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  • Ways to Profit From an Aging US Population

    By Adnan Khan - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, VTR

    The US healthcare real-estate investment trusts provide an indirect exposure to the US healthcare sector. America’s aging population needs growing healthcare services. Healthcare REITs should be part of your diversified income portfolio. Two of the largest healthcare REITs are Health Care Property Investors (NYSE: HCP)  commonly referred to as HCP, and Healthcare REIT (NYSE: HCN), commonly referred to has HCN. Both have reported their performances for the first quarter more »

  • No Sign of Negative Returns in this Real Estate ETF

    By Jeff Stouffer - May 8, 2013 | Tickers: AMT, HCP, IYR, PSA, SPG

    It is not too often when a real estate investment strategy under review has posted positive returns, for all measuring periods, since inception. This once-in-a-blue-moon program is the iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund (NYSEMKT: IYR), a well-diversified ETF that was created on June 12, 2000, that holds 95 different REITs and pays a nice dividend. One attractive feature of the ETF is that only approximately 8.4 more »

  • These 3 Companies Are Diluting Shareholder Value

    By Rupert Hargreaves - May 8, 2013 | Tickers: DCIX, HCP, TWO

    As a value investor, one thing that always puts me off investing in a company is the dilution of shareholder value through constant issuance of new stock.

    Although it's sometimes done with the best intentions in mind, such as the re-payment of debt or increasing CAPEX spending, stock issuance can completely erode shareholder value on a per share basis. That said, it can also benefit shareholders over the longer more »

  • Health Care REIT Growth Likely to Continue

    By Reuben Brewer - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, OHI

    Health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) have performed impressively over the last decade. Once yielding 10% or more, the best companies now have yields below 5%. While the prices of these REITs may have run up, their growth prospects still remain strong.

    What a run!

    At the turn of the century, shares of Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN) traded hands in the mid-teens. More recently, the stock traded over more »

  • Beating the Dow with Index-Based Small Cap Stocks

    By Jeff Stouffer - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: ETN, HNZ, HCP, IWR, MPC

    The iShares Russell MidCap Index Fund (NYSEMKT: IWR) is a basket of stocks that is based on the latest trend of index tracking portfolios. IWR has outperformed the DJIA during the last 12 months with a posted return of 19.47%, while the popular DJIA showed an 18.22% return in the same period.

    The iShares Russell MidCap Index Fund is an ETF that is based on holding the smallest more »

  • Massive REIT In The Making

    By Mike Thiessen - April 18, 2013 | Tickers: ARE, BMR, HCP

    With the announcement that it intends to acquire the biotechnology REIT Wexford Science & Technology, BioMed Realty Trust (NYSE: BMR) has cleared the way for one of the industry's largest combinations in recent memory. BioMed is already a leader in the fast-growing life science sub-sector of the real estate investment trust space and looks poised to break out in the wake of this deal. 

    Although Wexford is not a publicly more »

  • Massive REIT In The Making

    By Mike Thiessen - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: ARE, BMR, HCP

    With the announcement that it intends to acquire the biotechnology REIT, Wexford Science & Technology, BioMed Realty Trust (NYSE: BMR) has cleared the way for one of the industry's largest combinations in recent memory. BioMed is already a leader in the fast-growing life science sub-sector of the real estate investment trust space and looks poised to break out in the wake of this deal. 

    Although Wexford is not a publicly more »

  • The Buyout Is A Needed Lifeline

    By Mike Thiessen - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: ALC, ESC, HCP

    Struggling nursing home operator Assisted Living Concepts (NYSE: ALC) has received a much-needed lifeline from privately held investment firm TPG in the form of a $278 million buyout offer. News of the merger comes at an opportune time for Assisted Living Concepts. The company had not reported a quarterly profit in almost a year and had actively sought a buyer for several of its older facilities in order to finance more »

  • Providing Customers With Dignity Will Differentiate These Companies

    By Reuben Brewer - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: CAH, DRI, HCP, OHI

    "My late father used to say that no quality of human life was more important than dignity," Yale law professor Stephen Carter recently commented on Bloomberg.com. He takes that concept someplace I wouldn't have, but he is on to an issue that will be increasingly important as the Baby Boomers retire. Focusing today on companies helping people maintain their dignity as they age will lead you to good more »

  • Are These REITs Overvalued?

    By Robert Ciura - March 17, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, O

    For income and/or value investors, the search for attractively valued dividend-paying stocks is never done. An asset class that has received extra attention over the past couple years, because of their tendency to provide solid income above and beyond the rates available on the S&P 500, is real estate investment trusts (REITs). These companies invest in real estate properties directly, either through properties or mortgages, and can offer more »

  • 5 High Dividend Financials With Booming Hedge Fund Sentiment

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 14, 2013 | Tickers: AVB, BBT, CME 130518C00060000, EQR, HCP

    U.S. lawmakers are faced with the difficult task of sustaining an economic recovery while creating a viable deficit reduction strategy to position the country for the future. The resultant uncertainty of the present economic climate, as well as fears of an increase in capital gains and dividend income taxation, have added to the turbulence of the financial sector. In the last four years, financials have borne the brunt of more »

  • Is This A Company Investors Should Store Their Money In?

    By Ryan Guenette - February 22, 2013 | Tickers: EQR, HCP, PSA, SPG, VTR

    A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company and its future. As 2013 begins, I would like to focus on a REIT that is a trailblazer in the storage facility industry: Public Storage (NYSE: PSA).

    The Business:

    Warren Buffett once said, “Never invest in a business you can more »

  • Higher Rentals For This REIT

    By Adnan Khan - February 13, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, VTR

    Organized in 1985, HCP (NYSE: HCP) operates as an equity REIT seeking to own and manage real estate properties in five healthcare segments; senior housing, skilled nursing, life sciences, medical offices, and hospitals. This self-managed company believes in catering to the US healthcare sector and managing investments that are well diversified by geography, operator, tenant, and investment product.

    Recent Quarter’s Performance

    HCP disclosed solid performance for the fourth quarter more »

  • The “Great Rotation” Nonsense

    By Reuben Brewer - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: CA, XOM, HCP, HCN, LMT, RDS-B, TOT, VTR

    The stock market hit massive air pockets when the technology and housing bubbles burst. It has come back from both, but still hasn't offered investors great returns. In fact, if you look from market peak to market peak, stocks haven't gone anywhere in years. Now, with the markets hitting all time highs again, if ever so slightly, some market pundits are calling for more advances on the theory more »

  • Housing Goes Haywire: The Boomers Are Here!

    By Reuben Brewer - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: AIV, EQR, HCP, HCN, OHI

    The last 65 years in U.S. history should probably live under the heading “The Baby Boomers are Coming.” This single demographic, largely because of its size, has had so many profound impacts on society it is almost unbelievable. Now, with the boomers entering the next phase of their lives, retirement, there are going to be more changes. One notable area to look at is the property market.

    From City more »

  • The Apple of REITs

    By Adnan Khan - February 5, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, SBRA

    As the name suggests, Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN) is a real estate investment trust that provides a full spectrum of senior housing, health care real estate including medical office buildings, hospitals and facilities for skilled nursing. The company has a competitive advantage of constructing a diversified property portfolio by type, customer and geographic location. The company has the largest concentration of properties in New Jersey and California, each 10 more »

  • Healthcare: The Last Men Standing

    By Reuben Brewer - January 24, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, JNJ, VTR

    Healthcare in the United States is in a state of flux. Every company involved is going to see its business change in some way. One related industry, however, is likely to see less change than the others—health care real estate investment trusts.

  • Realty Income Isn't Cheap Enough

    By Robert Ciura - January 11, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, O

    At first glance, a company that pays a high-yielding dividend on a monthly basis would seem like an investor’s dream.  Add in the fact that this company has a 43-year track record of dividend payments and raises the dividend on a yearly basis, and one would be hard-pressed to come up with a reason to not buy the stock.  This company is Realty Income (NYSE: O), and even though more »

  • A Medical Office REIT That Can Help You Sleep Well at Night

    By Brad Thomas - January 7, 2013 | Tickers: HCP, HTA, LTC, OHI, VTR

    In 2013 REIT investors should continue to benefit from the low interest rate environment making the juicy dividends much more attractive vs. the 10 year Treasury and corporates - providing a continued low cost of debt tailwind for commercial real estate and REITs.

    For many REIT investors that low interest rate tailwind works best for the sectors that are generating the lowest risk with the highest returns. I like healthcare because more »

  • A Defensive Investment with Aggressive Returns

    By Eric Tommarello - December 27, 2012 | Tickers: HCP, HCN, HR, MPW

    “Buy real estate now, they aren’t making any more of it!” While this quip doesn’t always represent an effective investing strategy, real estate is perhaps the world’s most time-tested investment vehicle, regardless of the speculation that it invites.

    That being said, the average investor often ignores real estate, believing it to be too expensive and inaccessible. What they neglect to realize is that real estate investment trusts more »

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