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  • Right Time for Specialty REITs?

    By Howard Rothman - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: AMT, CXW, EPR, PENN, PSA

    Today’s Real Estate Investment Trusts are not your father’s REITs. Designed for businesses that run income-producing properties like office buildings, shopping centers and apartment complexes, a growing array of newcomers includes owners of everything from private prisons and cellphone towers to casinos and self-storage facilities.

    Because the REIT designation dramatically reduces corporate taxes, conversion by non-traditional businesses like these has become a hot trend on Wall Street. Analysts more »

  • Can REITs Create a Blockbuster Portfolio?

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: DLR, EPR, HPT, OHI, GEO

    Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are all about the yield and return on capital, and isn't everyone is chasing yield these days? With equity REITs, a retail investor can own commercial real estate in diverse sectors while receiving better than average yields from the profits of rental income.

    Why REITs?

    Companies like Weyerhauser and American Tower have been converting to REITs because it gives them tax-advantaged status. For more »

  • Can REITs Create a Blockbuster Portfolio?

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: DLR, EPR, HPT, OHI, GEO

    Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are all about the yield and return on capital, and isn't everyone is chasing yield these days? With equity REITs, the retail investor can own commercial real estate in diverse sectors while receiving better than average yields from the profits of rental income.

    Why REITs?

    Companies like Weyerhauser and American Tower have been converting to REITs because it gives them tax-advantaged status. For more »

  • 4 Stocks Loved By Hedge Fund Akanthos Capital

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 16, 2012 | Tickers: ATI, EPR, GM, WYNN

    Michael Kao is founder and CEO of Akanthos Capital Management. After completing his undergraduate studies in engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, Kao went on to the Wharton School to obtain his M.B.A. He was a commodity derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs from 1992 to 1995 and a portfolio manager at Canyon Capital Advisors from 1997 to 2002. Kao founded Akanthos in 2002 and more »

  • 10 High Yield MidCaps Going Ex-Dividend Next Week (December 26 - January 01)

    By DividendYields - December 25, 2011 | Tickers: NLY, CBL, CIM, EPR, LRY, MFA, PGH, PWE, PT, WIN

    Dividend stocks are wonderful because they increase my cash with regular payments. One major date in relation to the payment is the ex-dividend date. If you own a stock before this date, you get the next payment. This is very interesting because in the case of a high yield stock, I can earn at least one percent in cash for a short period of investing.

    I screened stocks with ex-dividend more »