Why REITs are looking like the year’s hottest market sector
Today's Breakfast with Benjamin looks at what's propelling REITs into their position as the year's hottest market sector, plus emerging market stocks' record month, Japan's inflation woes, and much more.
- REITs look like the year’s hottest stock market sector, thanks in large part to dividend yields as high as 19%. Propelled by a low-rate environment
- Emerging market equities are on a tear, recording their best one-month gain since 2009. It’s all about what’s happening in China, India and Ukraine. One ETF had $4.8 billion in inflows in two months
- Japan sees immediate fallout from hiking its national sales tax three percentage points: Inflation jumps to a 23-year high. Oops. Quickest year-over-year rise since 1992
- Refuting an oversimplified criticism of ETFs. Unlike the ‘Hotel California,’ it’s not that difficult to check out whenever you want. Liquidity comes from the underlying holdings
- One thing the world doesn’t need is more elevator pitches. But if you’re going to do it, you might as well make it interesting. Seven steps to a powerful pitch
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