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There is value in all those old folks living in retirement homes and in retirement communities.  The latest deal in the world of mergers and acquisitions has Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ)...
AmRIET, Inc. (NYSE: AMRE) is managing to hang in around the initial public offering price.  Still, Wall Street (and/or Main Street) might lump this in as a disappointing IPO.  The company priced an...
AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MITT) could soon be much larger if its most recent shelf registration statement (S-3) with the Securities and Exchange Commission gets used to its fullest...
When the market is stable or when shares are strong, many companies choose to unload shares to raise capital. It may hurt the shareholders today but these moves can help grow a company down the road...
Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) has been one of those REITs we have loved for some time, but one where we feel the price has grown too excessive.  Now the company which we call “The Landlord of...
The world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) has brought great reward to investors in recent years. 24/7 Wall St. wants to know if the enthusiasm can stay in this sector this summer now that so...
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is perhaps one of the most closely watched mortgage REITs of them all, in part because of the $16 billion size and in part because the team is deemed to be...
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is in the world of high-yielding mortgage real estate investments trusts, and investors often use this one as a bellweather for the entire sector as it is...
Timber and wood products firm Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) reported first quarter earnings this morning, and the results were somewhat better than expected. The company posted adjusted EPS of $0.02,...
Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) is using some recent strength to sell more shares.  The problem is the size of the offering at 13.9 million shares.  At Monday’s closing price the...
CapLease, Inc. (NYSE: LSE) is out raising what oon the surface appears to be expensive capital.  The commercial real estate investment trust has priced an underwritten public offering of 2,000,000...
Newcastle Investment Corporation (NYSE: NCT) is getting clobbered on news of a secondary offering.  The company now plans to sell some 16.5 million shares of common stock in a public secondary...
American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) has now converted its share structure to that of a real estate investment trust or a REIT.  The cellphone tower operator and land owner has set its first...
Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is holding up rather well considering an analyst downgrade this morning.  The research team at Stern Agee lowered the Annaly rating down to Underperform...
Jon OggInvestors love dividends, and they should in good times and in bad times.  What is interesting is that dividend investors have actually lagged so far in 2012 as far as the S&P 500 Index...