REIT
REIT Articles
The Empire State Building was erected in 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression. It took only 18 months to complete the 102 story structure, which would be impossible in today’s world of...
Published:
Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) is the mortgage REIT which we used to dub “the vulture mortgage REIT” because of its targets in lower-rated mortgage-backed securities. Usually a delay...
Published:
There are a wide variety of REITs involved in non-residential property ownership and management and a few of these are our focus today. These include general office space, technology company office...
Published:
The number and types of real estate investment trusts (REITs) is both large and varied, and, thus, better taken in smaller chunks. Our focus today hits those REITs that offer senior living centers,...
Published:
The mortgage REIT sector is trying to make a comeback after many lost 10% or more of their value from last week to the start of this week as many issues are hanging over it. A lack of...
Published:
Last Updated:
There was a development this week in the land of the high-yielding mortgage REITs. Wealthy and income oriented investors have been flocking to these for years because of their high dividends which...
Published:
Last Updated:
The Federal Reserve to make a modest number of steps to keep the economy moving higher. (Reuters) Wall St. layoffs, already begun, will hurt morale as the industry tries to recover. (Reuters) As...
Published:
Investors now have yet one more option to choose from when it comes to investing in mortgage REITs. Van Eck Global has now launched the Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF (NYSE: MORT) as a...
Published:
Last Updated:
O’Donnell Strategic Industrial REIT, Inc. is going to be the next public warehouse REIT. The company has filed its S-11 and the SEC declared it effective as of August 15, 2011. The public...
Published:
Last Updated:
What on earth are investors supposed to do when T-Bonds offer almost zero income? Interest rates are now so low that the price-risk in long-term Treasury bonds is too great. Ben Bernanke has now...
Published:
Last Updated:
We have a new mortgage Real estate investment trust coming on the market. Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. (NYSE: AMTG) is coming public after pricing its initial public offering of 10,000,000...
Published:
Now that the first six months of 2011 is in the books, we thought a quick glance at some of the period’s top performers would be illuminating. We ran a number of screens at Morningstar and came up...
Published:
Last Updated:
PIMCO is about to compete as a real estate investment trust in the world of mortgage REITs. It only makes sense considering that PIMCO is in the group of fund managers that get first look on any...
Published:
Last week pipeline master limited partnership (MLP) Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE: ETE) revealed a deal worth $4.2 billion for rival natural gas pipeline company Southern Union Co. (NYSE: SUG)....
Published:
Who hasn’t had a off-site storage unit at some point in their lives? These are all over the country and they are plentiful. Some are high-end and some look like trailer parks. Still, these...
Published: