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REITs

  • REITs: Looking Sweet on the Balance Sheet

    May 1, 2012

    But can they keep their stellar performance going?

  • Letter to the Editor

    April 1, 2012

  • Cohen & Steers Launches Real Assets Fund in Bid to Outpace Inflation

    March 14, 2012

    The actively managed fund will hold commodity, natural resources and REIT securities. It will diversify those with about a 10% allocation to gold, and a fixed-income piece.

  • The Rich Rush to REITs

    March 1, 2012

    Even better, REITs may be on an acquisition streak this year

  • FINRA: David Lerner Misled Investors About REIT Risks, Values

    January 31, 2012

    FINRA has filed an enforcement complaint against David Lerner, the operator of a brokerage aimed at retail investors, claiming he misled investors when he tried to quell customer concern about an action taken against his firm for its marketing of real estate securities.

  • Utility, Health Care Funds Among Best Investments in 2011

    January 3, 2012

    The best-performing mutual funds of 2011 invested in large-cap, dividend-paying stocks—putting utility, real estate investment trust, health care and consumer staple funds at the top of the heap.

  • Decoding Mortgage REITs

    December 7, 2011

    To see if mortgage REITs might be right for your clients, analyze these companies like the levered bond funds they really are.

  • The Best Game In Town?

    November 1, 2011

    The U.S. commercial real estate industry is on the mend.

  • Sunny Outlook for REITs Despite Housing Woes

    July 22, 2011

    Cohen & Steers, an asset manager specializing in real estate, predicts that U.S. REITs will boost dividends by 10% a year for the next five years.

  • Housing Market Improving Despite Foreclosures

    July 13, 2011

    Home sales and housing starts began turning up in early 2009, according to the State of the Nation’s Housing report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. First-time buyers and government help drove an increase in existing home sales, while record foreclosures continued.

  • U.S. REITs Beating S&P 500 So Far in 2011

    July 7, 2011

    REITs continue to beat the S&P 500, according to NAREIT, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. In the first half of 2011, U.S. REITs were up almost 10%, compared to 6% for the S&P 500.

  • IndexIQ Rolls Out Small-Cap Real Estate ETF

    June 14, 2011

    IndexIQ this week launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) for investors looking for exposure to small-cap real estate stocks and real estate investment trusts (REITs).

  • A Closer Look at Non-Traded REITs Q&A With Stacy Chitty, Managing Partner of Blue Vault Partners

    June 1, 2011

    The difference between non-traded and private REITs depends on the real estate objective. Private REITs are Regulation D private placement offerings, which do not require a public registration filing. The shares can only be purchased by accredited investors and typically offer the potential for larger overall returns.

  • A Place for REITs

    June 1, 2011

    Some financial planners take a strategic approach to REITs while others use them tactically, with some seeking the best of both worlds