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

The Motley Fool

A category of organizations called business development companies (or BDCs) can do the job too. Take Prospect Capital (NASDAQ: PSEC) as an example. All told, Prospect is working with over 100 different companies including Shutterfly, Staples, Credit.com, and playground equipment maker PlayPower.

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What current and prospective investors should be focused on is AT&T's steadily improving operating performance. Without getting overly complicated, BDCs seek to invest in the debt and/or equity (common and preferred stock) of middle-market businesses. I'm talking about smaller, generally unproven private companies.

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