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Two real estate investment trusts (REITs) offer their investors a combination of moderate share price growth, annual dividend hikes and dividend yields of more than 6% that are double the sector’s average yield. Both REITs manage portfolios of commercial real estate facilities, such as hotels, office, industrial and retail buildings. The REITs have identical ex-dividend dates of June 28, 2016,…

Two Washington D.C., area real estate investment trusts (REITs) have rewarded their investors with annual dividend growth rates of almost 50% every year for at least seven years in a row. In addition to the recent extraordinary annual dividend payout growth, both REITs have yielded between 3% and 6% over the past five years and have returned a 40%-plus asset…

Date Issued   5/31/2017 Shares Issued   8,000,000   Overallotment Shares  0 NOTE THAT FIRST REPUBLIC BANK IS NOT SEC REGULATED (they are regulated by the FDIC) THUS THERE IS NO PROSPECTUS AVAILABLE. ONE MUST GO TO THEIR WEBSITE.  S&P Rating   BBB-   Moodys Rating   Baa3 Security Ticker Symbol   FRC-H   OTC Temp Ticker   FTPPP Market Traded ON  …

Two equities with ex-dividend dates this week yield a 4% dividend and have returned 18% or more in asset appreciation over the past 12 months. Additionally, the two equities have performed well over the longer term, returning 60% and 67% asset appreciation over the last five-years. Investors considering these equities for income and asset growth should act quickly as both…

While it seems everyone has forgotten about the Fed meeting today and tomorrow I am certain many are aware of it--just no one is talking much about it.  I guess that means that everyone is expecting a 1/4% hike in the Fed Funds rate. In fact the CME Fed Watch is showing that the odds of a 1/4% rate increase…