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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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Dividend Analysis: Commercial REITs With Most Upside (GOV, OFC, EPR, DRE, REG, KIM, DLR, VNO, SPG, DDR)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 2:43 pm

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 ...
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Expected Upside in Lifestyle-Oriented REITs (HCN, SNH, UDR, ESS, CPT, RLJ, DRH, HHC, GGP)

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 2:28 pm

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 ...
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Mortgage REITs Trying To Recapture Lost Ground (NLY, AGNC, HTS, CIM, IVR, MORT)

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 9:55 am

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 ...
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Are High-Yield Mortgage Dividend REITs Doomed? (NLY, AGNC, HTS, CIM, IVR, RWT, PMT, DX, ARI, STWD, CLNY, CXS, MORT)

Posted: September 3, 2011 at 9:30 am

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 ...
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New Mortgage REIT ETF Highlights Double-Digit Dividend Yields (MORT, NLY, AGNC, CIM, MFA, HTS)

Posted: August 17, 2011 at 4:09 pm

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 ...
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New Industrial Warehouse REIT IPO on the Way

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 2:25 pm

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, ...
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When the Government Forces You Into Dividends, The Great Dividend Portfolio (MO, AEP, AWK, T, DLR, GE, GOV, KMB, KMP, SNH, WMT)

Posted: August 11, 2011 at 10:37 am

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.  ...
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Apollo’s New IPO: New MBS REIT (AMTG, APO)

Posted: July 22, 2011 at 8:32 am

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 ...
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Funds Watch: Some Top Fund Performers in the First Half of 2011 (VGSLX, GASFX, VHCIX, VTCAX, RYAWX, AMLP)

Posted: July 1, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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 ...
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PIMCO Close to Mortgage REIT Market IPO (PIMR, IVR, NLY, CIM)

Posted: June 30, 2011 at 8:37 am

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 ...
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Dividend Watch: Income from Your Storage Unit Owners (PSA, EXR, SSS, UHAL)

Posted: May 9, 2011 at 11:11 am

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 ...
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