Another good week for the BDC Sector and most of its constituents, as the rally marches on. We discuss myriad metrics and look at the length of the runway.
Prospect Capital is buying back its debt. The BDC Reporter has a look at the move in light of the BDC’s broader liability management challenges and with both debt and common stock investors in mind.
Golub Capital announces a shrinking JV. We speculate if there’s something afoot.
A Wild Week for both the markets and the BDC Sector. Maybe we reached a turning point in BDC history with the new looser leverage rules. Many asset managers think so and some analysts but the BDC Reporter has doubts.
Up, down and all around the BDC Sector moves in this past week. However, the Ides of March still point mostly to Down, as we illustrate.
No news to speak of, but much going on in the markets for BDC stocks and many earnings releases to come. One BDC falls a little further down a steep slope.
BDC common stocks step away from the precipice, but only a couple of steps…
A weird week where BDC common stocks are concerned. Two major developments in Fixed Income.
The new year begins modestly for BDC common stocks, but there are winners and losers worth mentioning. Fixed Income issues are stable – as always – but face an existential dilemma.
Three BDCs have reached 52 Week lows. We discuss what that might say about the BDC Sector and how investors might want to approach the market.
As investors are otherwise engaged at year end, the most important BDC News is that common stock prices are behaving in unexpected ways. First signs of another sector step-down or a seasonal phenomenon ?
Here is what the BDC Reporter is working on for Thursday August 31, 2017.
Golub Capital and Edward Altman publish their quarterly Index of middle market sales and “earnings”. We note the key data points and claims by the Index publishers and analyze the methodology to determine what this does – or does not – tell BDC investors.
Golub Capital announces preliminary investment activity and portfolio size for the IIQ of 2017. BDC News Of The Day analyzes the numbers and finds only one surprise in the metrics. Nonetheless, the BDC Reporter is putting GBDC on one of our Watch Lists…
BDC Exposure: $23mn
