Summary

• I have gathered 20 BDC short interest statistics.
• What I found out surprised me - i.e., my top (quality) BDC picks are among the most shorted ones.
• In the article I've unpacked this situation and explained the potential drivers from the short sellers' perspective.
• I've also shared my thoughts on the issue and elaborated on what my take (and action plan) is on this.

Given how skeptical many investors are about BDCs (BIZD), I thought that it would be interesting to take a look at the most shorted picks.

By randomly selecting some BDCs, I noticed an unexpected pattern, which

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