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Beware Of These 5 “Low Beta” Dividend Traps

| October 24, 2016 | 0 Comments
Beware Of These 5 “Low Beta” Dividend Traps

There’s a lot of buzz about beta these days. Should we contrary-minded investors fade the fad? Beta is industry slang for volatility. It’s generally used when judging a particular investment or portfolio with respect to the broader market, with 1.0 as the benchmark. Lower is better, as that (in theory) means the issue is less […]

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Run And Hide From These Two Wretched REITs

| September 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
Run And Hide From These Two Wretched REITs

What’s not to love about a company that has doctors as it clients? A company that owns more than $500 million worth of medical office buildings, and collects rent like clockwork from doctors and health care businesses? After all, the doctors aren’t going to walk out on their leases, are they? Well… You’d think not.  […]

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