We take a look at the action in business development companies through the third week of April and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs rallied with a 4% gain over a holiday-shortened week, though the sector remains down month-to-date, with GAIN outperforming. Q1 guidance is coming in: MAIN expects a record NAV, while CSWC anticipates a 14% drop in NII but a slight NAV increase.
During the latest market volatility, I had been adding to several of my positions. Several of these included adding to my more traditional dividend growth names. However, I also took advantage of the downturn by adding to 2 BDCs, as they saw their yields spike even higher.
Market volatility has increased, making it challenging to predict future Treasury rates and impacting the frequency of my article publications. Price-to-book ratios reveal bargains. Preferred shares offer lower risk and high yields; recent trades in DX-C and EFC-B have been profitable.
We take a look at the action in business development companies through the second week of April and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs experienced a 3% decline this week, with volatility at its highest since COVID; traded volumes matched COVID levels. The trade war and market meltdown are causing growth slowdowns and inflation, potentially leading to Fed rate cuts.
We take a look at the action in business development companies through the first week of April and highlight some of the key themes we are watching. BDCs faced significant losses, with average returns around -9% on the week with valuations dropping below historical averages. Valuation uncertainty is high due to quarterly NAV declarations and systemic/idiosyncratic factors; estimated NAV drops a...
MCLEAN, VA / ACCESS Newswire / April 8, 2025 / Gladstone Investment Corporation (Nasdaq:GAIN) (the "Company") announced today that its board of directors declared the following monthly cash distributions to common stockholders. The Company also announced its plan to report earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025.
A bunch of mortgage REITs were severely overvalued. Now they are less overvalued. But some others are actually bargains. Tons of charts because images are fun. Ellington Financial's higher price-to-book ratio may be due to lower volatility in the total economic return by period. Digital Realty Trust deserves to be mocked. I am reporting for duty!
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