Companies are pushing them up in an attempt to lure in investors. GE, that has been struggling to downsize in latest years, announced Monday plans to cut its dividends by half, from 24 cents a share on a quarterly basis to 12 cents a share. So why do dividends matter? A 12 cent cut might …

Do anyone know if there are any publicly traded REITs in Manila, the philipines?

For the first time I invested in a health care REIT a few months ago, namely Welltower (HCN), and although my cost basis took a little hit, the dividends are high and the company has a good record over the past 15 years. Still, I’m wondering if I could have made a better buy and …

I don’t know about anyone else but REITs and higher safer dividend stocks are looking more appealing by the day. What are your thoughts?

New here. I focus exclusively on swing trading healthcare REITs, altho I used to also use the ex-dividend play on them and did both with virtually any REIT, CEF, AmRoy and CanRoy. Best year was 2004, made 70% on my stock equity. I wrote a quantitative book on hREITs (currently updating it) and am available …

AGNC its a good dividend paying reit some analysts think its a good invesment while others are down on reits in general and point to this stock as an example #StockCard

Ralf Lai: Many “Rumours” that interest rates hike is NOT good for REITs

Tom Handy: Two completely different animals.REITS is like buying a stock and they can invest in different types of property. Real Estate investing has many different options – buy and rent, buy and flip, birddog, wholesale, single family, multifamily, commercial. When owning a property you also get tax benefits up to a certain limit. I …