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This Warren Buffett Dividend Stock Boasts a Sizzling 9.9% Yield and Has Trounced the Market Over the Last 3 Years

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A different kind of Buffett stock The stock I'm referring to is Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC). Buffett didn't personally choose to invest in Ares Capital. It wasn't his longtime business partner Charlie Munger or one of the two investment managers at Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , either.

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Warren Buffett Just Sold 1 High-Yield Dividend Stock, but Here's Another He Owns That's a No-Brainer Buy

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The conglomerate scooped up additional shares of HP in subsequent quarters. Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) ranks as the largest publicly traded business development company ( BDC ). It provides financing to middle-market businesses that often encounter challenges securing capital from banks.

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Berkshire Hathaway's Beating the Market, But Its Biggest Holdings Aren't. What Gives?

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It's a conglomerate that just so happens to use much of its idle cash to hold stocks of publicly traded companies. Just as the name suggests, private equity firms supply promising up-and-coming companies with capital, usually in the form of a loan, but sometimes in exchange for an equity stake in a company.