The core promise of VanEck BDC Income ETF (NYSEARCA:BIZD) is simple: own a basket of Business Development Companies so that no single BDC’s bad quarter can wreck your income stream. That diversification logic is…
Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ:GLAD) does not behave like a typical business development company. Where many BDC peers chase yield through aggressive leverage and equity-heavy portfolios, Gladstone Capital leans on secured debt, conservative leverage, and a…
Monroe Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:MRCC) shareholders approved a NAV-for-NAV merger with Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) expected to close in late Q1 or early Q2 2026. The combined entity carries a post-merger monthly distribution of $0.06…
The casino game of roulette has a slight advantage in favor of the house. However, an interesting strategy of hedging against loss involves playing several different scenarios. Dubbed the “James Bond Strategy”, it is…
The iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:REM) offers investors a 9.55% dividend yield through a portfolio that is 100% concentrated in mortgage REITs. That yield is real, but understanding whether it holds requires looking…
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NYSE:PFLT) has paid its shareholders a $0.1025 monthly dividend without interruption for over three years, producing an annualized yield near 14% at current prices. But the income backing it is…
Trinity Capital Inc. (NASDAQ:TRIN) lends money to growth-stage companies that traditional banks won’t touch, then pays most of that income directly to shareholders. The current monthly dividend of $0.17 per share annualizes to roughly…
Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) has paid quarterly distributions without interruption since 1986 and currently yields roughly 11% at current share prices. That yield will catch the eye of any income investor. The real question…
QQQ’s top holding recently crossed a $3 trillion market cap threshold—and it’s not alone in that club inside this single fund. Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index, which holds the…
Horizon Technology Finance (NASDAQ:HRZN) cut its monthly distribution by roughly 45% in early 2026, and the share price has lost nearly half its value over five years. The headline yield once looked like 25%.…
Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (NYSE:GDV) trades around $28 and has returned 42% over the past year, a number that tells you something important before you even look at the income. This closed-end fund…
The S&P 500 has long been an accepted benchmark of US industrial health status, and has been a consistent winner, delivering annual gains to investors for decades. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO)…
While the Trump tariff policies have given an unprecedented boost to US business and manufacturing in particular, there are both geopolitical and domestic question marks that can rock the markets in the near future,…
FS KKR Capital Corp already cut its distribution in Q1 2026, dropping from $0.70 to $0.48 per quarter, and the stock has fallen so far that even the reduced payout still looks eye-catching on…
NATO’s European allies and Canada increased their defense outlays by roughly 20% in 2025 alone. For investors capturing that structural shift, the question is how to own aerospace and defense. SPDR S&P Aerospace &…
Oxford Square Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:OXSQ) carries a yield around 22%, but that number rests on two income streams, one of which is visibly cracking. Understanding what drives that yield, and what threatens it, is…
Oil sitting near $105 a barrel changes the arithmetic of renewable energy in a way that no policy document can. When fossil fuels get expensive, the case for solar, wind, and hydrogen writes itself.…
Most U.S. investors have spent the last decade watching domestic equities outperform nearly everything else. That run has left international developed markets trading at a steep discount to U.S. stocks, and iShares MSCI EAFE…
The U.S. military’s recent Operation Absolute Resolve put F-35s, F-22s, and stealth drones into live combat, and every platform traced back to a company inside Global X Defense Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:SHLD). Modern warfare runs…
Most ETFs benchmarked to the Russell 1000 Growth Index just track it. Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:FELG) tries to beat it, using a quantitative multifactor model to tilt toward companies with stronger…
