During Fed tightening cycles due to inflation, real estate investment trusts posted positive total returns in 85% of periods with rising Treasury yields from the first quarter of 1992 to the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Nareit.
MFA Financial, Inc. (NYSE: MFA) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2022 of $0.35 per share of common stock. The
Income investors dream of buying stocks whose companies have solid business models and fundamentals, but because of temporary market conditions, the shares have ultra-high yields.
When markets sell off as a whole those dreams may come true, but other times dreams turn into nightmares if poor earnings cause dividends to be cut and share prices to tumble even further.
Morgan Stanley raised the price target on Warner Music Group Corp. (NASDAQ: WMG) from $31 to $38. Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne maintained an Overweight rating on the stock. Warner Music Group shares rose 1% to trade at $32.51 on Friday.