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MLP Investors Have to Weigh Risks vs. Rewards This Summer (EPD, KMP, PAA, OKS, ETP, EEP, AMJ, AMLP, KYN)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 8:01 am

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 ...
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Annaly Holds Up Well On Creative Financing (NLY, AGNC, REM)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 9:50 am

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 ...
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Annaly Earnings, Spotlight on Dividend Yield (NLY)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 5:04 pm

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 ...
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Chain of Demand: Lumber, Wood Products, New Homes (WY, PCL, RYN, POPE, LPX, UFPI, BXC, BLDR, DEL)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 8:06 am

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, ...
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Apollo Residential Mortgage More Than Doubles Size In Offering (AMTG)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 7:41 am

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 ...
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CapLease Raises Preferred Capital… At 8.375% (LSE)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 7:00 am

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 ...
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Newcastle Sets Large Secondary Offering (NCT)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 5:17 pm

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 ...
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American Tower Sets First REIT Yield For Dividend Investors (AMT)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 5:09 pm

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 ...
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Annaly Downgrade Highlights Mortgage REIT Sector Risks Ahead (NLY, MORT)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 10:27 am

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 ...
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Are Investors Turning Away From Dividends?

Posted: March 2, 2012 at 11:41 am

Investors 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 ...
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Should Dividend Investors Chase Apartment REITS? (EQR, AVB, UDR, CPT)

Posted: March 1, 2012 at 1:38 pm

If there is one beneficiary in a recovery where so many people were forced out of the housing market, it is apartment complex owners.  Not everyone can live with their ...
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REITS for the 2012 Model Dividend Portfolio (GOV, SNH, DLR, RWR)

Posted: December 23, 2011 at 9:01 am

Investors are chasing up rent-based assets because they are searching for yield. Earning 2% per year by lending Uncle Sam money is not enticing, so investors are still on the ...
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Is Digital Realty Still The Best Tech Dividend? (DLR, INTC, BRK-A)

Posted: December 15, 2011 at 10:36 am

Getting a dividend of over 4% from a technology company is no simple task, even as many technology leaders have decided that higher dividends can finally start to be used ...
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An IPO for the Empire State Building

Posted: November 30, 2011 at 6:19 am

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 ...
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Chimera Accounting Review, A Lesson For Other Mortgage REITs (CIM, NLY, AGNC, HTS, MORT)

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 11:01 am

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 in a ...
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