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What are REITs?
REITs are pooled investments similar to mutual funds, but, like mutual funds, they can take many shapes.
They invest in different kinds of real estate and real estate-oriented assets, depending on the REIT, and sell ownership shares to investors. REIT is an acronym for Real Estate Investment Trust.
REITs are similar to mutual funds, except that they only invest in real estate properties and related companies and assets such as mortgages. REITs will define the scope of their investments and strategies in their prospectus, which may read something like “We invest only in commercial Real Estate” or “Only in residential houses in Las Vegas” while other REITs are very general.
90% of REIT’s profits have to be passed to investors, and this generally means that REITs pay high dividends and are an excellent income-producing security. Many large REITs are traded on standard stock exchanges and can be bought and sold in exactly the same way as the shares of Mutual Funds.
What Investment Choices Do I Have in My IRA?
IRA is a tax designation which can be placed on an account at various institutions that offer a list of investment options
What is Whole Life Insurance?
Whole Life Insurance provides lifelong death benefit coverage as well as a tax-deferred savings account
How Much Does it Cost to Prepare a Trust?
The cost of setting up a trust varies depending on the type of trust and its complexity, but generally speaking a...
What is Income Tax Payable?
Income Tax Payable is an account on a company’s ledger where they reserve amounts that will be used to pay the tax liability
What is Form 1099-R?
Sources of retirement plan income, such as pensions, annuities, and IRAs, will be associated with a 1099-R filing
What is the Head-and-Shoulders Top (Bearish) Pattern?
The Head-and-Shoulders Top pattern forms when a currency pair is testing new highs on an uptrend, but fails to retest its high
What is an Inverted Yield Curve?
An inverted yield curve occurs when long-term treasuries have a lower yield than short-term treasuries
What is Abatement Cost?
Acquiring technologies to abate their environmental impact, and the overhead of such projects is called Abatement Cost
What are Solvency Ratios?
Solvency ratios come in several flavors, but they all seek to shed light on a company’s ability to pay its long-term debt
What is Dividend Adjusted Return?
In a lesser-known context, dividend adjustment means a payment of accrued but yet-unpaid dividend amounts to the...