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FX2 Year To Date 10.39 % – Since Inception 7.59% – Trailing 1 Yr Return 27.90%

34% Yielding Camposol S.A. Yankee Bonds, maturing Feb. 2017

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/ February 19, 2016 / Leave a comment

This week, we take our third look at a Peruvian agricultural company who just posted a record year in sales and profitability. We first reviewed Camposol in November 2013 and again in December 2015. Since our last review, the company has posted Q4 results as well as preliminary results for...
41% Yields with Natural Resource Partners, B3/B Rated, Maturing October 2018

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/ February 17, 2016 / Leave a comment

This week, we are reviewing a natural resource company who has spent the last few years diversifying and broadening its revenue sources. A few years ago, Natural Resource Partners L.P., derived almost 100% of its revenues from royalty payments from coal producers mining the land and mineral rights it owned...
Healthy 8.15% Yields With Herbalife Bonds, Maturing August 2019

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/ February 10, 2016 / Leave a comment

This week, we focus on a thirty-five-year-old, global health and wellness company that has issued a convertible bond currently indicating a yield to maturity of about 8.15%. Herbalife had its humble beginnings with its founder selling its first product out of the back of his car. Today, this multibillion dollar...
Fly High With 12% Yields From PHI’s B2/BB Rated Bonds, Maturing March 2019

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/ February 5, 2016 / Leave a comment

This week, we take our second look at a helicopter company who provides services to the oil and gas industry as well as air medical services to hospitals around the country. PHI Inc. was built on providing transportation to and from oil and gas platforms in the deepwater drilling...
Dig These 10% Yields With B2Gold Bonds, Maturing October 2018

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/ January 13, 2016 / Leave a comment

This week, we turn to precious metals to review a Canadian based mid-tier gold producer who has done a fantastic job decreasing its production costs while significantly increasing its production levels. B2Gold, based in Vancouver British Columbia, recently brought its Otjikoto mine to full production in early 2015, with...
Over 40% Yield on Camposol S.A. Yankee Bonds, maturing Feb. 2017

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/ December 22, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we revisit an agricultural company making outstanding progress with two key crops in South America. When we last reviewed Peru’s Camposol, it was well on its way to becoming one of the world’s largest producers of avocados. Fast forward to 2015, and the company has achieved the title...
Earn 7.37% Short Term Yields With Ensco’s Investment Grade bonds, Maturing June 2019

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/ November 30, 2015 / Leave a comment

Over the past 18 months, the unprecedented decline in oil prices has continued to reveal companies that provide investors with significant opportunities. This week, our focus is on one such company. Ensco PLC (ESV) is a global provider of offshore drilling services to the petroleum industry. In early 2015, as...
8.8% and 9.8% Yields With Oasis Petroleum Bonds, maturing Feb 2019 and March 2022

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/ November 24, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we focus on what is considered to be the largest shale oil formation in North America where an independent oil and gas producer has posted fantastic numbers during one of the most dramatic declines in oil prices in history. Oasis Petroleum (OAS), a producer of oil and gas...
Charge Up Your Portfolio With 14% Yields from Kemet Corporation’s May 2018 Bonds.

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/ November 12, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we revisit the world’s largest manufacturer of tantalum capacitors, and a market leader in the development and manufacture of capacitors. Kemet Corporation (KEM) has spent the past few years restructuring the company with the goal of creating a company with efficient, cost-effective production that is also on the...
Earn 8% Yields with Calumet Specialty Products Partners, rated B2/B+, matures January 2022

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/ November 6, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we focus on a manufacturer of specialty hydrocarbon products who has shown outstanding growth this year, and is primed for additional growth. Calumet Specialty Product Partners has increased its profit margins considerably due to the recent declines in oil prices. Its Specialty Products division recently posted a 35%...
10.25% Yields with DynaGas LNG Partners, US Dollar bonds, Maturing October 2019

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/ November 4, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we revisit a leading shipping company in the transport of LNG (liquid natural gas) through routes in ice-bound areas. Dynagas LNG Partners has targeted a specific niche in the shipping industry, transporting LNG from ice-bound Arctic ports. Dynagas is the only fleet that regularly ships LNG...
12.5% With Transener Yankee Bonds, Maturing August 2021

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/ October 29, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we look to South America, where an Argentine utility monopoly continues to improve its profitability and ratios. This is our third look at Transener, which we first profiled in August 2014, then again in June 2015. After two solid, profitable years in 2013 and 2014, Transener...
Earn 8.5% Yields With Carrizo Oil and Gas, Maturing Sept. 2020

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/ October 7, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we uncover a well-run oil and gas producer that has successfully reduced its costs while increasing production. Carrizo Oil and Gas Inc. (CRZO) is an exploration and development company engaged in the production of oil and gas from several oil and gas producing shales in the...
Spark up 12.5% yields with EDENOR Yankee Bonds, Maturing Oct. 2022

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/ September 29, 2015 / Leave a comment

This week, we focus on a monopolistic company providing an essential service within its captive market. Edenor is the largest electricity distribution company in Argentina, providing service to a large majority of Argentina’s largest city, Buenos Aires. After many years of government imposed tariff rates, recent legislation has...