"We continue to like our Business Development Companies (BDCs) since lower rates make their dividends comparatively more attractive,” says Adrian Day in The Global Analyst.
“Business development companies provide mezzanine financing, generally to smaller companies. One of our holdings in this sector is American Capital (NASDAQ: ACAS).
"The company has an aggressive business model with high growth, but has a strong balance sheet and solid fundamentals. Indeed, the stock was recently added to the S&P 500) and its European Capital subsidiary recently went public in London, boosting the parent’s value. Its current yield is 9% and the firm has ‘huge confidence’ in its dividend.
“Gladstone Capital (NASDAQ: GLAD) has an extremely conservative management; the company is run by chairman David Gladstone. This has meant slow growth, but also a strong balance sheet and portfolio. As such, Gladstone Capital is able to take advantage of opportunities if overall market declines. The stock has a current yield of 8%.
“Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ: GAIN) has the same management, and as a new company it is even less leveraged with arguably greater growth potential. The BDC has a current yield of 7.3%.”
"Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM), the world's largest restaurant company, is our latest featured stocks," says Alex Kolb, editor of Zacks Elite Stocks. Here, he looks at the firm's global reach.
"Noble (NYSE: NE) offers a compelling combination of deepwater and international 'jackup' drilling exposure," says energy expert Elliott Gue in his The Energy Strategist.
According to Bryan Rich, a currency specialist and the editor of The World Currency Alert, the US dollar is now poised for a rise based on both technical and fundamental factors.
"Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), a holding on our buy list, was added to Goldman Sachs' Conviction Buy List," says Bill Martin. In BullMarket.com, he offers the reasoning for his buy rating.
BizRadio host and editor of The MoneyMan.com newsletter, Daniel Frishberg, looks to a "pairs trade" in energy in which he uses ETFs to short oil and concurrently going long natural gas.
"Investors have given up on the water industry -- the sector has fallen 60% -- but the best firms have hardly missed a beat," says Roger Conrad; here's two favorites in Personal Finance.
"Stocks are likely in a new downtrend," says Michael Ashbaugh. In Marketwatch's TheTechnical Indicator, he looks at the S&P's prospects and some drug stocks set to buck the trend.
Toby Smith, editor of ChangeWave Investing, has just published his new book on investing in green technology -- Billion Dollar Green. Find out more about the book by clicking here.
A new book from The Oxford Club's Alexander Green -- The Gone Fishin' Portfolio -- provides investors with an exceptional all-weather approach to building long-term wealth.
Mark Skousen's latest book, “EconoPower: How a New Generation of Economists is Transforming the World” (Wiley & Sons), is available for $16.47 (plus shipping) from Amazon.com (retail price is $24.95).
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