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Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Ares Capital (ARCC) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage.Ares Capital currently has an average ...

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In the latest trading session, Ares Capital (ARCC) closed at $21.05, marking a +0.81% move from the previous day. The stock's change was less than the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.9%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.81%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 1.22%.The private equity firm's shares have seen an increase of 0.1% over the last month, not keeping up with the Finance sector's gain of 0.34% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.15%.The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings perform ...

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