Monthly Archives - September 2017

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Passive vs. Active – The Beauty of Both

One question any investor must consider is whether to take an active or passive approach to investing. Per Investopedia, “The predominant investment strategy today is active investing,” which attempts to beat a particular benchmark and “outperform the market.” Continuing, the article points out, “anomalies and irregularities in the capital markets can be exploited by those with skill and insight.” By contrast, passive investing, the authors explain, is an approach based on investing in exactly the same securities, in the same proportions, [...]

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REITs in a Rising Interest Rate Environment

Concerned that, as soon as interest rates start moving in an upward direction, any real estate-related investments you have will be slated to take a “hit”? ’Tain’t necessarily so, according to Alfred Galli in Seeking Alpha. He concludes that “on an historical basis, there is no strong correlation between rates and prices (of real estate).” Michael Orzano of S&P Dow Jones Indices admits there’s growing concern today about how REITs will perform “when interest rates ultimately rise from their [...]