As an investor, whether you seek growth, income or both, you should always look at the five-year performance record of a company when considering stocks to purchase. A five-year time frame should address the company’s price movements, dividend growth and recent news and earnings.
While January has seen a number of improving analyst calls on real estate investment trusts (REITs), there have also been some downgrades. Take a look at three REITs that have recently received multiple analyst downgrades but still managed to show positive results this month:
Good dividend stocks held over a long period of time will produce strong gains for a patient investor. But if you buy a stock at the wrong time, it can be painful watching it drop 10%, 20% or more, and it takes courage to hang in there until it comes back.
Higher interest rates — and the expectation that even higher rates are on the way — have made the real estate investment trust (REIT) game a difficult one lately.
There are other factors, to be sure, but this industry is highly interest-rate sensitive and it’s been uncomfortable this year.