MREITs, or mortgage real estate investment trusts, operate similarly to traditional REITs but focus on purchasing individual mortgages and mortgage-backed securities instead of physical properties. They mitigate duration risk and primarily rely on mortgage spreads for returns. In this article, let us analyze robust mortgage REITs KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (KREF), BrightSpire Capital,
New York’s elected leaders are working to craft the next state budget. In doing so, they are debating how much funding will be available for our counties, cities, towns, villages and water districts to prevent water pollution and update our water and wastewater infrastructure – the systems that bring clean water to our homes and
This is commentary by Allan Sloan, an independent business journalist and seven-time winner of the Loeb Award, business journalism’s highest honor. We hear lots of talk about the problems that high interest rates have been causing since the Federal Reserve began jacking up rates two years ago. We also hear endless talk from people waiting
Stocks remain elevated with every dip being shallow and short lived. Investors just don’t want their money on the sidelines if and when the Fed flashes the green light that rates are about to be cut. This keeps stocks pinned just under 5,200 for the S&P 500 (SPY). This has all eyes focused on the
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In a recent article I offered the opinion that “common sense” is a dangerous trap that’s easy for investors to fall into. Some readers didn’t agree. So let’s explore this idea a bit, then you can make up your own mind. Common sense is a popular topic for authors. I have often recommended ”The Little Book of Common
Published: Feb. 8, 2024 at 6:05 p.m. ET Don’t miss these top money and investing features: . INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS This fund manager stopped worrying about economics. Now he is outperforming the stock market. A change in strategy has helped transform the GoodHaven Fund from a long-term underperformer into an outperformer since the end
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“Is Nvidia today’s Cisco? It’s possible. If so, then it has a lot more upside before it crashes — if it crashes.” Is it possible that the meltup phase of the bull market (which started on Oct. 12, 2022) has begun already — having started following the correction low on Oct. 27, 2023? Yes, it
Legislation calls for penalties for corporate malfeasance, funds crime victim services | Opinion
Eloise Reyes Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) joined California Attorney General Rob Bonta and joint author Assemblywoman Eloise Reyes (D-Colton) announced Attorney General Bonta’s sponsorship of a bill that would allow state courts to levy increased monetary penalties on corporations convicted of criminal offenses. Such penalties would in turn provide much-needed funding for crime victim service