passive income

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

A REIT owns income-producing property and must distribute most of its taxable income to shareholders, which is why yields are high and retained growth is low. It gives property exposure with the liquidity of a listed share, but it trades like an equity and is highly sensitive to interest rates.

Jun 26, 202416 min read

Investment Strategies & Instruments

Dividend Investing: The Advantages, and the Arithmetic Most Guides Skip

On the ex-dividend date the share price is marked down by roughly the dividend, so a payout moves your money rather than adding to it — and taxes it on the way. What survives that arithmetic: the signal a payout sends, the behaviour it changes, why a high yield is usually a warning, and why the S&P 500 yields about 1%.

Jun 16, 202414 min read

passive income

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Dividend Investing: The Advantages, and the Arithmetic Most Guides Skip

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