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.

-
ALD
Allied Capital Co - $3.06
- 0.00%
- $2.99
No Analysis added

-
ACAS
American Capital - $2.91
- +0.34%
- $2.90
No Analysis added

-
AINV
Apollo Investment - $6.31
- +5.34%
- $5.89
No Analysis added

-
ARCC
Ares Capital Corp - $7.93
- -0.13%
- $7.91
Ares Capital (ARCC) focuses on middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations and leveraged buyouts, investing in various debt and equity of a variety of companies.

-
CSWC
Capital Southwest - $72.51
- -0.83%
- $72.51
No Analysis added

-
GAIN
Gladstone Investm - $4.26
- -8.39%
- $4.59
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.

-
TINY
Harris & Harris G - $4.79
- +1.91%
- $4.68
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.

-
HTGC
Hercules Technolo - $8.42
- +3.44%
- $8.10
No Analysis added
- Bus Dev Co. Stocks's Blog
- No Blogs Found
- Top Professional Portfolios
- 1. Navellier & Associ...
- 2. Highbridge Statistical...
- 3. Joel Greenblatt
- 4. Amana Trust Growth - A...
- 5. Fidelity International...
- show all
- Top Do-It-Yourself Portfolios
- » agtest1
- » Joy
- » tsamanuli Portfolio 1
- » brueckenc Portfolio 1
- » HMH1
- show all
- Most Viewed Portfolios
- » Warren Buffett
- » George Soros
- » T. Boone Pickens - BP Cap...
- » Carl Icahn
- » Renaissance Technologies
- show all
By Stockpickr Staff Posted on July 2, 2009 Developments in the stem cell world are starting to get very interesting. On Tuesday, General Electric (GE) signed an exc...
By Rebecca Corvino Posted on July 2, 2009 Every day, Stockpickr members are creating and sharing stock ideas with each other through various platforms. If you're not al...
By Rebecca Corvino Posted at 12:30 p.m. EDT on July 2, 2009 Making Thursday's headlines and sending stocks lower were reports that June saw the loss of 467,000 more job...
By Stockpickr Staff Posted on July 2, 2009 Some investors assume that at this time of year, it's the summer doldrums for the stock market. After all, as the saying goe...
A. commodities also down across the board.
i think guidance will be the real market
mover, cause i think we only have q3
left for peoples patience to run out.
mike
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
Here are some of the largest % gainers from July 1, 2009. more
These are the stocks from Jim Cramer's June 26 Lightning Round. We list the stocks on which he is BULLISH and BEARISH.... more
Analyst Downgrades for July 1, 2009. Read more here. more








Comments not available