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.
Housing Slumps, ETFs Suffer
By Staff WriterAfter several years of outsized gains, homebuilding stocks are slumping. Slow job growth and falling home prices throughout the U.S. are putting a damper on...
August 27, 2007
Advisor Gloom Matches Clients' PessimismThe market volatility of August 2007 prompted by the subprime mortgage crisis predictably led to major decreases in optimism among investors and their advisors, two...
August 10, 2007
A New Name for Wells REITWells Real Estate Investment Trust, the public, nontraded REIT with about $5 billion in assets across the country (mostly class A office buildings) has changed its name to Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc.
July 09, 2007
Conseco To Consolidate OfficesA Midwestern insurer is trying to save money on real estate.Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind., says it plans to vacate the offices that its Bankers Life ...
July 09, 2007
Conseco To Consolidate OfficesA Midwestern insurer is trying to save money on real estate.Conseco Inc., Carmel, Ind., says it plans to vacate the offices that its Bankers Life ...
July 01, 2007
Helping Therapists Get Over MoneyphobiaThe vast majority of psychotherapists are money avoiders. If a client brings up the subject of money, therapists often (consciously or unconsciously) deflect the discussion...
July 01, 2007
Barclays Launches REIT ETFsDespite cooling market performance for real estate investment trusts (REITs), more exchange-traded funds tracking the sector's underlying assets have been introduced. Barclays Global Investors (BGI) added...
July 01, 2007
High Performance CollaborationAs we examined last month, private wealth specialists can help you with those special cases where you require more comprehensive analysis using a higher level...