Topics Covered:
Inexpensive Access to Capital; Regulation Raises REIT Dividends; CBD Properties Outperform Suburbs; Apartment, Lodging, Self-Storage and Office REITs
Companies Covered: American Capital Agency Corp. (
AGNC), Annaly Capital Management, Inc (
NLY), Redwood Trust Inc. (
RWT), Simon Property Group Inc. (
SPG), Taubman Centers Inc. (
TCO), Extra Space Storage Inc. (
EXR), Boston Properties Inc. (
BXP), Ventas Inc. (
VTR), Sunrise Senior Living Inc. (
SRZ), Cortex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (
COR), Digital Realty Trust Inc. (
DLR), DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (
DFT), Developers Diversified Realty (
DDR), Medical Properties Trust Inc. (
MPW), American Tower Corp. (
AMT), Equinix Inc. (
EQIX), Apartment Investment & Managem (
AIV), Avalonbay Communities Inc. (
AVB), Camden Property Trust (
CPT), Equity Residential (
EQR), UDR, Inc. (
UDR), Vornado Realty Trust (
VNO), ProLogis (
PLD), Federal Realty Investment Trus (
FRT), Kimco Realty Corporation (
KIM), Public Storage (
PSA), Marriott International, Inc. (
MAR), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worl (
HOT), LaSalle Hotel Properties (
LHO), Post Properties Inc. (
PPS), Mid-America Apartment Communit (
MAA), First Industrial Realty Trust (
FR), Brandywine Realty Trust (
BDN), Costco Wholesale Corporation (
COST), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (
WMT), American Campus Communities In (
ACC), Associated Estates Realty Corp (
AEC), Kohl's Corp. (
KSS), American Tower Corp. (
AMT), Weyerhaeuser Co. (
WY), Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (
PCL), Potlatch Corp. (
PCH), Rayonier Inc. (
RYN), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (
JPM), National Retail Properties, In (
NNN), Realty Income Corp. (
O), CapLease, Inc. (
LSE), Newcastle Investment Corp. (
NCT), NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (
NRF), iStar Financial Inc. (
SFI), Fortress Investment Group LLC (
FIG), National Semiconductor Corpora (
NSM), Colonial Properties Trust (
CLP), Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (
AHT), Supertel Hospitality, Inc. (
SPPR)