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.
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By Marie SwiftWhen the phone rang that day, advisor Mary Lacey Gibson was surprised to hear one of her clients say, "My wife is making me call...
February 01, 2007
Planning the "Prenup"Where a prenup is clearly the planning tool of choice, the following approaches may help to smooth negotiations and ensure the establishment of a valid,...
February 01, 2007
Schwab to Bankroll Breakaway BrokersKeeping up the business momentum evident in the closing months of 2006, Charles Schwab announced January 11 that its affiliated advisors now custody more than...
November 17, 2006
Apartment Sale Yields $3 Billion GainInvestors have paid $5.4 billion to complete the purchase of a pair of big residential real estate developments from MetLife Inc.Units of Tishman Speyer Properties ...
November 01, 2006
Buy Local: Real Estate for IncomeHugh Bromma believes in fortifying clients' retirement plans with big helpings of real estate--not only diversification into REITs, but actual purchases of residential houses in...
November 01, 2006
Dow 15,000In the late 1990s, as the stock market boom turned into a bubble and drifted into the stratosphere, investment books began to appear with titles...
October 18, 2006
Principal Pays $370 Million For S.F. TowerThe real estate arm of a large insurer has made a big investment on the West Coast.Principal Real Estate Investors, a unit of Principal Financial ...
October 17, 2006
Snoopy Makes A DealInvestors have agreed to pay $5.4 billion to buy a pair of big residential real estate developments from MetLife Inc.Units of Tishman Speyer Properties Inc., ...