Real Estate
Learn how real estate investing can diversify portfolio risk and enhance portfolio performance, along with the latest news and developments in this most popular alternative investment.
Nontraded REITs: Friend or Foe?
By Joyce HansonNontraded REITs may be unsuitable for older investors because of their need for liquidity, but they have their defenders in today's booming real estate market.
March 28, 2013
Real Estate and Taxes: Benefits, and Limitations, of InvestmentThe experts at Tax Facts Online look at the tax implications of real estate ownership.
March 25, 2013
Emerging-Market Real Estate’s Hot Run ContinuesInternational real estate funds, particularly emerging-market portfolios, had a fantastic run in 2012, and the run is continuing.
March 22, 2013
Peter Schiff: The Dollar’s Collapse Is (Still) ComingWheres the dollars collapse, the sky-high inflation, societal chaos, the oceans of fire? The outspoken head of Euro Pacific Precious Metals has warned of the dire consequences of Fed action for what seems like forever.
March 21, 2013
PIMCO Targets European Commercial PropertyThe firm is targeting direct commercial real estate investments and nonsecuritized loans, which carry greater risk but higher return potential.
March 19, 2013
Lottery winner on how he blew £1.8 millionHe followed advice and invested his winnings, but the recession took it like a schoolyard bully.
March 15, 2013
How I bought a house at 21 — and why it was a mistakeSophia Bera learned some hard lessons before she became a certified financial planner.
March 07, 2013
Surprise! REITS Underperform Broader MarketHeres something we havent heard in quite a whileU.S. REIT returns slightly underperformed the broader equity market in February and the first two months of the year.