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Gold/Mining/Energy : Canadian REITS, Trusts & Dividend Stocks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LTBH who wrote (9924)	10/19/2005 10:42:21 AM
From: a.handbag.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 11633

This board seems to be populated by disgruntled Americans who have sold all their trusts and sworn off Canada forever. In light of the recent downturn that doesn't look like a bad strategy, but it suggests there may be some pent up demand when things settle down. I don't like the uncertainty of the present situation, but I am prepared to wait it out. The saving grace of trusts is that you are paid to wait. In non dividend paying stocks you could have been waiting five years and counting. Having entered the trust sector early, and not selling to take profits or stop losses, I am enjoying a cash on cash yield of more than 16%. If that were cut in half, which I think is highly unlikely, it would still be a good return. If it were cut in half again, it would match the yield from bonds. Cut in half again and it would rival cash. I'm staying fully invested, overweight energy because of long term fundamentals, and only regretting that there are no trusts in uranium and gold.