REITS - Buying 1 - 2 weeks before going ex-dividend

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REITS - Buying 1 - 2 weeks before going ex-dividend

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Emcee: Richard Barron	Type: Unmoderated

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2461	Jim, deteriorating fundamentals and a 15% run in 3 months. Go figure!~~! enjoy.	Richard Barron	-	7/7/2003
2460	Rich..............it appears the RMS has established a "lifetime" high	James Kibler	-	7/7/2003
2459	Thanks Dennis. I'll look into it. Scary to buy REITs now of any kind	Oak Tree	-	6/20/2003
2458	fidelity has real estate reits only which pay a monthly div.	Dennis	-	6/19/2003
2457	I see, I didn't realize there were mortgage REITs I thought banks did that.	Oak Tree	-	6/19/2003
2456	Oak Tree, Refinancing can hurt certain types of mortgage REITs. If money was len	Richard Barron	-	6/19/2003
2455	if you check out nly website news....the ceo explains why refys will hurt....i t	Dennis	-	6/19/2003
2454	Interesting. Why would refy's hurt REITs. If the REIT refy's then for th	Oak Tree	-	6/19/2003
2453	Freddie Mac reported yesterday that 90% of mortgages could be refinanced and sav	Dennis	-	6/13/2003
2452	Dave, REITs are very pricy. I thought this when the ^RMS was at 450 also, though	Richard Barron	-	6/13/2003
2451	Hi Richard, REIT valuations seem to be out of whack. Today I just sold all my	Dave Reed	-	6/13/2003
2450	well, obviously you got capital gains <i>and</i> the div - may be a	bob wallace	-	6/12/2003
2449	i didn't even realize that.....i bought at 16.95 and sold at 20.24 and caugh	Dennis	-	6/12/2003
2448	NLY the ex date was 3/27; the div amount was 60 cents close 3/26 was $18.49 cl	bob wallace	-	6/12/2003
2447	the reason I don't hold for the dividend is that with these large dividends,	Dennis	-	6/11/2003
2446	Grommit....thanks for your comments, have some old preferreds myself GLB-A purch	James Kibler	-	6/11/2003
2445	no, all I do is buy on the announcement, and then hold until the stock rises the	bob wallace	-	6/10/2003
2444	a bit confused now,.....do you mean holding until you capture the dividend is th	Dennis	-	6/10/2003
2443	Dennis I'm still here doing my thing... re NLY, I would keep a close eye o	bob wallace	-	6/10/2003
2442	It depends on the price. If they're selling at a premium and you think they	Grommit	-	6/10/2003
2441	hey bob, you still around???.....looks like it might be possible to buy nyl thi	Dennis	-	6/9/2003
2440	Jim, yeah. Don't worry until they call them. REITs are running to new highs	Richard Barron	-	6/6/2003
2439	Hi Rich...........a lot of my preferred issues are callable and with rates this	James Kibler	-	6/5/2003
2438	thanks again	Dennis	-	5/29/2003
2437	Dennis, It's fine to use the 50 day moving average also, but sometimes you	Richard Barron	-	5/29/2003

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