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Floating rate debt should perform well as interest rates keep rising. With higher rates being a primary concern for markets, investors can front-run this through buying funds like BGT. BGT still offer

Floating rate loans and bonds are a reasonable option when deciding how to play an inflationary or rising interest rate environment. Despite this traditional wisdom, funds that hold these loans like B

VVR: Higher Rates Could Benefit This Fund

FRA: 5.8% Distribution Yield, Floating Rate Investments

JQC: An Interesting Idea For Higher Rates

BGT: Near-Term Outlook More Modest Now

Optimum Investment Advisors trimmed its position in shares of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE:BGT) by 77.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,300 shares of the investment management companys stock after selling 7,700 shares during the period. Optimum Investment []

Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of BlackRock Floating Rate Income Trust (NYSE:BGT) by 6.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 323,001 shares of the investment management companys stock after purchasing an additional 19,974 shares []

BGT is a closed-end fund focused on floating rate loans. This is an area I view positively heading forward. While I do like floating-rate loans, readers should note BGT is filled with mostly below-inv

FRA: Floating Rate Fund Worth Taking A Look At

Floating rate loans are back in focus, with inflation expectations starting to rise. As yields and rates tick higher, fixed-income products suffer. Floating rate loans, by contrast, act as a hedge aga

JQC: Final Year Of The Capital Return Program

Floating rate ("loan") securities have been out of favor for more than a year as investors saw interest rates plummet. The loan market looks very compelling relative to high-yield fixed coupon bonds.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund, Inc. (NYSE: EGF) , BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSU), BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc. (NYSE: F

Senior loan funds are showing some opportunities at some deep discounts. These funds should benefit from increasing interest rates, but that could be years before playing out.