dividend yield of roughly 4.92% is required to meet that threshold right now. However, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway own more stocks than those regulatory filings disclose. At least one ultra-high-yield dividend stock in Buffett's "secret portfolio" is ...

In the late 1950s, my father bought his first car, a Fiat 600, an icon of the Italian economic boom after World War II. It was a car with a water-cooled engine, but it would getI graduated in Languages in 1988, and then worked for 25 years as an editor at various publishing houses. In 2005, fate turned my attention to the world of finance, and when I lost my job in 2013, I decided to dedicate myself to it. In particular, I focused on building an income portfolio based on ETFs and CEFs. Although I have never ...