DCAP yields 0.08% · ARCC yields 10.82%● Live data
📍 ARCC pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, DCAP + ARCC cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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DCAP takes two different approaches to investing in the US equity market, utilizing both passively managed broad-based ETFs and actively selecting individual stocks. The passive approach aims to maintain consistent diversification and foundation for the portfolio. Individual stocks are selected based on an assessment of competitive advantages, growth rates relative to peers, business models, and financial strength. The portfolio may tilt towards one approach over the other based on macroeconomic developments, valuation, and technical indicators. The funds options overly strategies aim to generate income which may include covered calls, put spreads, call spreads, and iron condors. All option strategies will be risk-defined using option spreads, with the maximum risk being the difference between the strike prices less the premium received.
Full DCAP Calculator →Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. It also makes growth capital and general refinancing. It prefers to make investments in companies engaged in the basic and growth manufacturing, business services, consumer products, health care products and services, and information technology service sectors. The fund will also consider investments in industries such as restaurants, retail, oil and gas, and technology sectors. It focuses on investments in Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions from its New York office, the Midwest region, from the Chicago office, and the Western region from the Los Angeles office. The fund typically invests between $20 million and $200 million and a maximum of $400 million in companies with an EBITDA between $10 million and $250 million. It makes debt investments between $10 million and $100 million The fund invests through revolvers, first lien loans, warrants, unitranche structures, second lien loans, mezzanine debt, private high yield, junior capital, subordinated debt, and non-control preferred and common equity. The fund also selectively considers third-party-led senior and subordinated debt financings and opportunistically considers the purchase of stressed and discounted debt positions. The fund prefers to be an agent and/or lead the transactions in which it invests. The fund also seeks board representation in its portfolio companies.
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