Is It Becoming A Great Time For Income Investors? | Steven Bavaria

Bavaria argues secularly rising bond yields and stretched equity valuations make credit-focused "Income Factory" investing unusually attractive right now.

• Rising rates favor credit: Bavaria argues rising bond yields are a long-term positive for the 'Income Factory' strategy, since floating-rate loans and BDCs reprice within months and even fixed-rate high-yield bonds reinvest at higher coupons as they mature.
• Discounts look overdone: He cites BDCs like Barings BDC (BBDC) trading near a 19-20% discount to NAV and PIMCO funds (PDI at 19% yield/8% discount, PFN at 14%/6% discount, PTY at 13%/2% discount) as mispriced given historical default/recovery math.

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