MarketWatch Article Rating

BDCs Sport Lofty Yields, But the Risks Are Growing. Time to Steer Clear.

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    4% Center

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    -59% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : BDCs often make loans to companies whose debt equals six times annual cash flow, as defined by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, or Ebitda.
50% :Business development companies don't pay taxes at the corporate level, and pay out 90% or more of their taxable income.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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