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Three REITs With the Strongest Dividends
Barrons.comImperial CapitalIn this report, we look at the change in common dividends and total compensation paid to the highest-paid executive among the leading real-estate investment trusts of the major subsectors from 2008 to 2012-2013. We have ...
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Stop ‘playing’ the stock market; Commentary: Investing isn’t a game, no matter how easy it looks
MarketWatchThe stock market’s record highs seem to have some people convinced that investing is child’s play.My inbox has been flooded recently with letters and press releases about various places where the Stock Market Game was played this spring, ...
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Gold sinks for seventh session in a row; Gold futures have declined by $109 an ounce in last seven sessions
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures slumped on Friday for a seventh consecutive session, as the dollar index jumped to nearly three-year highs and U.S. data raised optimism about the economic recovery.
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Physical gold demand shines in first quarter: WGC; Total Q1 gold demand falls, but physical demand strengthens
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Investors didn’t buy enough physical gold to offset outflows from gold-exchanged traded funds in the first quarter, but total ETF gold holdings were still higher than a year ago, and demand for jewelry, bars ...
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Lehman Keeps Apartment Sector Guessing; What Firm Will Do With Its Stakes in Equity Residential and AvalonBay Weighs on Stocks; 'We Would Like [Them] Out'
WSJ.comThe apartment sector's biggest mystery these days: What will Lehman do?Earlier this year, the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. sold apartment-building owner Archstone to competitors Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Inc. ...
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Hotels & Casinos
WSJ.comWith little happening in the hotels and casinos sector to give stocks a dramatic boost last year, some of the most successful picks were related to business reorganizations that unlocked shareholder value.
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Why REITs Will Stay on a Roll
Barrons.comLike other dividend plays, real-estate investment trusts have been roaring. As measured by the MSCI REIT index, they've returned 16% so far this year (including dividends) and 20% annually over the past three years, versus a 16% annual ...
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‘ETF revolution’ in gold bloodies investors; Commentary: SPDR Gold’s $7 bln April outflow punishes gold bulls
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Exchange-traded funds ushered in a new era of investing in commodities, allowing everyone from avid retail investors to leveraged hedge funds to make bets on gold, silver and other hard assets without the ...
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Canadian Tire Plans Standalone REIT
WSJ.comTORONTO--Canadian Tire Corp. said Thursday it plans to spin off most of its real estate assets into a standalone real estate investment trust to capitalize on the value of its portfolio across Canada.
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A Penney Director Faces Opposition
WSJ.comA proxy advisory firm is recommending that J.C. Penney Co. shareholders oppose the re-election of director Steven Roth at the company's May 17 annual meeting as the fallout from former Chief Executive Ron Johnson's disastrous tenure at the ...
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Starwood Property Considers Rental Spinoff
WSJ.comBarry Sternlicht's Starwood Property Trust Inc. has stepped up buying single-family homes to the point that its rental-housing landlord business is big enough to be spun off as a separate company, executives said.
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It’s not the right time for REITs; Commentary: The time has passed for a new investment.
MarketWatchWith interest rates so low on almost everything, investors have been desperately searching for yield.That’s why they’re still scooping up bond funds, despite all the warnings. It’s why they’re still piling into dividend-paying stocks, ...
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Asia's Best Analyst: Japan
WSJ.comUBS analyst Yosuke Ohata kept a buy call on Mori Hills REIT Investment Corp. throughout last year because he expected an additional driver for the stock beyond the fundamentals of the Japan real-estate market: asset swaps with its sponsor ...
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Luxury Lodging Lifted by Limber Leisure, Lobbying
Barrons.comCredit SuisseWe recently hosted a discussion in our quarterly series with Michael Depatie, chief executive of Kimpton Hotels.We always find Mr. Depatie one of the most straight-shooting executives in the lodging industry, and his candor on ...
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Real Estate
WSJ.comHome is where the heart is, and for some mortgage investors, it is where the profits are, too.The rebound in the single-family-home market is reopening the door for companies that invest in residential mortgage securities and individual ...
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Finance Center in Lower Manhattan Is Aiming for Hip; Brookfield Pushes New Image for Former World Financial Center
WSJ.comWhen the World Financial Center opened in Lower Manhattan nearly three decades ago, it was prized as the modern hub of its namesake industry. The four-building office property was filled with investment-banking tenants like Merrill Lynch ...
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Builder Is Bullish on New York City's Fine-Art Storage Market; Developer Starts Construction of Art Storage Facility in Long Island City
WSJ.comA real-estate developer who collects contemporary art is building a new fine-art storage facility in Queens to rival spaces such as Christie's Brooklyn storage facility, where art was damaged by flooding during superstorm Sandy.
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Income Hunt Puts Spotlight on Nontraded REITs
WSJ.comNEW YORK—Advisers seeking diversification and income are turning to nontraded real-estate investment trusts, putting a spotlight on the industry as it attempts to expand its investor base.
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Consumer & Specialty Finance
WSJ.comBose George has been riding the ups and downs of the mortgage business since 1997. Last year, he rode it all the way to the top.Mr. George, who follows the industry for the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. unit of Stifel Financial Corp., ...
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No Place Like Home
Barrons.comJeffrey Kolitch, 44, is a real-estate thoroughbred: The son of a developer, he majored in real estate at the Wharton School of Business and now steers the $503 million Baron Real Estate fund (ticker: BREFX), which beat 99% of its peers in ...
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PokerStars Wins Legal Delay in Casino Fight
WSJ.comA deal that would have given online-gambling giant PokerStars a chance to re-enter the U.S. market turned into a legal battle Monday as a judge agreed to temporarily block investment firm Colony Capital LLC's attempt to terminate a ...
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Health-Care Owners Shun Nursing Homes
WSJ.comSome of the nation's largest health-care landlords are pulling back from nursing homes on concerns they will be less profitable in an era of steep Medicare and Medicaid cuts.
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Supporting 'No. 1' Causes
WSJ.comThe late real-estate financier William "Bill" P. Carey wanted to ensure the institutions of the city were as good as they could be for him and for everybody else.
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The risks and costs of exotic investments; ‘Alternative’ products can be pricey for retirement savers
MarketWatchPrivate-equity mutual funds. Leveraged ETFs. Managed-futures funds. A growing number of investment products like these employ so-called alternative strategies, holding out the promise of diversification for investors who haven’t forgotten ...
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Hot Metal: Taking a Shine to Silver
Barrons.comFollow-Up | Dow Indicator | PreviewThe global economy may be slowing, but that didn't suppress investors' appetite for silver in 2012, according to the World Silver Survey issued by the Silver Institute last week.
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Malls, Storage Lead REITs
WSJ.comReal-estate investment trusts reported robust earnings for the first quarter, as a slowly improving economy allowed landlords to raise rents.
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Life After Zell
WSJ.comBreaking News From WSJ.com's Developments BlogThe former head of Sam Zell's Equity International is launching a new private-equity shop and consulting business, following his departure from Mr. Zell's firm last year that surprised many in ...
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Are REITs the Right Choice?
Barrons.comPrisons, casinos, and billboards have something in common. Companies that own these things have recently declared themselves real-estate investment trusts, or are pushing toward doing so.
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PokerStars' Atlantic City Deal Expires
WSJ.comA deal that would have given online poker giant PokerStars its first toehold into regulated online gambling in the U.S. has expired without a new contract in place, according to several people familiar with the matter.
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Developers Set to Bid on Seward Park
WSJ.comAfter four decades of failed government policy and bitter community infighting, the largest parcel of underdeveloped publicly owned land in Manhattan below 96th Street is poised for private development.
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Brookfield to Buy MPG Office Trust
WSJ.comA portion of the Los Angeles skyline is trading hands as office-tower owner Brookfield Office Properties Inc. reached a deal valued at more than $2 billion, including debt, to buy the largest office landlord in the city's downtown.
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Footprint in the Bronx Grows
WSJ.comThe retail market in the Bronx, long a stepchild to the shopping scenes in Manhattan and other boroughs, is reviving with new centers expected to bring national retailers to the neighborhood.
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Commodities; Does a Big ETF Drive Gold's Price? Some pros cite sales by SPDR Gold for the metal's 2013 decline
WSJ.comWant to know which way the price of gold is headed? Some brokers and money managers say you should keep an eye on gold ETFs.They say the recent collapse in the price of gold has highlighted a new leading indicator for the metal: the flow of ...
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'Mini' Options Right Size for Retail
WSJ.comIn a world of supersizing, "mini" options are finding a receptive audience among individual investors.They are designed to address an expensive drawback of investing in options, which are contracts giving investors the right to buy or sell ...
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Finra: Some Brokers Mislead in Pitching Non-Traded REITs
WSJ.comNEW YORK—Wall Street's self-regulator has been watching how brokerages market non-traded real estate investments to customers, and it doesn't like what it sees.
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This Weekend's Barron's: The Barron's 500 Special Report ~ Atlas Air Has Lots of Room to Climb ~ Linn Energy Shares Are in Their Twlight ~ Are REITs the Right Choice? ~ Does Japan's Revival Have Legs?
Barrons.comBarron's 500: Congrats, You Did It! Apple is No. 1 in our annual ranking, which seeks to identify businesses that have done the best job of investing for growth. Wesco International, Western Digital, and DaVita HealthCare also make the ...
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Saving Affordable Housing
WSJ.comAn apartment complex in suburban Chicago was saved from the clutches of gentrification by a private real-estate investment trust formed to buy and protect affordable housing.
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Gold loses over 1%; ETF outflows still hurt; Gold ETF outflows continue to concern investors
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures lost more than 1% on Tuesday to settle near their lowest level in a week, with investors still concerned about big outflows from gold exchange-traded funds that helped to drag prices for the metal ...
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Nonprofit Firms Form REIT
WSJ.comSome of the nation's largest housing-related nonprofit organizations are delving into the for-profit world to protect affordable housing.The nonprofits, including Mercy Housing Inc., LINC Housing Corp. and Nevada HAND Inc., created a ...
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Empire State Clears a Hurdle to IPO
WSJ.comA New York judge on Tuesday removed a potential obstacle to a plan for selling the Empire State Building as part of a giant public offering, ruling that a share-buyout provision in the plan doesn't violate the law.
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Golden Moment Wanes for Investors
WSJ.comGold just can't catch a break.Prices for the yellow metal ended Thursday at a nine-month low, even as the Bank of Japan announced aggressive stimulus plans aimed at creating inflation, a traditional driver of strength in the metal. Gold is ...
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Gold ETFs Shine in Midst of Tumult
WSJ.comExchange-traded funds tracking gold were put to the test by the turmoil in precious-metals markets over the past week, but traders said they weathered the storm with only slight signs of stress.
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Goldman Sachs Turns Bearish on Gold
WSJ.comAnother longtime gold bull is turning tail.Investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said Wednesday that gold's prospects for the year have eroded, recommending investors close out long positions and initiate bearish bets, or shorts. The ...
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Gold sinks almost 2% on Goldman forecast cut, Fed; Prices suffer largest one-day loss since November
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures on Wednesday dropped almost 2% as Goldman Sachs cut its price forecast on the metal, the dollar strengthened, equities rallied and Federal Reserve officials offered mixed signals on the duration of ...
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Dissidents Push CommonWealth Shareholders to Oust Board
WSJ.comDissident investors Related Cos. and Corvex Management LP launched a ballot campaign Thursday to oust the board of office landlord CommonWealth REIT.
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Europe stocks extend losses to third day; Danone rises after posting solid non-European sales
MarketWatchLONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets extended losses into a third straight day on Tuesday, as concerns about global growth remained in the spotlight after Germany’s ZEW index missed expectations.
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Picking a perfect dividend portfolio; Commentary: Bigger isn’t always better with dividends
MarketWatchCHAPEL HILL. N.C. (MarketWatch) — When it comes to dividends, more isn’t always better: A company isn’t necessarily more attractive just because it pays a higher dividend.
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Regulators Worry Mortgage REITs Pose Threat to Financial System
WSJ.comWASHINGTON—A panel of top financial regulators is targeting mortgage real-estate investment trusts as a potential risk to the U.S. financial system, the latest example of Washington's growing concern with market bubbles.
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Payout News Fails to Lift Small-Caps
Barrons.comSmall stocks came under pressure last week, underperforming their larger brethren amid worries about economic growth. But along with their lagging performance, a healthy handful of small-cap companies have made their cash payouts more ...
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Cautious Short-Term, Bullish for the Longer Haul
Barrons.comThe stock market sold off last week, and gold took a big hit, its price falling nearly 10% on Monday, April 15. Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond continues to have a paltry yield, most recently about 1.7%. For some perspective on all ...
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Mortgage REITs See Explosive Growth
WSJ.comRegulators are casting a skeptical eye on a fast-expanding corner of Wall Street amid worries about the risks posed by mortgage real-estate investment trusts.
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Online Grocer, Distributor Share Site; State Tax Credits Aid Project on Old Landfill in Jersey City
WSJ.comJersey City will take another step toward transforming the contaminated sites that dot its waterfront when it breaks ground Wednesday on a nearly 800,000-square-foot warehouse.
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Snapping Up Real Estate
WSJ.comInvesting directly in property can be an attractive alternative to low-yielding bonds but isn't for everyone. Investors should know the real-estate market, be wary of what can go wrong and, because properties can be illiquid, have plenty of ...
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India Gold ETF Demand Slows
WSJ.comMUMBAI--Indian investment demand in paper gold during the last financial year slowed to its lowest level since its launch in 2007, as falling prices and a decline in the precious metal's safe-haven appeal damped investor appetite.
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Gold Ends 1.5% Higher
WSJ.comNEW YORK—Gold futures settled higher, snapping a three-day losing streak, as a weaker dollar and disappointing U.S. employment data bolstered gold's investment appeal.
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PC Slide Doomed a Blackstone-Dell Tie
WSJ.comIt really was that bad.That was the conclusion Blackstone Group LP reached about Dell Inc. after it set a small army off to decide whether the private-equity firm should bid for the computer maker.
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Gold's Fall Takes Toll on Funds
WSJ.comThe drop in the price of gold has sapped the returns of many mutual funds that had built up significant stakes in the precious metal and the companies that mine it, underscoring how common gold holdings have become, even in funds that ...
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Monday's Personal Finance Stories
MarketWatchDon’t miss these top stories:10 things Coke, Pepsi and soda industry won’t say.Gold plummets, but not at jewelry store.How to find care amid a shortage of nursing aides.
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Why high-yielding muni bond funds are falling; Tax treatment uncertainty, high volatility rattle investors
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Enthusiasm for closed-end municipal bond funds, long a favorite of income-starved investors, is starting to wane.The funds, which use leverage to magnify yield, have been a go-to investment. But prices are down in ...
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Condos and Classrooms
WSJ.comA planned 715-foot Manhattan skyscraper sidelined by the real-estate bust is poised for a resurrection.A group led by New York-based World-Wide Group is in advanced talks with a group of investors and lenders to finance construction of a ...
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Penn Station-Area Upgrades; Vornado Plans to Bring Offices, 'More Contemporary' Retailers to the Area
WSJ.comVornado Realty Trust is planning to give makeovers to some of its buildings in the neighborhoods around Pennsylvania Station, an area that's been slowly improving but still falling far short of planners' dreams.
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Gold’s wounds will take time to heal
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures managed to score their first gain in three sessions on Tuesday, but wounds from the fierce selloff that dragged prices down by more than $200 an ounce in two days will take time to heal.
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U.S. stock futures; Goldman beats forecasts
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks appeared set Tuesday to bounce back from their biggest drop in five months, with stock-index futures rising as gold futures recovered some of the previous day’s rout and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. topped ...
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Managers Bet on Wrong Side of Gold
WSJ.comHedge funds and other large speculators increased their net bet on higher gold prices during the week the market recorded its largest-ever two-day selloff, according to government data released on Friday.
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This week’s Mutual Funds and ETF stories
MarketWatchDon’t miss these top money and investing features:Investing’s new golden rule5 mutual funds hammered by goldAs gold hits the dirt, real estate glitters
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A Yen for Yield Could Rock U.S. REITs
WSJ.comU.S. real-estate investment trusts are big in Japan. That could turn into a problem for U.S. investors.In a low-return world, the steady dividends U.S. REITs provide have made them an investor favorite, especially in Japan, where the ...
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A Hot Potato That Glitters
Barrons.comSome savvy investors have said gold is the ultimate Internet stock, and last week it actually began to behave like one.For much of the week, the SPDR Gold Trust (ticker: GLD) danced around the stock market, mostly sliding lower until weak ...
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A Vein of Hope for Gold Miners
Barrons.comAfter a sharp decline, gold-mining stocks probably are the most hated group in the market.There are plenty of reasons for that. The metal has moved into bear-market territory, falling last week to $1,402 an ounce—26% off its all-time high ...
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Is there gold in your 401(k)? 5 mutual funds hammered by the yellow metal
MarketWatchIt’s not just gold bugs getting hit by the yellow metal’s sharp decline.Stocks of gold mining companies received a lot of attention from investors over the past several years, with high gold prices flowing directly to their bottom lines. Of ...
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Gold's Great Unraveling Had a Few Harbingers
WSJ.comThe gold-price rout began taking shape in the early morning hours Monday, after a sharp Friday selloff in a market that had risen steadily for a decade left traders girding for a downdraft.
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Paulson Funds Notch Gains for Year
WSJ.comJohn Paulson is mounting a comeback after a slow start to the year, with gains in all of his hedge funds except for a small gold fund, according to an investor letter.
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Cuts by Military Test Colorado Property Prices
WSJ.comA Colorado Springs, Colo., office portfolio is testing investor concerns over federal spending cuts.Corporate Office Properties Trust—a Columbia, Md., real-estate investment trust and office landlord to government agencies and defense ...
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A Smart Alternative to Junk Bonds
Barrons.comFor high investment yields that are worth the extra risk, look beyond junk bonds. Investors have piled into them, causing prices to rise and yields to fall to record lows. The BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II index recently yielded ...
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Cole REIT Selects Its Own Deal Over Rival's
WSJ.comA charged takeover battle for Cole Credit Property Trust III, a private real-estate company with $8 billion in assets, ended last week when Cole rejected a rival's bid to buy the company.
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Macerich CEO Sells Near Multiyear High
Barrons.comShopping-mall operator Macerich continues to see its shares hover near a multiyear high, and the top insider celebrated by taking a large block to the checkout line.
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Whose CommonWealth Is It Anyway?
Barrons.comOver the years, real-estate investors Barry Portnoy and son Adam have usually come out on top in corporate clashes. But their latest battle, over the future of CommonWealth REIT, could be their toughest yet. If the activists that the ...
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What's the Best Path To Real-Estate Profits?
Barrons.comThe housing crisis that wiped out trillions of dollars of personal wealth and shook investor confidence is finally over.Home prices jumped 10.2% in February compared with a year earlier, the biggest rise in nearly seven years, according to ...
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Real-Estate Pair Splits
WSJ.comAfter two decades of working together, two founders of PBS Real Estate have decided to call it quits.John Brod, a principal at the boutique brokerage firm, recalls the breakup began in January at his office at 230 Park Ave. His partner ...
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Congress Looks at REIT Tax Exemption
WSJ.comA powerful congressional committee is examining the tax exemption that real-estate investment trusts have enjoyed for decades as part of its comprehensive review of the tax code.
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Do you own too much Apple and gold? Commentary: Why both investments dominate so many portfolios
MarketWatchIf your mutual funds have been disappointing this year — at a time when the market is up about 9% year-to-date — there are three likely causes:Apple Inc.
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Assessing Home Builders, Gold and China ETFs
Barrons.comMortgage crisis? What mortgage crisis?Judging by the current prices of home-builder stocks, that chapter of American financial history seems almost as forgotten as Countrywide's very tanned and now disgraced former CEO, Angelo Mozilo.
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American Realty Bids to Buy REIT
WSJ.comAmerican Realty Capital Properties Inc., a large commercial-property owner, said it made an unsolicited offer to buy a so-called nontraded real-estate investment trust for $5.7 billion.
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Related and Corvex Target CommonWealth's Management
WSJ.comFor four decades, New York-based Related Cos. has been known primarily as a developer of apartments, retail and offices.Now, it is trying on another hat: activist investor.
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More Proof That Dell CEO's Bid Is Too Low
Barrons.comReview | PreviewDell's fourth-quarter profit report last week is likely to embolden opponents of CEO Michael Dell's buyout offer because it showed the company remains highly profitable, despite weakness in the personal-computer market, and ...
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Gold Miners Get Panned
WSJ.comGold is having a tough time, but it's the guys digging it out of the ground that have a really thankless task.Gold futures have dropped 12% since their last peak in October. But the Market Vectors Gold Miners exchange traded fund has fallen ...
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Forget Facebook; investors like real estate; Commentary: The next hot IPO? Think bricks, not clicks
MarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Interest in Facebook Inc. since its calamitous initial public offering has mirrored interest in the social-networking site: Investors and users are still hanging around, but they’re less enthusiastic.
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Singapore's Overseas Union Plans Hotel REIT
WSJ.comSINGAPORE—A property developer controlled by Indonesia's wealthy Riady family is planning to raise up to roughly US$800 million from the listing of its hospitality assets in Singapore this year, a move that would fuel its hunt for assets in ...
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Big Real-Estate Firms Are Going to School; Developers Test the Market for Off-Campus College Housing; Amenities Include Tanning Beds and Resort-Style Pools
WSJ.comHousing for college students, long dominated by small players willing to put up with beer pong and raucous parties, is attracting some of the biggest names in real-estate development.
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'Junk' Bonds Signal Trouble
WSJ.comHigh-yield bond prices are perched at record highs, but there are signs of trouble ahead.That means investors must keep a keen eye on the high-yield bond mutual funds they own—and should favor actively managed mutual funds over passively ...
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What's the Deal
WSJ.comManhattanSweet GrapesVornado Realty Trust's decision to abandon a plan to replace the Hotel Pennsylvania with a soaring office tower has a big fan: Anthony Malkin, whose family controls the Empire State Building.
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Advisers Find Income Alternatives in Mortgage REITs
WSJ.comAs stock real estate funds strive for a fifth-straight year of gains, a hybrid type of investment offering plumper dividends is off to an even better start.
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A College Coach With 'Real World' Experience
WSJ.comFlorida Gulf Coast coach Andy Enfield, whose team is suddenly the darling of the NCAA tournament, had coaching gigs with the Boston Celtics and Florida State on his résumé when he nabbed the Florida Gulf Coast job in 2011, so his career ...
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Retail Takeover Targets
Barrons.comBarnes & Noble announced Monday that it would consider a buyout offer from its chairman, Leonard Riggio (see "Just the First Chapter in a Barnes & Noble Bid?", Feb. 25). The book chain faces slipping sales but carries a beaten-down ...
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Mapletree Debut Sparks Hope for Singapore IPOs
WSJ.comSINGAPORE—Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust, backed by Singaporean state-investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., rose by as much as 12.4% on its Singapore Exchange debut Thursday, after raising $1.3 billion in the city-state's ...
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The Intelligent Investor; Norway: The New Yale? Wealthy investors are embracing the Yale model of 'alternative investments.' But there may be a better strategy.
WSJ.comUNLESS YOU'VE somehow kept your wealth a secret, your financial adviser has probably already urged you to "add alternatives" to your portfolio, or simply "invest like Yale." But here's a comeback to use next time this topic comes up: Tell ...
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Gold Bugs Paulson Fund
WSJ.comGold prices are falling fast. But John Paulson's gold investments are dropping even faster.Behind the problems: a derivative bet on gold that has gone awry, according to someone close to the matter.
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American Tower Sells $1.8 Billion in ABS
WSJ.comAmerican Tower Corp. sold $1.8 billion of asset-backed securities on Wednesday, the biggest ABS offering outside of the auto-loan sector since 2009.
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Italian Securities Battered Amid Election Gridlock
WSJ.comMILAN—Investors hammered Italian stocks, bonds and government securities early Tuesday after the country's election produced an uncertain outcome, raising the prospect that Italians may have to return to the polls and sparking fears of a ...
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Foreign Buyers Hop on Rental Trend
WSJ.comJERSEY CITY, N.J.—On a recent Tuesday morning, Alan Dixon, an investment manager originally from Canberra, Australia, stood in front of a four-story townhouse here, one of the latest assets he purchased for his company's shareholders.
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Commodities Squeeze Banks; Tough Rules, Quiet Markets Reduce Profits From Trading Oil, Metals, Soybeans
WSJ.comWall Street's commodity-trading gold mine is all but tapped out.Once a booming source of bank profit, the business has been hit hard by tougher new rules and subdued markets. Revenue from trading the likes of oil, metals and soybeans ...
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