Although interest rates are rising, it doesn't mean savvy investors cannot earn positive returns on real estate investment trusts (REITs). Historically, when the risk-free rate rose dramatically in six time periods, REITs earned positive returns during four of those periods, and out of half of those periods, they beat the S&P 500.
Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are:
Wall Street expects RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) to report quarterly earnings at $0.83 per share on revenue of $1.55 billion before the opening bell. RPM shares gained 0.1% to $97.21 in after-hours trading.
Fidelity National Info's (NYSE:FIS) short percent of float has risen 76.64% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 6.05 million shares sold short, which is 1.89% of all regular shares that are available for trading.