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Why One Red-Hot Sector Is Almost Totally Immune to Tariffs and Trade
June 5, 2019 7:55 am
Last Updated: January 30, 2020 8:00 pm
The chorus of doom and gloom over the president’s trade tactics gets worse almost daily, even though the efforts likely will lead to some big and positive changes in how the United States is treated in global trade. China ultimately has much more to lose than the United States, and it’s a given the European Union doesn’t want stiff car tariffs on popular European car imports.
Until deals are finally made, investors will face the continued daily drone from politicians, financial news pundits and many others. So what are whipsawed investors to do? Here’s a hint: location, location, location.
That’s right, real estate is a great place to look now. Even though the sector has been on fire, there are still numerous reasons to consider investing. Here’s why according to Sean Darby from Jefferies:
One way for investors to play the sector is to buy the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLRE). In its top 10 holdings are numerous data center REITs, some of which have big overseas exposure. So we focused on the fund’s largest holdings that are real estate giants here at home, which do have some limited overseas exposure. We found five that make sense for investors looking for safety and income.
This industrial REIT has some foreign exposure, but it pales in comparison to the U.S. holdings. Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) develops and manages the largest global portfolio of industrial real estate, concentrated in major port markets, for global trade, regional distribution markets and large population centers.
The portfolio concentration is about 80% in the Americas, 17% in Europe and the remainder in Asia. However, more than 90% of the company’s equity is priced in U.S. dollars, mitigating currency risk to earnings. Prologis also operates the largest industrial property fund platform for large institutional investors.
Investors receive a 2.83% distribution. The Wall Street consensus price target for the shares is $78.19. The stock closed Tuesday at $75 a share.
This self-storage leader always has been a go-to REIT stock for investors. Public Storage Inc. (NYSE: PSA) is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns and operates self-storage facilities.
As of March 31, 2019, PSA had interests in 2,444 self-storage facilities located in 38 states, with approximately 164 million net rentable square feet in the United States and 35% equity interest in Shurgard, which owned 231 storage facilities located in seven Western European nations, with approximately 13 million net rentable square feet.
Investors receive a 3.35% distribution. The consensus price objective is $206.25, but shares closed way above that level Tuesday at $237.70.
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