ARDC And XFLT: Providing ~10% Income For Investors

Summary

  • Inflation is keeping the need for Fed rate cuts at bay, benefiting funds with higher floating-rate security investment exposure.
  • Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund and XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust are two funds that can continue to generate higher income in the current environment.
  • ARDC and XFLT offer attractive yields of 10%+, and even more importantly, these distributions are covered by the income received in their underlying portfolios.
  • This idea was discussed in more depth with members of my private investing community, CEF/ETF Income Laboratory. Learn More »

Roller Coaster of interest Rates And Inflation

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Written by Nick Ackerman, co-produced by Stanford Chemist.

Inflation remains sticky, and that's pushing off the need for the number of rate cuts from the Fed and pushing back when those cuts are expected to come. We recently covered Blackstone Strategic

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