BDC common stock prices leapt upward in the week ended May 22, narrowing the loss since Covid-19 began. Will the price healing continue ? The BDC Reporter has doubts, which we explain at length.
BDC Fixed Income prices seemed to be headed in one direction just a fortnight ago, but now are moving in unexpected ways. We discuss both sector trends and the path of individual issues and what the future might hold, which is likely to be very different from the past.
BDC Fixed Income prices drop slightly in the week. We discuss the challenges the weaker BDCs face and how that’s translating to the value of their debt.
The second week of BDC earnings season boosts the sector’s overall price levels as BDC financial structures bend but do not break. However, the uncertainties surrounding the future direction of the economy could still change everything.
The BDC Reporter follows up the Capitala Finance conference call with additional questions and gets answers. We then discuss the liquidity and balance sheet challenges the BDC faces after an impactful first quarter.
BDC Fixed Income prices break through to a new level this week. The recovery, though, is incomplete even if the first BDC earnings results were auspicious.
Given the large amounts and the multiple number of public BDCs involved, we re-publish a BDC Credit Reporter article about a troubled restaurant chain.
BDC Fixed Income prices have a good week, mirroring their common stock counterparts. Yet, we’re far from the days when most every unsecured debt issue traded at par. Just how far and what might need to happen for that to change is discussed in this latest version of the BDC Fixed Income Market Recap.
The BDC sector dropped back again last week after a head fake the week before. We review the numbers and evaluate what we’ve been learning from the BDCs themselves all week and what remains unknown.
After a record week for BDC Fixed Income price drops, a reversal. We bring readers up to date on the ever changing numbers. Plus, we look ahead to what might happen under different scenarios, including the previously unthinkable.
The BDC Reporter updates BDC Fixed Income prices after a week of huge – and uncharacteristic moves. We also look ahead to a week where more of the same seems to be in the cards.
We re-publish an article from the BDC Credit Reporter about the bankruptcy of a BDC-financed retailer. However, our principal purpose is to bring readers attention to a trend developing in BDC investing that could have major consequences for years to come, and which could accelerate in the current environment.
The BDC Reporter reviews a strange week in the markets as investors switched from rampant optimism back to white knuckled fear. We also offer up our candid view of what might happen next, and our surprise as to how the markets have behaved to date.
We re-publish an article from the BDC Credit Reporter about one of four non performing portfolio companies Capitala Capital divested itself of in the IVQ 2019. We discuss the background of the investment and the impact on the BDC.
The BDC Reporter annotates the Capitala Finance IVQ 2019 conference call transcript, and adds an Executive Summary.
