Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.

• The Smart Money is Circling This Sector

  By Robert Hanley - March 12, 2013 | Tickers: ALC, BKD, CSU

  The favorable demographics enjoyed by the senior housing industry are leading to buyouts and a thinning of its publicly traded ranks. Last year, industry giant Health Care REIT bought Sunrise Assisted Living in a bid to enter the operating side of the business. Then on March 6 of this year, private equity firm TPG offered to buy troubled senior housing provider Assisted Living Concepts (NYSE: ALC) for $200 million or more »

• Which Companies Want to Join the REIT Club?

  By Robert Hanley - February 26, 2013 | Tickers: BKD, CBS, LAMR

  Investors scored some big gains in 2012 on companies that switched their form of organization from corporation to real estate investment trust (REIT).  A diverse group of companies pursued the REIT path in 2012, from data center owners to prison operators.  Of course, the primary benefit is the pass-through tax treatment of the REIT status, as long as the company pays out at least 90% of its taxable income.  As more »

• When a Two-Star Rating Is a Buy

  By Arturo Cuevas - February 25, 2013 | Tickers: BKD, CSU, PHM

  Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) rated only two stars out of a possible five from employee reviews in the career and jobs community website Glassdoor. Nonetheless, this so-so rating shouldn’t dampen investor interest in this company, the largest operator of communities for seniors in the U.S. For all we know, some of the disparaging employee reviews on Brookdale may have come from disgruntled caregivers.

  What really matters, as more »

• This Company Has a Four-Star Rating, But It’s Worth Five Stars

  By Jonathan Lim - February 4, 2013 | Tickers: BKD, CSU, ESC, FVE, SNH

  I tend to be skeptical about investing in stocks that have enjoyed substantial run-ups that I missed out on. Like Benjamin Graham, I like my cigarette-butt stocks and reject the idea of riding momentum to success. But the more I observe the market, the more I start to realize that value can exist in stocks that are feeling the love from Wall Street.

  Today, I'll make my first pick more »

• Fortress Investment Group’s Top Stock Picks

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - January 15, 2013 | Tickers: AIG, BKD, NSM, BOX

  Fortress Investment Group started out as a private equity firm in 1998, founded by Wesley Edens (a former partner at BlackRock Financial), Robert Kauffman (a managing director of UBS) and Randal Nardone (another managing director of UBS). Fortress has four core businesses: private equity, credit, liquid markets and traditional asset management. The firm has been successful with taking portfolio companies public, including Aircastle, Brookdale Senior Living and RailAmerica. After reviewing more »

• Top Stock Picks of Best Performing Hedge Funds: Fortress Investment Group

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 24, 2012 | Tickers: ACAS, BKD, NSM, RA, BOX

  Fortress Investment Group is the top-performing fund of the third quarter of the over 400 funds and investors we track, seeing a return of almost 44% during 3Q. We have calculated the value-weighted returns for 400 hedge funds in the 1500 largest stocks and complied a list of the top performing funds for the first three quarters of 2012. The returns are based on the fund’s 13F long positions more »

• 3 Stocks To Go

  By Declan Fallon - October 11, 2012 | Tickers: ALR, BKD, DWA, ESC

  There has been a general slowing in the number of stocks making breakout moves on volume.  Not there has be a slowdown in the number of stocks making all-time highs, but only of movers-and-shakers making near-term highs backed by volume buying.  Three stocks to make an appearance were Alere Inc (NYSE: ALR), Emeritus Corp (NYSE: ESC), and DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA).

  Alere develops and manufactures patient diagnosis, monitoring, and health more »

• Nursing homes are in a world of hurt

  By Buzz McClain - December 13, 2011 | Tickers: BKD, SKH, SRZ.DL

  A new study concludes that the nation’s nursing homes are in danger of going out of business, and not because there aren’t enough senior residents to go around. Indeed, there are so many seniors with special needs these days that many retirement communities have waiting lists, and there's a building boom in many parts of the country. So what's happening? Good question.

  The Moran Company survey more »