Tag: real estate

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) play an important role in a well-diversified portfolio. Real estate remains one of the best ways to hedge inflation. Whether you believe the inflation we’ve seen this year is transitory or here to stay, having 5% to 15% of your investment portfolio in real estate makes sense to protect your retirement nest egg. Investing in REITS is one the least expensive and most liquid ways to gain exposure to this asset class.

"There is no calamity that does not offer the opportunity for some persons to thrive on the misfortune of others."

You needn’t look hard today to find people in financial trouble. The problems are everywhere: a family with a home in foreclosure, a once-employed worker whose unemployment payments are about to run out, or a newly created pedestrian who just lost an auto through repossession.