The stock market has celebrated as the coronavirus in the United States has come under relative control, and states and cities have begun the re-opening process. Pent-up demand has given companies a bullish narrative to feed investors, with many companies referencing “traffic” or “demand” that was actually UP year over year in May. Does this…
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A Unique Approach To REITs: Serenity Alternative Investments Fund I
Investing can often feel like gambling. Big bets, big risks, sometimes big wins, but more often steady losses. The only way to achieve lasting success is to truly tip the odds in your favor. To beat the dealer investors need to play the right game, and execute a proven strategy to near-perfection. The publicly traded…
Are REITs Cheap? A Brief Investigation…
In times of distress, it can be instructive to look forward and imagine how the current environment might be viewed retrospectively. Will 2020 be viewed as the year of the great March sell-off that was an incredible buying opportunity? Or will future generations remember the global pandemic that plunged the world economy into a synchronized…
REIT Performance Q1 2020: Swans, Shorts, SAFE
The black swan! The global pandemic! What an easy lazy comparison to modern times. “We could have never seen this coming!” Said every talking head in the financial media over the last 6 weeks. I’m not terribly interested in the black swan facet of Taleb’s philosophy right now. Besides he’s already come out and said…
Vornado's theMART - Still Relevant at 90
Iconic assets and visionary management teams are staples of the publicly traded REIT market. It’s not uncommon for REIT assets to create or transform entire neighborhood ecosystems. Finding access to these types of assets outside of the publicly traded REITs is almost impossible for non-institutional investors. Vornado (VNO) has done an incredible job re-vitalizing the…