Public Storage

• Which Of These 3 Stocks Can Help You Store Up Gains?

  By Chad Henage - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: CUBE, EXR, PSA

  I believe that investors should keep their eyes open for opportunities wherever they might be. Having read Peter Lynch's books multiple times, I tend to keep my eyes open when driving around to try and find new public companies, or ideas for investments. This is sort of what I was thinking when I drove past a Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) facility recently. I've identified three major companies in 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 »

• 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 »

• Mimicking This Money Manager May Be Your Way to Financial Prosperity

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 11, 2013 | Tickers: DAL, MHK, PSA, UAL, WY

  Back in the day when hedge funds, mutual funds, and other “big-shot” investors were considered a novelty by many “common” folk, Ken Heebner was considered the number one mutual fund manager in the country. It’s always important to key in on elite funds, as retail investors are using strategies to beat the market. While Heebner understands why his positions in stocks that count on a bullish economy—such as more »

• Mimicking This Money Manager May Be Your Way to Financial Prosperity

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: DAL, MHK, PSA, UAL, WY

  Back in the day when hedge funds, mutual funds, and other “big-shot” investors were considered a novelty by many “common” folk, Ken Heebner was considered the number one mutual fund manager in the country. It’s always important to key in on elite funds, as retail investors are using strategies to beat the market. While Heebner understands why his positions in stocks that count on a bullish economy—such as more »

• Five Stocks With Big-Time Dividend-Related Headlines

  By Brian Nichols - February 24, 2013 | Tickers: CXW, IPCC, PSA, TXN

  A high-yield investment provides investors with more safety and security versus those that do not. However, certain companies are more giving than others, and in this article I am looking at five companies that just issued large increases in their yield.

  Company	Ticker	Dividend Increase	Forward Yield*
  Corrections Corp. America	(NYSE: CXW)	165%	5.73%
  Texas Instruments	(NASDAQ: TXN)	33%	3.45%
  Parkway Properties	(NYSE: PKY)	33%	3.39%
  Infinity 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 »

• It Is Too Early to Abandon This Hot Sector

  By Justin Carley - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: AVB, EQR, PSA

  The MSCI U.S. REIT Index finished 2012 with an 18% gain- marking the fourth straight year of outperformance relative to the S&P 500 Index.  Did you also know that this industry has outperformed in 10 of the last 12 years?  The favorable appeal of investing in real assets with consistent dividends has fueled strong demand for REIT equities.  Will outperformance continue in 2013?  Or will the excessive valuations prove to be too great of a headwind?  This article will highlight some bullish as well as bearish scenarios that investors in REITs should consider as the year unfolds.

• Trading Down In The Housing Market

  By Reuben Brewer - January 18, 2013 | Tickers: CUBE, EXR, PSA, SSS

  A housing turnaround appears to be in the works, with big financial institutions moving into the market. This should help the self storage industry. However, this isn't the only fact that will lend support to that industry over the long term.

• Will the Massive Drop in Small Business Confidence Lead to a Bear Market?

  By Justin Carley - November 30, 2012 | Tickers: COST, HD, PSA, SHW, WAG

  The recent Well Fargo/Gallop Small Business Index cratered in its recent release.  It isn’t so much the direction that should alert investors, but rather the vigor of its descent.  The 26 point drop is the largest since the fourth quarter of 2008 when the stock market stepped off the proverbial cliff.  A small business is defined as an independent business having fewer than 500 employees.  This covers 99 more »

• If You Like Watching "Storage Wars," You will Love Owning these Dividend Stocks

  By Jonathan Yates - September 15, 2012 | Tickers: CUBE, EXR, PSA, SSS

  Legendary investor Peter Lynch advised individuals to buy shares of the companies whose products were selling at the local mall.  He felt that individual investors had an edge on Wall Street analysts in that they could actually see, feel and touch what consumers were buying rather than just gauge the attractiveness of a company from its financial statements.  While Lynch, who guided the Fidelity Magellan mutual fund to annualized returns more »

• Consider Storing This Company in Your Portfolio

  By Michael Carter - August 28, 2012 | Tickers: NLY, PSA

  You’ve been given the task of creating your own dream stock.  You want your ideal stock to have the following characteristics:

  Dividend	Greater than 3% Annually
  Market Cap	Greater than $10 billion
  Total Annual Returns of Last 10 Years	Greater than 50% Annually

   

  You also want this stock’s share price to still be in growth mode and rising long-term, its annual net income to common shares to be more »

• Buy High Yield REITs to Profit from "The Rental Generation"

  By Jonathan Yates - August 26, 2012 | Tickers: AIV, EXR, MAA, PSA, UDR

  It used the be that "The American Dream" was home ownership. 

  After the crash in the real estate market during The Great Recession, however, emerging from the brick and mortar rubble has been the "The Rental Generation," according to a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek.  Real estate investment trusts ("REIT") positioned to profit from this development will reward investors with both a high dividend income and strong total return.

  REITs more »

• Unexciting Firms Storing Up Value

  By Arthur Pinkasovitch - January 11, 2012 | Tickers: CUBE, EXR, PSA, SSS

  Sometimes investors can find value in the most uncommon place. Storage REITs, as boring as they might sound, have been producing outstanding returns over the last two years. Warehouses that let customers store their belongings are becoming rather popular; given that there is limited competition in this space, public storage units have been on a tear as of late as firm-beneficial pricing strategies are being implemented. Extra Space Storage (NYSE: EXRmore »)