Company Spotlight: Finance, Insurance and Real Estate

A 9% Yield Keeps Apollo Looking Good

Apollo Investment Corporation (AINV) is a BDC (Business Development Company) that had its initial public…

From Seeking Alpha | 6 hours ago

Compass Diversified Holdings: It's Not The Direction, It's The Holding

A business development company (BDC) is a publicly-traded company designed to help growing companies…

From Seeking Alpha | 6 hours ago

BDC Risk Profiles Part 4: Insider And Institutional Ownership

This is Part 4 of a short series of articles that will compare the risk profiles for the 25 business…

From Seeking Alpha | 8 hours ago

Citigroup's Aggressive Posture To Increase Business Operations

It has been over a month since the 1Q financial reports and Citigroup Inc (C) has been active changing…

From Seeking Alpha | 9 hours ago

Why China Housing & Land Development Inc. Should Be Valued Over $3 Per Share

Recently there have been many articles and blog posts written in a bearish tone towards China's economy…

From Seeking Alpha | 9 hours ago

RAIT Financial: Misunderstood And Undervalued

RAIT Financial (RAS) has a history that could terrify even the most stoic investor. Its book value has…

From Seeking Alpha | 9 hours ago

Erratic Market Behavior Paves The Way For Outperformance

With the constant bull market of the preceding weeks, nearly any investor could have been profitable.…

From Seeking Alpha | 13 hours ago

Bank Of America: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Executive Summary Bank of America Corporation (BAC) has been on a tear over the past year, up 90%. In…

From Seeking Alpha | 16 hours ago

Realty Income Is Simply A Great REIT And Nowhere Close To A Bubble

Boy, it seems that the word "bubble" has been used in Seeking Alpha titles quite a bit. Just a few days…

From Seeking Alpha | 22 hours ago

Newest Pimco Closed-End Funds Provide The Best Value

Over three years ago, I wrote an article about the Pimco Closed-End Fund "Anomaly". I published an update…

From Seeking Alpha | 22 hours ago

National Bank Of Greece: Trading Halts Between May 24-30

Wow! What a wild ride National Bank of Greece (NBG) is giving its investors! First, the company's share…

From Seeking Alpha | 1 day ago

Canadian Bank Analysis: Royal Bank of Canada

Founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1864, Royal Bank of Canada (RY) has grown into Canada's largest financial…

From Seeking Alpha | 1 day ago

Fifth Street Finance Corp.'s Dividend Sustainability Analysis (Through Q2 2013)

Focus of Article The focus of this article is to provide a detailed analysis with supporting documentation…

From Seeking Alpha | 1 day ago

This REIT Is Approaching Bubble Territory

Sometimes, you can trace particular moments in a company's trading history and find periods of time…

From Seeking Alpha | 1 day ago

Lancashire Holdings, High ROEs Maintained By High Dividends

Lancashire Holdings Limited (LCSHF.PK) is a Bermudian short tail insurer operating in Bermuda, London,…

From Seeking Alpha | 1 day ago

How To Book 45% Gains In The Next Leg Of The Real Estate Recovery

The world's largest fixed-income manager, Pimco's Bill Gross, told Bloomberg recently that he "see[s]…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

How Would The End Of The Fed's QE Affect Agency mREITs?

Agency mortgage REITs are entities that invest in a portfolio of mortgage backed securities (MBS) that…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

3 Charts That Reveal Deleveraging, Releveraging And The Facehugger Alien

Do you need a break from public policy buzzwords? Are you happy to go back to the days when cliffs were…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

BDC Risk Profiles: Part 2

This is Part 2 of a short series of articles that will compare the risk profiles for the 25 business…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

Bank Reserves: A Hot Potato

During the Q&A following Chairman Bernanke’s testimony before the Joint Economic Committee…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

Bank Of America Gathering Moderate Tailwinds That Could Send It To New Highs By Year End

Considering the year it's had so far, Bank of America (BAC) should count itself lucky. Even after missing…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

A Moderate-Risk, High-Reward Dividend Play

During the second half of the 20th century, there was a small handful of blue-chip stocks that served…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

7 Banking Stocks To Buy For Current Yield And Future Dividend Growth

In 2007 the financial sector was responsible for $51 billion in dividend payments to shareholders. By…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

3 Lessons I've Learned From Investing In Closed-End Funds

Investors who utilize closed-end funds (CEFs) regularly in their portfolio strategy can identify with…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

Permian Basin Royalty Trust: The Merry Merry Month Of May

The Permian Basin Royalty Trust's (PBT) principal assets are comprised of a 75% net overriding royalty…

From Seeking Alpha | 2 days ago

Non-Core Asset Sell-Off: How Banks Like Citigroup Are Restructuring Themselves

As part of its ongoing restructuring process, Citigroup (C) was again in the news recently for selling…

From Seeking Alpha | 3 days ago

Can Annaly Capital Management's 12.2% Dividend Be Sustained?

Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY) is the largest mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) listed…

From Seeking Alpha | 3 days ago

13.4% Dividend Payer Apollo Residential Mortgage's Market Leadership Makes It A Buy

Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc. (AMTG) is a REIT that invests in, finances, and manages RMBS, residential…

From Seeking Alpha | 3 days ago

BDC Risk Profiles: Part 1

This is the beginning of a short series of articles that will compare the risk profiles for the 25 business…

From Seeking Alpha | 3 days ago

Silver Bay Realty Trust: A Disaster Waiting To Happen

Thesis Silver Bay Realty Trust (SBY) is a newly-formed REIT that was recently spun out of Two Harbors…

From Seeking Alpha | 3 days ago