Will there be real investment, or just more buck-passing between federal agencies and states?
As a result, real investment appears to surge even though firms are spending less money.
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It thereby reduces the present disparity between short-term financial time horizons and long term real investment time horizons.
"So we have some real serious issues, not just moral issues, " that require real investment that "faith-based initiatives" cannot provide, he said.
Unlike Green Bay Packers shares, the Patriots stock was a real investment.
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That high energy prices are stimulating real investment in new supply.
Real jobs require real investment by real investors, entrepreneurs and businesspeople.
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Real investment had dropped from 1929 to 1932 (the election year) by more than 80% and rose only a percentage point or two by the time Roosevelt took office.
While the existence of indexed securities does reduce the potency of the financial market transmission channels, these instruments meet a real investment need and can be easily duplicated through interest rates swaps.
The addendum to my report sent to the SEC indicated that my client, Mr. Christopher Tobe, a former trustee of the Kentucky Retirement System, had recently received substantial information from an international labor union, Unite Here, indicating that a real estate investment consultant retained by KRS to provide objective advice to the pension received compensation from real estate investment managers it recommended, including placement agent fees.
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Liquidity has improved, thanks to the widespread use of real-estate investment trusts (REITs). (The American-based National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts commissioned the Ibbotson study.) But the global enthusiasm for REITs, together with the growing trend for property launches in the British mutual-fund sector, has a top-of-the-market feel.
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His choice for our contest is Security Capital, a holding company for a number of real estate investment trusts and private real estate entities.
With this in mind, it's not surprising that various Real Estate Investment Trusts and other real estate-related stocks have taken a beating.
On average, multi-millionaire investors allocate 25 percent of their investable assets to alternative investments, which also include real estate investment trusts, commercial real estate and collectibles, Spectrem said.
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To answer this, I have outlined potential implications for two of the most common commercial real estate investment strategies, commercial real estate financing, two types of MSAs and some of the participants in the commercial real estate market.
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The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) Property Index (NPI) is the accepted index created to provide an instrument to gauge the investment performance of the commercial real estate market.
Enterprise Products (nyse: EPD - news - people) is a master limited partnership, a specialized investment vehicle somewhat like a real estate investment trust, which is exempt from corporate income taxes as long as it pays out almost all of its profits to investors.
Real estate stocks, such as Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Real Estate Operating Companies (REOCs), have long been neglected by individual investors.
The funds are run by ARA Asset Management, an Asian firm that specializes in management of publicly traded real estate investment trusts as well as private real estate funds.
Think of this cap rate as the dividend yield on your investment, comparable to the dividend you get on a real estate investment trust.
Further, the lengthy analysis provided by Unite Here suggested that the KRS real estate investment consultant may have received compensation related to certain specifically identified KRS real estate investments.
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In addition, Mr. Tobe independently determined that the real estate investment consultant involved was currently receiving placement agent fees in connection with real estate investments at the California State Teachers Retirement System.
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The case involved an investment that was pitched to naive investors to get them into Golden Gate REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) for some easy money during the 2003-2004 housing boom.
Not so for real estate investment trusts, which hold portfolios of buildings rather than securities.
Leading our list is John Bucksbaum of General Growth Properties, a real estate investment trust.
In the 1990s, real estate investment trusts have generally kept debt low, 50% on average.
For income-focused investors, Real Estate Investment Trusts have been an oasis in the desert lately.
Banks, real estate investment trusts, brokerages and mortgage companies have endured valuation drops that defy explanation.
Another area of the market from which the gurus fled: real estate investment trusts.
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