Comments on: Business Development Companies – Excellent Overlooked Investment Strategy http://www.darwinsfinance.com/business-development-company-strategy/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Derekhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/business-development-company-strategy/#comment-6226 Derek Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:17:57 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=1661#comment-6226 There is an ETF that does track BDC's - PSP, you can see it's holdings here: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cp?s=^LSTPE It also had a really bad tracking error last year: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ETF-Tracking-Error-Explodes-indexuniverse-1210261458.html?x=0&.v=14 I'm very interested in this ETF, as I want exposure to the asset class, however, it doesn't seem to execute well and has an anemic 3% yield, which is pretty low considering how high BDC yields are. I'd trade in a higher yield for low yield with steady growth, but this ETF seems to be low yield with no growth. It is probably better to buy an individual BDC right now until a better product comes along. By the way I see you have a link to Dividends4Life, he is an amazing writer and is the man. There is an ETF that does track BDC’s – PSP, you can see it’s holdings here:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cp?s=^LSTPE

It also had a really bad tracking error last year:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ETF-Tracking-Error-Explodes-indexuniverse-1210261458.html?x=0&.v=14

I’m very interested in this ETF, as I want exposure to the asset class, however, it doesn’t seem to execute well and has an anemic 3% yield, which is pretty low considering how high BDC yields are. I’d trade in a higher yield for low yield with steady growth, but this ETF seems to be low yield with no growth.

It is probably better to buy an individual BDC right now until a better product comes along.

By the way I see you have a link to Dividends4Life, he is an amazing writer and is the man.

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]]> By: 20smoneyhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/business-development-company-strategy/#comment-3783 20smoney Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:28:28 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=1661#comment-3783 Interesting article. I've never looked into these companies. I'm going to look into these further. Thanks for the tip. Interesting article. I’ve never looked into these companies. I’m going to look into these further. Thanks for the tip.

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