Since an MLP investment is a partnership stake, the distributions paid by an MLP are classified as return-of-capital. Because an MLP owns depreciable assets, the K-1 from an M......
Income & Bonds
The Eaton Vance Floating Rate Income Trust (EFT) has delivered 30% total returns over the past two years. It barely blinks when stocks plummet, asserts dividend expert Brett O......
To say retail and mall REITs are out of favor is a gross understatement. The whispers in the wind say that brick & mortar stores are going the way of the dodo bird, thanks......
I know from talking to many investors that finding reliable income is more important to them than long-term capital gains, suggests Jim Powell, editor of Global Changes & ......
Investing
When the Going Gets Tough, Have FUN
Tickers:
FUN
Readers in Canada can be excused if they are scratching their collective heads over antics of the irrational administration in Washington, asserts Can......
Investing
Investing
Jerome Powell, Rising Rates and the Case for Munis
With interest rates continuing to creep up, there’s a changing of the guard at the Federal Reserve. In my travels and during conferences, I&rsqu......
Investing
STAG Industrial: Store your Profits at this Warehouse REIT
Tickers:
STAG
We haven’t had a REIT in our portfolio for some time, because anticipation of Fed rate hikes has made the sector volatile and unrewarding in rec......
Investing
Investing
Gas Stations Drive Dividends for Getty Realty
Tickers:
GTY
Getty Realty (GTY) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that specializes in the ownership, leasing and financing of gasoline station and ......
Investing
DRIPs for Penny-Pinchers: NiSource and S&P Global
Here’s a guaranteed way to boost investment returns—reduce your investment costs. I know it sounds too simple, right? Nevertheless, the ma......
Investing
A Barbell Approach to Bond Funds
While it is our view that inflation fears are overblown, for a variety of understandable reasons, many investors are feeling otherwise, notes John Bon......
Investing
Dividend Hunter Finds REITs with Rising Payouts
It is a widely held—but inaccurate—belief that REIT values must fall if interest rates continue to increase. The fact that many REITs incr......
Investing
CEO Puts His Own Assets into American Assets
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AAT
American Assets Trust (AAT) is a real estate investment trust headquartered in San Diego. The trust formed in 2011 as a successor to American Assets I......