The week ended August 16, 2019 was a volatile one for the broader markets.
The Dow Jones – by way of example – had its worst day of the year on August 14, 2019.
Yet, when the dust settled by week’s end, the S&P 500 was down “only” (1.03%).
Still, that 3 weeks in a row to the downside, off (4.59%).
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The proposed merger – if approved – will result in non-traded Crescent Capital to apply for a public listing on NASDAQ and trade under the ticker CCAP.
The Form 8-K describing the highlights of the transaction is attached.
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In a week where BDC common stock prices should have been all about the results coming out of the first week of earnings season, there were other forces at play.
The Fed cut rates in the most telegraphed move since the invention of the telegraph itself and the Trump Administration returned to tariff wielding.
Without getting into the whys, the result was that the major indices fell out of bed – again.
The S&P 500, the Nasdaq and the Dow Jones indices were all off between (2.5%) and (3.8%).
For the S&P, this was the worst week of 2019 and all the major indices dropped below their 50 Day Moving Averages, according to CNBC.
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We’re committed to writing a weekly assessment of where the BDC common market stands because a lot can happen in a short time.
Miss the signals of a change in market direction and investors can fall behind/miss out in just a few days and not have another opportunity for months or even years.
We don’t have to look far back in time for a helpful example.
Between December 24, 2018 and January 10, 2019 BDCS – our proxy for the sector – moved up more than 10%.
That’s a whole year of dividend income in 12 business days.
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The week was not a good one for the major indices, all of which were down in the period. The BDC sector was not spared, with both indicators we use for price and total return in the red.
The UBS Exchange Traded Note, which includes most every public BDC – with the ticker BDCS – was off (0.25%). Likewise, the all-inclusive Wells Fargo BDC Index was down by (0.74%).
Thirty one individual BDC issues dropped in price, and just fourteen were unchanged or increased. The week before 28 issues had increased in price and 37 the week before that.
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