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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (NYSE: BXSL) (the “Company”) announced today that it will host its second-quarter 2026 investor conference call via public webcast on August 6, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. ET. The Company will report its second-quarter results prior to the call the morning of August 6, 2026. To register for the investor call, please use the following link:…

The VanEck BDC Income ETF (NYSEARCA:BIZD) just delivered a jolt to income investors: its July distribution came in at $0.24 per share, roughly half the $0.48 paid in April.

July's GVAS Dogs list highlights ten fair-priced, high-yield large-cap stocks, including IRSA Inversiones, Weibo, Verizon, and AT&T, as ideal buys. Analyst targets project average net gains of 40.39% for the top ten GVAS stocks by July 2027, with risk profiles generally below market volatility. The dividend dogcatcher strategy favors stocks whose $1K dividend income exceeds share price, with 36 of 54 GVAS stocks…

Blackstone Secured Lending has seen its dividend yield spike to 13% on the back of a sustained collapse in its stock over the last year. The dividend is 100% covered by NII of $0.77 per share for BXSL's fiscal 2026 first quarter. BXSL has seen an increase in its non-accrual rate. This was 3.1% of investments at fair value at the end of the first quarter, up from 0.1% a year ago.

Business Development Companies (BDCs), such as BIZD, offer high yields but carry elevated risk due to their lending to less stable small and medium businesses. Rising economic uncertainty and recent inflation spikes have increased the risk profile for BDCs, making their borrowers more vulnerable. Many BDCs have underperformed recently, resulting in even higher dividend yields and steep discounts, but these may not…