Paper Boat Creative This article was coproduced with Leo Nelissen. Current times are challenging for real estate investment trusts, or REITs. There’s no doubt about it. REITs are in a tough spot, as the mix of potentially prolonged elevated interest rates and sticky inflation puts pressure on some REITs. After all, most REITs do best…
Metaplanet, a publicly-listed Japanese company providing hotel-related and other services, has announced the purchase of ¥1 billion (approximately $6.25 million) worth of Bitcoin. NEW: 🇯🇵 Japanese Public Company Metaplanet just bought $6.25 million worth of #Bitcoin Game theory has started playing out 🚀 pic.twitter.com/EJ19mcO9QF — Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) April 26, 2024 The company, which is…
ivanastar/E+ via Getty Images The early 2024 outlook for multifamily REIT investment could not have been gloomier. In its April report, Apartment List describes slowing rent growth as we enter the peak apartment leasing season. Apartment List Source: Apartment List In part, this could be due to the outsized new deliveries and starts of housing…
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News Written by Sam Kovacs Introduction As dividend investors, there are three boxes which we need to tick before hitting buy on a stock: We need to like the business model and its prospects. The combination of dividend yield and our estimate of future dividend growth must be attractive. The stock needs…
da-kuk February saw forward progress in meeting my 2024 goals that I wrote about in my 2023 review. As a recap, there are a few things I’m working to achieve in 2024 as I reconfigure and clean up my portfolio while also continuing to have quality dividend growth and a diverse portfolio. 1. Maximize contributions…
MarsBars Gold mining stocks represented by VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) and VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) have been in the doghouse recently, down nearly 20% over the past two months alone: Data by YCharts The main headwinds for the sector seem to be: A growing consensus of higher-for-longer interest rates, which will likely…
MicroStrategy, a leading business intelligence and software company, has continued its steadfast commitment to Bitcoin by purchasing an additional 850 BTC at a total cost of $37.2 million, Founder & Chairman Michael Saylor announced today. “We acquired 31,755 additional bitcoins since the end of the third quarter, marking the largest quarterly bitcoin holding increase in…
Vincent Scherer/iStock via Getty Images Foreword This article is based on three November to January Barron’s Weekly and one Fortune Bi-Monthly articles aimed at revealing 46 select stocks for the New Year 2024. Those four articles were: Barron’s Roundtable Pros 8 Stocks for 2024 Interest rates will come down, but (Barron’s) panelists don’t see another…
smrm1977/iStock via Getty Images Foreword About Large Cap Value “A Value ranking for large cap stocks from YCharts puts together complementary strategies found during their stock research. As a value ranking, it looks at the price of a stock relative to a number of measurements that determine intrinsic firm value. Only the largest 10% of…
Analysts are characterizing MicroStrategy’s stock as akin to an “essentially a leveraged Bitcoin ETF” due to its exposure to the cryptocurrency. In the latest announcement on Wednesday, December 27, MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) acquired an additional 14,620 Bitcoins in the past month, spending $615.7 million at an average price of $42,110 per bitcoin, as outlined…
MicroStrategy, a leading business intelligence and software company, has continued its steadfast commitment to Bitcoin by purchasing an additional 14,620 BTC at a total cost of $615.7 million, Founder & Chairman Michael Saylor announced today. The purchase came as Bitcoin’s price has been experiencing upward momentum, reaching highs of over $42,000. The company initially entered the Bitcoin…
HeliRy Note: I have covered Top Ships Inc. (NASDAQ:TOPS) previously, so investors should view this as an update to my earlier articles on the company. Following no less than twelve reverse stock splits over the past 15 years, the majority of Greece-based tanker operator Top Ships’ legacy equity holders have long been diluted to zero…
MicroStrategy, a leading business intelligence and software company, has continued its steadfast commitment to Bitcoin by purchasing an additional 16,130 BTC at a total cost of $593.3 million, Founder & Chairman Michael Saylor announced today. The purchase came as Bitcoin’s price has been experiencing upward momentum, reaching a recent yearly high of over $38,300. The…
PM Images After years of being bearish on Realty Income Corporation (NYSE:O), I feel inclined to step in to defend it after the clobbering it received upon announcing its planned acquisition of Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (NYSE:SRC). If you were an SRC investor, it was a good day, up about 8%. If you were an…
K-Bank aims to capture 20% of the crypto market in Thailand through the acquisition of Satang Pro. In a bold move signaling growing integration between traditional finance and the burgeoning cryptocurrency industry, Kasikornbank, one of the largest banks in Thailand, has purchased a majority stake in a local digital assets trading platform called Satang Pro….
SolStock It’s a scary world out there, and it always has been. It’s just that today, there are websites promoting every crank and doomsday prophet out to generate clicks and sell books about “secret” ways to get rich in the coming financial apocalypse. The Daily Doom This weekend, I got a panicked message from a…
sanjeri/E+ via Getty Images Investment Thesis In today’s article, I will explain the reasons for having added Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) to The Dividend Income Accelerator Portfolio. Both companies pay an attractive Dividend Yield (while Johnson & Johnson’s Dividend Yield [FWD] is 3.02%, Main Street Capital’s is 6.98%), and have…
Deagreez Every day, I spend one hour posting daily charts for our members in a special chat room. Why? Because it’s essential to see the big picture, the “God’s eye view” of the economy, interest rates, and stock market. And also, I occasionally come across a chart that can slap you with a Warren Buffett-style…
In a move that underscores MicroStrategy’s unwavering commitment to Bitcoin, the software company has added 5,445 more BTC to its corporate treasury. The latest acquisition, made on September 24, 2023, comes at an average price of approximately $27,053 per Bitcoin, amounting to an investment of $147.3 million. This purchase brings MicroStrategy’s total Bitcoin holdings to…
sduben Reader Selections Since May 2017, any dividend-paying stock mentioned in a message, e-mail or comment to the author is fair game for a reader favorite listing in this series of articles. Thus, It’s possible that only rogues and discontinued, or dreadful, doubtful, dividend issues may appear. Lately readers and other contributors have questioned the…
