Investing in Business Development Companies (BDCs) and other Niche Assets That Trade on Stock Exchanges
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We review the ten asset categories that trade on major stock exchanges, many of which are smaller niches in which individual investors have an edge over institutional investors.

How to invest in business development companies, a small segment of the markets that has returned 9% annualized with dividend yields of 8%.

Topics covered include:

• How securities trading has changed and why are there so many trading platforms
• Why do institutions still pay trading commissions
• When did stock exchanges start and which are the largest
• What are direct and indirect investment vehicles
• What are the ten asset types that trade on stock exchanges
• How to invest in business development companies (BDCs)

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Show Notes

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—Corporate Finance Institute)

Off-Exchange Trading To Continue To Grow In US by Shanny Basar—Traders Magazine)

How We Analyzed Wall Street Block Trades by Liz Hoffman, Corrie Driebusch, and Tom McGinty—The Wall Street Journal)

U.S. Institutional Equity Trading Commissions Jump 25% to $8.9BN in 2021, According to Bloomberg Intelligence—Bloomberg)

Largest stock exchange operators worldwide as of December 2021, by market capitalization of listed companies—Statista)

Total Market Value of U.S. Stock Market—Siblis Research)

ETFGI reports the ETFs industry in the United States ended 2021 with record high assets of US$7.21 trillion and record net inflows of US $919.78 billion—ETFGI)

REIT Industry Financial Snapshot—Nareit)

Mortgage REITs—Nareit)

Closed-End Fund Assets and Net Issuance—Investment Company Institute)

Investor Bulletin: American Depositary Receipts—U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)

What is an ADR?—Stock Market MBA)

Direct Lenders in the U.S. Middle Market by Tetiana Davydiuk, Tatyana Marchuk, and Samuel Rosen)

Business Development Companies (BDCs)—Levin Law)

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