Commercial mortgage REITs are well-positioned to take advantage of increased borrower demand and the upcoming wave of maturing commercial property loans, although some risks remain. Demand for commercial real estate loans, as reported by the Fed...
I don't know if market guru Dennis Gartman speaks French, but his recent announcement of a course correction making him once again wild-eyed bullish on stocks reminded me of a classic Gallic expression: plus a change, plus c'est la mme...
Yield-starved investors have good reason to be increasingly frustrated. Money-market funds yield next to nothing, and five-year Treasuries yield less than 1 percent. TIPS sport negative yields. The yields are likely to remain skimpy since the...
While job growth is improving and the markets are rallying, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said there’s still a gnawing sense of unease among CEOs and investors.
A new crop of commercial mortgage REITs emerging today may be less risky investments compared to the legacy commercial mortgage REITs that operated during the most recent real estate boom, argue some industry experts. According to backers, the...
Morgan Keegan has lost seven financial advisors since December, FINRA filings show. They follow some 190 other advisors who fled over the past six months, after corporate parent Regions Financial Corp. put the broker/dealer up for sale in the wake...
Raymond James Financial said it is moving its registered investment advisor unit out of Raymond James Financial Services, its IBD division, and setting it up as a separate division with its own president. The new president, Bill Van Law, said t...
Since 2009, Build America bonds have given yield-starved investors a bit of hope for their fixed-income portfolios. These subsidized munis may continue to be good options, if you understand the risks.
