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Real Estate Investment Trusts

Discussion in 'Money & Finance Forum' started by CunningRunt, Jun 15, 2007.

  1. Jun 15, 2007 at 9:15 PM #1
    CunningRunt

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    Someone told me that REIT's are a good thing to put part of my retirement fund into. They are good because companies pay large dividends out in order to avoid tax on profits. Any thoughts?
     
  2. Jun 18, 2007 at 9:26 AM #2
    slydevl

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    REIT's are a good way to diversify a portfolio however I wouldn't heavily weight my retirement in them. 5-10% tops.
     
  3. Jun 25, 2007 at 10:57 PM #3
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    couldn't have said it better myself. the REIT portion of my portfolio helped me outperform the S&P500 by two percentage points last year. Of course, it is the reason I am underperforming this year.

    I am a little higher than Sly as far as allocation goes...about 14 percent.
     

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