Tag: REITs
REIT Investing: Dividend Growth Is Key With REITs…
Just the other day I was looking at my trading account. I noticed something interesting… a lot of my returns in the last few months have come from dividends. Now this isn’t a mistake. Over the last few years, I’ve made it a habit to stock up on great dividend paying stocks especially during market […]
Interest Rates Are Preparing To Impact REITs
REITs have enjoyed a long and extended run of low interest rate borrowing. But it’s all coming to an end… The Fed is tightening monetary policy and will look at raising interest rates sooner rather than later. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has told us there’s no QE3 coming. And their plan is to sell off […]
Retail REITs Are In For More Tough Times Ahead
“I just want to pay for my daughter’s dental insurance…” Scott, a commercial real estate agent, said this to me just the other night. I had met Scott no more than a half hour earlier as I was mingling at a friend’s birthday party. The gathering of 20 or so people was in a suite […]
This Investment’s A Little Strange
More than two decades ago, my grandfather started teaching me about the stock market. I remember looking at a copy of the Wall Street Journal. I was amazed at all the stocks you could buy. I devoured that newspaper like I hadn’t eaten in months. I read every article twice and asked countless questions. I […]
Residential REIT’s – Is Now The Time To Buy?
Last issue I talked about part of my experience in Aspen. While wandering the upper-crust, very wealthy city, I realized the recession was impacting everyone. Normally the wealthy tend to sidestep the worst of an economic downturn… but this time it’s different. If you didn’t get a chance to read that article, you can check […]
