Income Investing - The Drift

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BDC Weekly

BDC Weekly: The Bond Market Is Charging Rent Again

Higher yields can support BDC loan income and damage the borrowers paying it. The clocks do not move at the same speed.

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BDC Weekly

BDC Weekly: Treasury Buybacks Do Not Make Long Rates Harmless

Treasury moved to support long-end market liquidity, but the BDC lesson is not that rates are falling. Funding costs and borrower pressure still matter.

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MAIN

Main Street Capital Q2 2026: NAV Rose, but Total Dividends Outran NII

MAIN's final Q2 results paired another NAV increase with strong regular-dividend coverage, but NII did not cover the combined regular and supplemental payout.

ARCC

Ares Capital Q2 2026: The Dividend Held, but NAV and Credit Quality Weakened

ARCC covered the dividend in Q2, but the quarter's more important signal was weaker asset-value and credit quality beneath stable core earnings.

PFLT

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital: The Monthly Dividend BDC After The Reset

PFLT still offers monthly BDC income. But after the dividend reset, the question is different: whether the new payout leaves enough room for NAV discipline, credit losses, leverage, and joint-venture growth.

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Private Credit

Private Credit Fund Terms Explained: Lockups, Redemption Windows, Gates And Liquidity Risk

Private-credit fund terms are where the liquidity promise becomes real: lockups, redemption windows, gates, caps, proration, NAV marks, and the tradeoff between private assets and investor cash.

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BDC Weekly

BDC Weekly: The Funding Test Is Hitting Private Credit

Hercules kept lending, Main Street and Blue Owl worked the liability side, Prospect priced new notes, and Ares put Q2 earnings on the clock. The BDC story is shifting from headline yield to funding power.

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BDC Weekly

BDC Weekly: The Fed Is Keeping Money Expensive As AI Raises The Demand For Credit

The Fed is keeping the price of money high just as AI infrastructure is creating a new capital-demand shock. BDCs are where the private-credit squeeze becomes visible.

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Private Credit

Who Finances AI Data Centers? The Capital Stack Behind The AI Boom

QQQ owns the visible AI story. The data-center financing stack shows the hidden credit, real-estate, infrastructure, and private-market layer underneath it.

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BDCs

BDC Stress Map: FSK Carries the Damage as ARCC Loses Cushion

Private-credit stress is splitting into different failures: damaged loans, shrinking portfolios, thin payout cushions, and premium platforms facing harder tests.

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BDC Weekly

BDC Weekly: The Dividend Cushion Is Getting Thinner

BDC dividends still look high. The better question is how much of that payout is being earned in cash, how much depends on PIK income, and which lenders still have real funding flexibility.

BDCs

What Is a BDC Stock? The Public Share of a Private-Credit Lender

A BDC stock looks like a dividend stock on the surface. Underneath, it is public-market exposure to a private-credit lending machine.