REITs

REITs, or Real Estate Investment Trusts, operate as funds of real estate. The trust is sold to investors on the open market and, using those funds, purchases real estate such as office buildings, apartments, and shopping centers. REITs are excellent additions to any portfolio as it diversifies investments and provide excellent returns. To click here.

RYN – Rayonier a Real Estate Play With Value

The commercial real estate market holds lots of promise after recent pullbacks, and Rayonier is a great REIT play right now.

3 REITs Every Dividend Investor Should Buy

After another "taper tantrum," REITs are cheap again. Use this as an opportunity to accumulate these three great dividend payers yielding 5% or more.

3 mREIT Dividend Kings to Watch

The mortgage REIT sector has taken a beating in 2013, but these 3 high-yielding stocks will make great buys once the selling pressure abides.

REITS – Should You Follow Insiders Into Stag Industrial?

Looking at REITs, insiders have been buying shares of Stag Industrial for the past year. Should you follow their lead and snag some STAG stock?

5 Ways to Inflation-Proof Your Portfolio

If you’re worried about inflation as we approach 2014, consider the following investments -- many of which you can easily make via ETFs.

3 Small-Cap Dividend Stocks With Big Yields

Big, regular income checks plus a chance for share appreciation? Sounds like a winning combination to me.

International REITs: Look to Asia for Yield

Investors who focus exclusively on U.S. real estate are missing out on a world of potential opportunities in international REITs.

International REITs: 3 British Buys

International REITs offer great diversification, dividend income and targeted exposure to some of the world's best real estate markets.

3 REITs to Play Distressed Real Estate

There are plenty of opportunities to be found in real estate, and these distressed-property REITs are worth a look -- but wait for further results first.

REITs: Catch the Falling Knife, But Use Gloves

REIT funds are sitting near 52-week lows ... so if you believe like I do that most of the big interest-rate moves have been made, consider it bargain-buying time.

2 REITs Offer Big Dividends and Big Value

Look to Cedar Realty and RAIT Financial for big dividends as well as value.

3 ‘Smart Money’ Dividend Stocks

During turbulent times, it can be helpful to check out how the experts are reacting.

Diversified REITs: Where to Hide?

REITs of all kinds are getting hammered in the third quarter, leaving investors with few choices. Here are two that still are worth a look.

Tapering Talk Should Keep Toppling REITs

Rising interest rates haven't done the iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) any favors. If you expect the trend to continue, try this options trade on for size.

Buy the Skyline With This Bargain-Basement REIT

This company has commercial real estate properties around the world, and the market is undervaluing the upside potential.

Starved for High Yield? Wait a Little Longer

Higher-yielding areas of both the bond and equity markets have rallied hard off of their June 24 low. How long can the move in high yield continue?

Buy These 5 Dividend Stocks With 5% Yields

Growth's all the rage right now, but long-term investors know what it takes to win a 40-to-50-year race: dividends. Here are five juicy sources.

5 Megatrend Plays Offering Big Payouts

Megatrend investments usually require years if not decades to play out, but these five particular stocks offer investors some sizable income for waiting.

Get a Taste of Smucker: ETF Alternatives for Hot Stock Picks

This week, we look at ways to get exposure to companies like J.M. Smucker, Daimler and other InvestorPlace stock picks via quality exchange-traded funds.