Date updated:02-07-2007
More than stocks, bonds or commodities, the biggest bull market right now is in deals, with a historic flurry of M&A and going-private transactions the likes of which developed capital markets have never seen.
Of course, actually participating in the private equity gold rush has been largely made off limits for folks of modest means due to regulatory constraints.
As a result of those regulatory hurdles, the easiest avenue by which to participate in private equity and private-equity-like investments is by putting money in a business development company, or BDC, a small but expanding corner of the capital markets whose growth is mirroring that of deal making and private equity in general.
Here are 11 BDC stocks.

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ALD
Allied Cap Corp - $4.47
- -6.88%
- $4.50
No Analysis added

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ACAS
American Capital - $6.24
- -14.64%
- $6.50
No Analysis added

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AINV
Apollo Investment - $8.92
- -8.61%
- $9.57
No Analysis added

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ARCC
Ares Capital Corp - $6.89
- -6.77%
- $7.25
Ares Capital (ARCC) focuses on middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations and leveraged buyouts, investing in various debt and equity of a variety of companies.

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CSWC
Capital Southwest - $102.02
- -2.54%
- $102.93
No Analysis added

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GAIN
Gladstone Investm - $5.37
- +0.37%
- $5.26
Gladstone Investment (GAIN) is a $240 million BDC that seeks to achieve high current income though a portfolio of senior, mezzanine and junior subordinated loan and equity investments in midsize private businesses.

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TINY
Harris & Harris G - $4.01
- -3.84%
- $4.08
Harris & Harris Group (TINY) has received substantial media attention as one of the pure plays focused on nanotechnology, or what they refer to as "tiny technology." The firm currently boasts investments in 25 private companies such as Bridgelux, Mersana Therapeutics and NanoGram Corporation.

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HTGC
Hercules Technolo - $8.03
- -3.95%
- $8.28
No Analysis added
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