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Preferreds

REIT Preferreds: NCT Says Location, Location, Location

December 19, 2008

Boy did I make a mistake, and it was with real money. When Wes Edens stopped bothering to show up for Newcastle’s earnings calls, I should have realized what was going on. Sure he had purchased a bunch of NCT stock earlier in 2007, but with whose money? He had taken Fortress public just a [...]

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The Case For Buying REIT Preferreds

August 12, 2008

If you’re thinking about buying pref shares, here it is in a nutshell: Commodity prices are now way down and the dollar up, which may afford room for yet another Fed rate reduction. Because they sit a notch higher on the capital stack, combined with historically high spreads over the current 10 year UST, preferreds [...]

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Can These REITs Keep Paying Giant Dividends? (Investment Underground » Page n..., 1/13/12)
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Are REITs the Holy Grail of Yield? (Wall Street Sector Selector, 1/30/12)
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