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  • Shop This Shopping Mall Owner

    By Adnan Khan - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: BXP, GGP, SPG

    Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) operates as one of the largest real estate investment trusts (REIT) in the US. It has a market cap of over $54.4 billion and acquires and manages largely regional malls, Premium Outlets, The Mills and other community centers. The company has interest in around 327 real estate properties in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Malaysia, Japan and Korea. The company reported a strong first more »

  • Three REITs to Avoid

    By Reuben Brewer - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: BXP, SPG, SKT

    Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are pass-through entities intended to provide investors with large dividend payments. There are a number of REITs today that don't live up to that and should be avoided by income investors, including Simon Properties (NYSE: SPG), Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (NYSE: SKT), and Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP).

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    REITs were specifically created to allow investors to invest in institutional level properties. These entities don more »

  • Boston Properties Will Benefit From Economic Recovery

    By HM Joshi - April 23, 2013 | Tickers: BXP, DEI, KRC, SLG, VNO

    Boston Properties (NYSE: BXPNYSE: BXP)) is one of the largest U.S. based real estate investment trusts (or REIT) that is engaged in development, acquisition and management of commercial real estate such as office buildings mainly in the New Jersey, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC and New York markets. In the past few years, Boston Properties has shown better financial performance compared to its competitors, demonstrating expansion in funds from operations more »

  • Boston Properties Will Benefit From Economic Recovery

    By HM Joshi - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: BXP, DEI, KRC, SLG, VNO

    Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) is one of the largest U.S. based real estate investment trust (or REIT) engaged in development, acquisition and management of commercial real estate such as office buildings, mainly in the New Jersey, San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC and New York markets. In the past few years, Boston Properties has shown better financial performance compared to its competitors, demonstrating expansion in funds from operations by almost more »

  • Value in REITs?

    By Victor K. - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: BXP, VNQ, VNO

    Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) can be tricky to value.  Though publicly traded REITs may seem similar to stocks, applying traditional stock valuation measures like P/E ratios can end up in nonsense.  REITs commonly have lofty P/E multiples, but there's a reason for it.  REITs tend to have high levels of "non-cash charges" on their income statements, and that can depress net income, or the "Earnings" in more »

  • Value in REITs?

    By Victor K. - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: BXP, VNQ, VNO

    Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) can be tricky to value.  Though publicly traded REITs may seem similar to stocks, applying traditional stock valuation measures like P/E ratios can end up in nonsense.  REITs commonly have lofty P/E multiples, but there's a reason for it.  REITs tend to have high levels of "non-cash charges" on their income statements, and that can depress net income, or the "Earnings" in more »

  • US REITs: The Next Corporate Bonds

    By Adnan Khan - January 28, 2013 | Tickers: ARE, BXP, ESS, PLD, SPG

    Under the prevailing ultra-low interest rate environment, where the 10-year Treasuries are offering only 1.88%, US REITs are the next best alternative to corporate bonds providing regular income. Therefore, investors looking for attractive risk-adjusted total returns should consider income-producing real estate investment trusts as part of their regular income portfolios. Barclays recommends half a dozen REITs it considers income investors should check out this year. The current dividend spread more »

  • Attention REIT Investors: Don’t Miss this 7% Yield

    By Matthew DiLallo - November 2, 2012 | Tickers: AVB, BXP, MPW, PLD, SPG

    As an investor you can spend hours, days, or even years studying a stock only to buy it and have it under perform.  Then there are those other times when you seem to buy at the perfect moment, as the stock goes on a tear as soon as you add it to your portfolio.  For me, Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW) is that stock…both of them. 

    Back in June more »

  • Bottom Fishing with 3 Companies

    By Chad Henage - October 15, 2012 | Tickers: AVB, BXP, SPG

    I'm a contrarian at heart. There is nothing I like better than betting on a company that everyone doubts and seeing the stock flourish in spite of what people think. The Motley Fool CAPS Screener offers me a perfect way to try and find companies that could outperform using my contrarian's bent. Each company in the CAPS universe is assigned a star ranking depending on what the overall investment community thinks about the company. Stocks that are expected to underperform are assigned 1 star, and companies that are expected to outperform get a perfect 5 stars. Periodically I like to try and bottom fish with the 1 star ranked companies. I recently ran a screen looking for companies that not only had a 1 star ranking, but that also had at least a 2% yield, and showed 10% or better earnings growth in the last few years. Three companies in the same industry caught my eye.

  • Is This mREIT a Good Investment?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 27, 2012 | Tickers: BXP, BPO

    Force Capital Management, managed by Robert Jaffe, is a mid-sized hedge fund with more than $600 million in assets under management. The average account balance at Force Capital is $86.6 million, which is higher than the New York City hedge fund industry’s average ($68.2M); in short, this means that Jaffe’s fund caters to above-average high net worth individuals.

    Force Capital has around two-thirds of its total more »

  • Most Expensive Stocks Per Share

    By Erin McBride - December 22, 2011 | Tickers: AMZN, BRK-A, BXP, GOOG, HCN, ISRG, LNKD, PCLN, VRSN, VRTX

    This morning I woke up with a strange thought. I wanted to know what the most expensive stock per share was in the world. Naturally, I turned to Google to find my answers, since perusing every stock everywhere didn't seem like a wise use of my time (and yet, it did sound intriguing). Using a few key search phrases, followed by checking today's ticker, I can hereby proclaim more »