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2 Ultra-High-Yield Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist

The Motley Fool

At its current yield of 9.5%, this financial stalwart offers one of the largest cash payouts in the stock market. Ares is a leading business development company ( BDC ) based in the U.S. As a direct lender, it supplies the capital that private companies need to fund and grow their operations.

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

The Motley Fool

None of these are companies you can directly invest in on your own. Publicly traded private equity firms aren't your only means of plugging into otherwise-uninvestable companies, however. A category of organizations called business development companies (or BDCs) can do the job too. And not just right now.