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Jon OggThe recent rise in long-term interest rates is crushing the high dividend mortgage REIT sector, as investors are looking to pare down their exposure to riskier assets and assets that will be...
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ThinkstockApparently changing your corporate status to a real estate investment trust (REIT) does not always come easy, nor is there such thing as a free lunch. Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) is...
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Flickr, Images of Money24/7 Wall St. has been analyzing and evaluating the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector during the past couple of weeks as the risk of rising interest rates is shaking...
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Jon OggThere remains some concern in the high dividend mortgage REIT sector. A fear of higher interest rates, compression of mortgage-backed securities valuations, and a lack of new mortgage-backed...
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Jon OggRising interest rates on 10-year Treasuries suddenly may start competing against the high-dividend and high-yield stock sectors. The real question is which sectors will hold up and which ones...
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Jim Henderson, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter last night’s dismal company earnings report, Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) does not appear to have many options left in its efforts to turn around...
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Jon OggDuring the height of the housing market collapse, the media tried to convince individuals and investors alike that the American dream of home ownership was dead. As the home building stocks...
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Jon OggPrivate equity firms are taking profits in their portfolio holdings left and right. The third such instance today comes from General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP). It has been announced...
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ThinkstockLexington Realty Trust (NYSE: LXP) has joined the waves of other companies raising capital by secondary stock offerings. The single tenant-REIT has priced an underwritten registered public...
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courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Shares of J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) were down sharply in premarket trading this morning following a report that commercial and retail real-estate REIT Vornado...
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Jon OggWhen the subprime crisis caused a complete meltdown in the housing market, many homeowners in properties they simply could not afford were forced to move into apartments. This provided a...
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Jon OggPennyMac Financial Services is a newly formed holding company affiliated with the Private National Mortgage Acceptance Company. The company has filed its S-1 registration statement with the...
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ThinkstockCommercial real-estate firm Starwood Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: STWD) and private equity firm Starwood Capital Group, which are both controlled by Barry Sternlicht, have agreed to pay $1.05...
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ThinkstockToday’s announcement from CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) that it will convert its outdoor advertising business into a REIT and seek buyers for the foreign properties owned by the company could...
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ThinkstockWe recently did a story on stocks that perform well in a rising interest rate environment, a scenario that appears set up to be in play down the road. For the time being, the low interest...
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