Prospect Capital acquires yet another consumer finance company. We provide what back ground information we can and analyze how this move fits into the BDC’s broader plans.
The S&P 500 didn’t fare too badly on Monday April 7, 2025 but the BDC sector took it on the chin, setting all sorts of unenviable new price levels. We survey the fast changing BDC landscape.
After an extraordinary week in the markets, we assess the damage to the BDC sector and explain why we remain bullish on the eventual outcome, whatever happens with tariffs.
In the face of fast declining BDC prices, the BDC Reporter takes a look back at what has happened before for guidance as to how to navigate this episode.
We have thoughts about what might to the BDC sector in 2025 in the wake of “Liberation Day”.
Incredibly, the 2025 BDC earnings season is just round the corner.We review what to expect from the first BDC to set a date for reporting its IQ 2025 results: Sixth Street Specialty Lending.
The markets are in the red again but not the BDC sector. However, 5 weeks into this volatile period, some damage is beginning to show.
As promised – albeit a little delayed – we publish an in-depth credit review of BlackRock TCP. Unfortunately, the data is not encouraging, nor are our conclusions about the BDC’s outlook.
At long last, the IVQ 2024 BDC earnings season is over and the BDC Reporter has been able to completely update the BDC NAV Change Table. We discuss some of our findings about BDC performance – short and long term – drawn from the data.
A portfolio company of three public BDCs is set to be sold but only one of the BDC will be booking a realized gain should the deal be consummated.
After a few weeks of turmoil the markets settled down – including the BDC sector. We inspect the damage done to date and assess where we go from here.
Will Artificial Intelligence change how BDC research and analysis is conducted? We wade into a complex subject with one side-by-side example.
We’ve taken a “deep dive” into WhiteHorse Finance’s portfolio and credit performance in 2024 to determine – as best one can – what 2025 might bring.
Another red ink week for all the markets, including the BDC sector. We assess the week’ s price movements as we approach “correction” territory weeks after reaching a multi-year high.
Based on one anodyne press release from a Saratoga Investment controlled portfolio company we’ve spun a theory about an expansion plan that could materially impact the BDC for better or worse.
CION Investment’s manager is “very pleased” with their 2024 results but the BDC Reporter – after reviewing the numbers – is not so sure. We explain why.
Great Elm Capital – with a new-ish management and strategy – has just announced an increase in its dividend. Is the BDC on the right track after years of struggle?
Bloomberg has just published a new tell-all article about Prospect Capital. We had a look at the many revelations involved but found that the authors left out the most important consideration for anyone invested in the controversial BDC.
The BDC rally came to a screeching halt this week, as all the major indices slumped in the face of tariff uncertainty. We go through the metrics and the survey the extent of the damage and then turn to how the BDCX sector has fared in 2025 to date.
WhiteHorse Finance had a poor 2024 by almost any standard. We review the key metrics and then turn our attention to 2025 and ask if matters will get better in the year ahead.