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To: Terry Whitman who wrote (28202)	10/3/1999 4:50:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Terry, FWIW, i'm a buyer of some of these...i expect some money to find it's way into high-yielding stocks soon. regards, hb

To: Terry Whitman who wrote (28202)	10/3/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: Gary Wisdom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Terry, the reason those reits have high dividend yields is that they're all near their 52 week lows and the dividend yields are based on past yields. They're all healthcare reits and are near their 52 week lows since they all are prone to huge losses due to the possibility of hmos going out of business reneging on their leases. I'm not making an investment opinion on any of them, but I just wanted to add some elaboration for those "lurkers" that might jump into them without doing requisite research. As a footnote, my Grandmother had some Meditrust (MT) that her broker put her in a few years back. I dumped it last year or the year before in the $30s. It is now $8. The nice dividend yield doesn't help much when the stock itself depreciates 75% in a year. Not that different than many other stocks these days, but just wanted to add some to the discussion. To make things worse, these higher bond yields are really killing them too. I guess if you think bond yields have peaked and the HMO problem is overblown, these would be fantastic investments. Good luck.