As the primary financial, military, and cultural US rival in the battle for geopolitical supremacy, China has found itself outmaneuvered by President Donald Trump in the energy arena. US control over China’s main oil…
The BlackRock Science and Technology Term Trust (NYSE:BSTZ) is an unusual tech vehicle: a closed-end fund with a 2031 liquidation date, an expense ratio near 1.4%, and over 30% of its portfolio invested in…
Gold investors chasing yield have a problem: bullion itself pays nothing. The Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN (NASDAQ:GLDI) was built to solve that, layering an options-selling strategy on top of gold…
Oxford Square Capital (NASDAQ:OXSQ) advertises a headline yield north of 21%, and the math checks out at the surface. With shares trading around $2 and a monthly distribution of $0.035 per share, the payout…
Prospect Capital (NASDAQ:PSEC) pays a monthly distribution of $0.045 per share, which works out to $0.54 annualized and a yield of roughly 20.1% at a recent share price of almost $3. A yield that…
The headline thesis sounds airtight: West Texas Intermediate crude pushed back toward $100 a barrel in late April, even briefly touching almost $115 on April 7. A Permian Basin royalty vehicle should be minting…
SLR Investment (NASDAQ:SLRC) sits in an unusual spot for a business development company in 2026. Shares trade at almost $16, up about 15% over the past year and 11% over the past month, while…
Income investors holding PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE:PFLT) face a direct question: can a business development company that has under-earned its distribution for four straight quarters keep paying $0.1025 a month? The data points…
Silver bulls finally got their moonshot. ProShares Ultra Silver, the 2x daily leveraged silver futures ETF, returned roughly 184% over the past year as a COMEX physical-delivery squeeze reshaped the futures curve. Yet the…
The merger between Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) and Monroe Capital (NASDAQ:MRCC) closed on April 14, 2026, yet shareholders are not celebrating. The monthly distribution was already slashed from $0.11 to $0.06 per share weeks…
SLR Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:SLRC) functions like an income ETF for many investors: a diversified pool of private-credit loans that throws off a 10.5% yield. The business development company just closed a year where full-year…
YieldMax has pioneered a significant niche in the market with its single-stock covered call ETFs. Taking advantage of the ramped-up volatility that the Magnificent 7 tech stocks injected into the S&P 500, YieldMax capitalized…
BlackRock is the unquestionable 800-lb. Gorilla of the asset management universe. At $14 trillion AUM, BlackRock’s total assets are greater than the combined GDP of Russia, Japan, UK and Germany, and roughly 67% of…
Quantum computing is no longer a sci-fi concept; it is now a reality. In addition to small entrepreneurial companies with fresh ideas and the potential to make them into a commercial blockbuster, there are…
The Electric Vehicle (EV) sector has ballooned to become an industrial sector in its own right. Last year, EV’s comprised 23% of global passenger vehicle sales, and are projected to reach 57% by 2035.…
The world of cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance is complex and ever expanding. Tokens, stablecoins, and a slew of newly created digital assets seem to hit the market every week. However, despite the notoriety and…
Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) has quietly become one of the most beloved income vehicles among retail investors, and the math behind that loyalty is straightforward: a 9.5% annualized yield paid quarterly, a founder who…
A.I. is still the most significant and disruptive technology driving the markets, as speculation over its true potential value has yet to be quantified. With all of the Magnificent 7 stocks having some kind…
In just a few weeks, the Iran War has triggered enormous volatility into the oil markets. With oil futures prices ranging this year between the mid $50s per barrel to over $112, the intraday…
Investors hunting for monthly income keep circling back to Global X SuperDividend U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:DIV) because the fund pays every month, concentrates in real estate and energy infrastructure, and currently yields roughly 6.6% at…
