Investing in REITs real estate investment trusts
"The consistency of REITs' earnings and their high dividend yields, together with the low correlation of REIT stock prices with prices of other asset classes, make real estate investment trusts a unique opportunity for investors.Drawing on more than thirty years of successful investing exp...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Bloomberg Press, an imprint of Wiley
c2012.
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| Edición: | 4th ed |
| Colección: | Bloomberg
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628247506719 |
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- Machine generated contents note: Introduction.Acknowledgments.Part I: Meet the REIT.Chapter 1: REITs: What They Are and How They Work.Types of REITs.General Investment Characteristics.Higher Current Returns.Summary.Chapter 2: REITs versus Competitive Investments.Bonds.Convertible Bonds.Preferred Stocks.Other High-Yielding Equities.Other Real Estate Investment Vehicles.Summary.Chapter 3: Today's REITs.The First REIT.The Tax Reform Act of 1986.UPREITs and DownREITs.REIT Modernization Act and "RIDEA".Lending REITs versus Ownership REITs.Expansion of REIT Property Sector Offerings.Summary.Chapter 4: Property Sectors and Their Cycles.Ups and Downs.Property Sectors.Summary.Part II: History and Mythology.Chapter 5: REITs: Mysteries and Myths.Changing Attitudes toward REITs.Myths about REITs.Summary.Chapter 6: A History of REITs and REIT Performance.The 1960s: Infancy.The 1970s: Adolescence and Turbulence.The 1980s: Overbuilding - The Troll Under the Bridge.The 1990s: The Modern REIT Era--Plus More Growing Pains.Recent Trends.Summary.Part III: Investing in REITs Intelligently.Chapter 7: REITs: Growth and Value Creation.The Significance of FFO and AFFO.The Dynamics of FFO/AFFO Growth.Internal Growth.How to Build Internal Growth into a Lease.Other Ways to Generate Internal Growth and To Create Shareholder Value.External Growth.More External Growth Avenues.Summary.Chapter 8: Searching for Blue Chips.Investment Styles.Growth REITs.Value or "Turnaround" REITs.Bond-Proxy REITs.The Virtues of Blue-Chip REITs.Access to Capital - and its Benefits.The importance of Allocating Capital Wisely.Summary.Chapter 9: The Quest for Investment Value.The Investor's Dilemma: Buy and Hold Versus Trading.The Buy-and-Hold Strategy.REIT Stock Valuation.Valuing REITs as a Group.Summary.Chapter 10: Building a REIT Portfolio.How Much of a Good Thing Do You Want?Diversification Among REITs.Toward A Well-Balanced Portfolio.How to Get Started.Summary.Chapter 11 Investing in Global REITs and Property Companies.How the U.S. REIT Revolution Spread around the Globe.Mapping the Size of Global Property Stock Markets.The Long-Term Evidence Supporting Investments in Global Real Estate Securities.Managing a Gobal Real Estate Securities Portfolio.The Practicalities of Investing Overseas for the Individual Investor.Part IV: Risks and Future Prospects.Chapter 12: What Can Go Wrong?Issues Affecting All REITs.Problems Affecting Individual REITs.Summary.Chapter 13: Tea Leaves: Some Thoughts about the Future.Additional Real Estate Owners Will "REITize".Increasing Investor Demand for REITs.Larger REITs: Is Bigger Really Better?Additional New Trends.So Much More to Come.Summary.Resources.Appendix A: Death and Taxes.Appendix B: Case Study: FFO, AFFO, FAD and CAD.Appendix C: Cost of Equity Capital.Appendix D: REIT Portfolio Management.Appendix E: Largest Global Real Estate Companies as of December 2010.Glossary.About the Author.About the Contributors.Index.
