Month: October 2019

As a REIT analyst, it’s part of my job to screen for the highest-quality REITs and the widest margin of safety. That’s no easy task, because these days most of the highest quality names are trading at expensive valuation levels. Take Realty Income (O) for example, the dominant net lease REIT that has an A-rated
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A Chinese flag is placed on merchandise in the NBA flagship retail store on October 9, 2019 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will face “retribution sooner or later” for lying about the Chinese government, state broadcaster CCTV said in a commentary published late Friday. The broadcaster said Silver
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Brian Niccol, CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill Adam Jeffery | CNBC Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Friday: Morgan Stanley downgraded Caterpillar to ‘equal weight’ from ‘overweight’ Morgan Stanley said it sees a “balanced” risk/reward. “We see increasing downside risks to CAT‘s Construction and Energy & Transportation segments. Resources segment and share
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Mint Images | Mint Images RF | Getty Images People in Gen X, the forgotten generation, require a great deal of financial strength and resolve to handle being “sandwiched” between several generations. Gen Xers, rightfully, suffer from middle child syndrome. The two older living generational cohorts, baby boomers and the Silent Generation, generally are lauded
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The tail wing of an American Airlines plane pulls into its gate after arriving at the Miami International Airport. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Government investigators have received details of a 2016 internal Boeing report that reportedly shows that about one-third of employees who responded felt “potential undue pressure” from management regarding safety approvals by
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null Getty “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” So goes the familiar adage that usually starts every company planning session you’ve ever attended. Face it. This is a planning session. The good news, however, is that it’s not about some bland organization. It’s about something you’ll find much
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The Norman Lykes House sits on the edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Heritage Auctions, HA.com Frank Lloyd Wright’s final residential masterpiece, the Norman Lykes House, sold for  $1,677,500, at a public auction October 16 in Phoenix. Nicknamed the Circular Sun House, the iconic contemporary home was auctioned off by Heritage Auctions with no minimum
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It’s quite ironic. A massive entertainment and retail complex is opening in the last county in the country where commercial shopping is still prohibited on Sundays. The first phase of the project opens Friday, featuring a Nickelodeon-themed park and ice skating rink. Other parts of the complex will open in phases, including a water park,
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Income investors have been crushed this year. Bond yields are down and stocks pay less and less “dividend per dollar” with each rally. But there’s still one little-known corner of the investing world we can look to for safe yields up to 11.8%. Business development companies (BDC) provide debt and equity financing for small and
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Motif is among a slate of new mixed-use apartment buildings going up in Fort Lauderdale’s Flagler … [+] Village. Bluerock Real Estate Flagler Village, a trendy neighborhood near downtown Fort Lauderdale, is turning into a magnet for multifamily investors. Last month, through a shell company, former Silicon Valley executive Lumin Chang purchased a 292-unit apartment
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The office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is one of over sixty federal IG offices, but it is one that shows up in the news more than most. Most recently it was mentioned in the New York Times as investigating the handling of the request for President Trump’s tax returns. There is
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