The maritime shipping industry has been decimated in recent years, with commodity prices down and multiple companies filing for bankruptcy. However, one of the shippers in particular has been showing dramatically improving financials, and we believe its high-yield bonds are even more attractive than its stock.
Sector Performance, Themes and Attractive Investment Opportunities
This week’s Weekly provides data (total returns) for 39 market sectors and industries (YTD, 1-Year, and 5-Year), and then provides an overview of several key investment themes opportunities with regards to oil prices, heath care companies, and financials. For starters, here are the total returns (dividends plus price appreciation) across sectors and industries.
Three (3) High-Yield Shipping Opportunities
The shipping industry has been decimated in recent years as measured by the Dow Jones Global Shipping Index (DJGSH) which is still down nearly 50% since mid-2014 (and it now pays an 11.9% yield!). And while there may be some very valuable contrarian opportunities in the space, many shippers are in deep distress and there will likely be more bankruptcies. This article highlights three ways to play the space.
Top 3 "Special Situations" Worth Considering
As a continuation to our free article "Six Special Situation Investments Worth Considering" this members-only article includes the Top 3. Two have to deal with the potential "aquiree" in M&A deals and the other is simply a high-yield distressed debt opportunity that is far less "distressed" than it used to be. Without further ado, here are the top 3...
7 Attractive Dividend Investments
This week’s Weekly provides an update and outlook for seven of our existing Blue Harbinger holdings. Specifically, we remain bullish on our healthcare REIT holding, we see more big gains on the industrials stock we purchased last summer, we remain comfortable with our commercial real estate position (despite signs the industry may soon slow), and finally, our four recent CEF purchases have seen their discounts to NAV start to shrink (a good thing), they continue to pay very large distributions, and we remain very bullish on their strategies.
An Attractive Investment Opportunity
Today we’re sharing an attractive investment opportunity for your consideration. It’s the type of investment that generally only works when market volatility is high. However, despite the VIX being at historically low levels, there are still pockets of high volatility in the market where the premium is attractive for selling insurance (puts) on stocks we’d like to own anyway.