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.
Greed, sheer stupidity and the global financial crisis
By Daniel WilliamsWhat really happened in Greece, Ireland, Iceland and other countries rocked by the global financial crisis? Author Michael Lewis goes inside the damage in his latest book, "Boomerang."
September 30, 2011
MetLife Closes $550M in Commercial Real Estate DealsIn a commercial real estate market mired in uncertainty, good risk management is the thing.
September 30, 2011
MetLife Closes $550M in Commercial Real Estate DealsIn a commercial real estate market mired in uncertainty, good risk management is the thing.
September 27, 2011
Operation Twist Makes REIT ETFs a Good BetAs equity markets struggle to decide whether or not to like Operation Twist, bond markets have clearly pronounced in favor. For clients with a riskierbut not suicidalflair, ETFs are one way to take advantage of what the Fed has to offer.
September 20, 2011
In China, New Home Sales Are Up, Up, UpWhile U.S. homeowners are lamenting the continuing depression in real estate prices and slack sales in cities across the nation despite record-low mortgage rates, home prices in China are at record highs in all 70 cities.
September 07, 2011
IRS Issues Basis Guidance for Estates Electing Against the Estate TaxThe IRS has dropped the second shoe; giving taxpayers guidance through the complex procedural machinations they must follow to avoid the 2010 estate tax.
September 01, 2011
WisdomTree Reshuffles LineupWisdomTree Investments implemented changes to seven equity ETFs and added a new actively managed ETF called the WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (RRF).RRF…
August 30, 2011
Iceland Debates Land Sale to Chinese TycoonA Chinese tycoon has already won private landowner agreements in the proposed purchase of a massive tract of land in Iceland that critics worry could provide Beijing with a presence in the North Atlantic.