Feb. 28, 2011 (PR Newswire) --
PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 28/PRNewswire/ -- Tickerspy (http://www.tickerspy.com), an investing website featuring over 250 unique, proprietary Indexes, announced the creation of the Business Development Company (BDC) Stocks Index, which includes among its components The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Apollo Investment (Nasdaq: AINV), Prospect Capital (Nasdaq: PSEC), Ares Capital (Nasdaq: ARCC) and Pennant Park Investment (Nasdaq: PNNT).
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The Business Development Company (BDC) Stocks Index is up 4.3% versus 1.5% for the S&P 500 over the last month, as investors look to these uniquely structured firms for their high payouts and potential for appreciation. Components in the Business Development Company (BDC) Stocks Index offer an average yield of 7.8%, and the Index as a whole has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 6% since the start of 2008.
Tickerspy Indexes use a "net asset value" calculation and cover a wide range of market sectors and segments, including dry bulk shipping stocks, Canadian energy trusts, gold and silver stocks, alternative energy stocks, money center banks, and many more. Tickerspy also offers various other high-yield Indexes, including for closed-end funds, royalty trusts, MLPs, REITs and several others.
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